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Richard Condon

    18 marzo 1915 – 9 aprile 1996

    Richard Thomas Condon fu un romanziere satirico di thriller, rinomato per i suoi romanzi cospiratori. Le sue opere erano caratterizzate da trame complesse, un fascino per le curiosità e un profondo disprezzo per i potenti. I suoi personaggi sono spesso guidati dall'ossessione, sia essa sessuale o politica, e dalla lealtà familiare. Le sue intricate trame presentano frequentemente elementi di tragedia classica, in cui l'orgoglio dei protagonisti porta alla distruzione di ciò che amano. Alcuni dei suoi libri possono essere descritti come storie segrete, che rivelano verità nascoste.

    Richard Condon
    The Final Addiction
    The Manchurian Candidate
    Prizzi's Family
    Prizzis Honor
    A Trembling Upon Rome
    Best Sellers - 220: Morte di un politico
    • 2004

      Mandžuský kandidát

      • 279pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      Mandžuský kandidát je příběhem Raymonda Shawa - někdejšího válečného zajatce, nositele nejvyššího amerického vyznamenání... a naprogramovaného vraha. V korejském zajetí totiž spolu se svou četou podstoupil brutální brainwashing a stal se nástrojem nepřátelské rozvědky. Shawův přímý nadřízený a přítel, major Ben Marco, však něco tuší a snaží se včas rozkrýt spouštěcí mechanismus, který jeho druha dokáže proměnit ve vražedný stroj...

      Mandžuský kandidát
    • 2004

      Regisseur Jonathan Demme („Das Schweigen der Lämmer“, „Philadelphia“) verfilmte den brisanten Politthriller von Richard Condon, in dem amerikanische Soldaten gehirngewaschen aus Kriegsgefangenschaft zurückkehren. Einer von ihnen verfolgt tödliche Aufträge, die bis in die Spitzen der Politik reichen. Ein brillanter Roman, dessen Thematik nichts von seiner Aktualität eingebüßt hat. Die Originalvorlage zum kommenden Kinofilm mit Denzel Washington und Meryl Streep

      Der Manchurian-Kandidat
    • 1996
    • 1992

      The Final Addiction

      • 338pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      Owney's father is in the secret service and he is brought up by his mother, almost alone, until she runs off when he is nine years old. He spends years trying to find her until he meets and marries Dolly, the daughter of his boss. Then his mother turns up.

      The Final Addiction
    • 1992

      Sláva rodiny Prizziovcov

      • 232pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Román je záverečnou časťou trilógie o mafiánskej rodine: Rodina Prizziovcov a Česť Prizziovcov. Príbeh sa odohráva v čase od roku 1985 do roku 1992. Okrem dona Corada sú hlavnými aktérmi jeho syn Eduardo, dcéra Amália a najobľúbenejšia vnučka Mareose

      Sláva rodiny Prizziovcov
    • 1991
    • 1990

      Centers on the Prizzis' efforts to influence a presidential election and ensure that Charley Partanna becomes the new president's right hand man

      Prizzi's Glory
    • 1988
    • 1987

      Prizzi's Family

      • 304pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      By day Charley Partanna is a hit man for the Prizzi family. By night he studies for his high school equivalency exam--when he's not juggling two gorgeous women. But these two may be more than even Charley can handle. One, Mardell, is a knockout, one-third fantasy and two-thirds legs. The other, Maerose, is Charley's boss's granddaughter. She's hungry for power, honor...and Charley...usually in that order. And she doesn't want to share. For Charley, it's a problem that he needs to solve--but his hormones keep getting in the way. "Cheerful and funny...foaming with perversity, rascality, obsessional religious mania, assault and battery and our old friends greed and lust." (Time)

      Prizzi's Family