<Tr> <Th> Dewey Decimal </Th> <Td> 813 /. 54 21 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PS3553. O487 M36 2003 </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> The novel has been adapted twice into a feature film of the same title, in 1962 and again in 2004 . The 1962 film is faithful to the book; the 2004 remake updates the action and alters characters . </P>

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