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Richard Condon
Born
in New York, New York, The United States March 18, 1915
Died
April 09, 1996
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Richard Thomas Condon was a satirical and thriller novelist best known for conspiratorial books such asThe Manchurian Candidate.
After service in the United States Merchant Marine, Condon achieved moderate success as a Hollywood publicist, ad writer and Hollywood agent. Condon turned to writing in 1957. Employed by United Artists as an ad writer, he complained that he was wasting time in Hollywood and wished to write a novel. Without Condon's knowledge, his boss, Max E. Youngstein deducted amounts from his salary then fired him after a year giving him the amount of money he had deducted in the form of a Mexican bank account and the key to a house overlooking the ocean in Mexico. Youngstein told him to write his book. His second novel,The MRichard Thomas Condon was a satirical and thriller novelist best known for conspiratorial books such asThe Manchurian Candidate.
After service in the United States Merchant Marine, Condon achieved moderate success as a Hollywood publicist, ad writer and Hollywood agent. Condon turned to writing in 1957. Employed by United Artists as an ad writer, he complained that he was wasting time in Hollywood and wished to write a novel. Without Condon's knowledge, his boss, Max E. Youngstein deducted amounts from his salary then fired him after a year giving him the amount of money he had deducted in the form of a Mexican bank account and the key to a house overlooking the ocean in Mexico. Youngstein told him to write his book. His second novel,The Manchurian Candidate (1959), featured a dedication to Youngstein. The movie made from it in 1962, made him famous.Prizzi's Honor (1982) was likewise made into a successful movie.
Condon's writing was known for its complex plotting, fascination with trivia, and loathing for those in power; at least two of his books featured thinly disguised versions of Richard Nixon. His characters tend to be driven by obsession, usually sexual or political, and by family loyalty. His plots often have elements of classical tragedy, with protagonists whose pride leads them to a place to destroy what they love. Some of his books, most notablyMile High (1969), are perhaps best described as secret history.And Then We Moved to Rossenara is a humorous autobiographical recounting of various places in the world where he had lived and his family's 1970s move to Rossenarra, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.
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Richard Condon Average rating:4.05
· 27,001 ratings · 823 reviews ·72 distinct works •Similar authors
 | The Manchurian Candidate 4.08 avg rating — 24,746 ratings — published 1959 —131 editions | |
 | Prizzi's Honor 3.84 avg rating — 827 ratings — published 1982 —47 editions | |
 | Winter Kills 3.52 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 1974 —25 editions | |
 | Prizzi's Family 3.39 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 1987 —26 editions | |
 | An Infinity of Mirrors 3.68 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1964 —35 editions | |
 | Prizzi's Glory 3.40 avg rating — 99 ratings —15 editions | |
 | Mile high 3.56 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1968 —19 editions | |
 | The Manchurian Candidate / Winter Kills / Prizzi's Honor 4.02 avg rating — 53 ratings | |
 | The Whisper of the Axe 3.36 avg rating — 59 ratings —17 editions | |
 | The Oldest Confession 3.83 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1959 —20 editions |
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“Mason took in enough cannabis smoke to allow a Lipan Apache manipulating a blanket over it to transmit the complete works of Tennyson.”
― Richard Condon,Money Is Love
― Richard Condon,Money Is Love
“Raymond stood as though someone might have just opened a beach umbrella in his bowels.”
― Richard Condon,The Manchurian Candidate
― Richard Condon,The Manchurian Candidate
“Amateur psychiatric prognosis can be fascinating when there is absolutely nothing else to do.”
― Richard Condon,The Manchurian Candidate
― Richard Condon,The Manchurian Candidate
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