The Manchurian Candidate

Book review by Deane Barker tags: fiction, military, spies, politics, cold-war
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One of the best novels I’ve ever read. Incredibly suspenseful with a fantastic payoff in the end. There’s a sentence 84% of the way through (according to my Kindle) that had me literally slack-jawed for about 60 seconds as my mind reeled with the implications.

Book Data

Author
Richard Condon
Year
Pages
358
Acquired
Not recorded
Open Library
OL3391067W
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Manchuria October 28, 2021

The historical name for a region of Eastern Russia, Northeast China and Eastern Mongolia. This was never an official country or territory, just an informal name – like, “the Midwest.” The area referred to as “Manchuria” has been occupied by both China and Russia. It comprises the extreme Eastern…

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