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Richard Condon

Richard Condon

Richard Condon

Born and raised in New York City, Richard Condon began writing fiction in his forties. He had previously worked in the movie business for more than twenty years as a press agent for Walt Disney productions, putting in time at nearly all of the major studios. In addition to The Manchurian Candidate -- a work that many feel disturbingly foreshadowed the assassination of both President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert -- he wrote numerous bestsellers, including Prizzi's Honor and Prizzi's Family. He died in 1996.

The Manchurian Candidate will be released on July 23, 2004 in eBook
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Chapter 1 from The Manchurian Candidate
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Asbury Park Press, January 4, 2012
...was a most unique and extraordinary role," she reflects. "I was so fascinated by the book (by Richard Condon) and by the people I was working with, and it was all on the page. What this woman represented was so evil, I couldn't fail to be challenged...
MSN Movies, December 28, 2011
...was a most unique and extraordinary role," she reflects. "I was so fascinated by the book (by Richard Condon) and by the people I was working with, and it was all on the page. Also: Best & Worst Movie Careers of 2011 "What this woman represented was so...
OpEdNews.com, December 4, 2011
...Good guys don't finish first. by PublicAffairs, book publisher My squishy optimism sagged, having just finished Richard Condon's scathing, witty, mesmerizing masterpiece, "The Manchurian Candidate." If you liked the acclaimed '62 movie, and delight in...
Pop Matters, June 5, 2011
...The secret star is Richard Condon, and it's not as happy as all that. Director: George Marshall Cast: Rita Hayworth, Rex Harrison The Happy Thieves aren’t very happy. The chief thief is Rex...
Pop Matters, June 5, 2011
...The secret star is Richard Condon, and it's not as happy as all that. Director: George Marshall Cast: Rita Hayworth, Rex Harrison The Happy Thieves aren’t very happy. The chief thief is Rex...
Pop Matters, June 5, 2011
...The secret star is Richard Condon, and it's not as happy as all that. Director: George Marshall Cast: Rita Hayworth, Rex Harrison The Happy Thieves aren’t very happy. The chief thief is Rex...
Examiner.com, March 2, 2012
...notions of hypnosis, involving mind control and post-hypnotic suggestion.� It’s no accident that “Manchurian Candidate” author Richard Condon was inspired by Dianetics. � � � � � � � � � � � � Since its origins in the...
Atlantic Monthly, February 29, 2012
...leading some G.I.s to publicly denounce the U.S. while in captivity. In 1959, best-selling author Richard Condon published The Manchurian Candidate , a political thriller about a Korean War vet who is brainwashed into becoming a sleeper agent for...
Atlantic Monthly, February 28, 2012
...leading some G.I.s to publicly denounce the U.S. while in captivity. In 1959, best-selling author Richard Condon published The Manchurian Candidate , a political thriller about a Korean War vet who is brainwashed into becoming a sleeper agent for...
Queens Courier, February 22, 2012
...grade students send Christmas cards to a felon caught possessing child pornography. According to a report issued by Richard Condon, the city’s special commissioner of investigation, Melissa Dean, a 31-year-old educator at P.S. 143 in Corona, had her...
New York Post, February 19, 2012
...threatened to have her grown son take care of him, according to a report by Special Schools Investigator Richard Condon. The student told investigators he accidentally stepped on Mitchells shoe last spring as he was leaving school. He said he would have...
UPI, February 16, 2012
...of child pornography, as well as possession of a loaded semiautomatic weapon, the New York Daily News reported. Richard Condon, Special Commissioner of Investigation says Dean is likely to lose her job over this. "She didn't have the school's permission....
Lucianne.com, February 16, 2012
...for possession of a loaded 9-mm semiautomatic pistol and violating an order of protection. Special Commissioner of Investigation Richard Condon said, "She sent 25 cards up there from the students, 11-year-olds, and she also sent a card from herself and a...