The Manchurian Candidate

| english_release_date = | media_type = Print (hardback) | pages = 311 | isbn = | dewey = 813/.54 21 | congress = PS3553.O487 M36 2003 | oclc = 52409655 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} ''The Manchurian Candidate'' is a novel by Richard Condon, first published in 1959. It is a political thriller about the son of a prominent U.S. political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for a Communist conspiracy. The novel has twice been adapted into a feature film with the same title: the first was released in 1962 and the second in 2004. Provided by Wikipedia