Richard Condon
Novelist, Author
1915 – 1996
Who was Richard Condon?
Richard Thomas Condon was a prolific and popular American political novelist whose satiric works were generally presented in the form of thrillers or semi-thrillers. More than being particularly clever genre works, however, all 26 books were written in a style nearly always instantly recognizable as Condon's, while their focus was almost always obsessively directed at monetary greed and political corruption. Fast-moving and easily accessible, they generally combined elements of political satire, bare-knuckled outrage at the greed and corruption of those in power, and were written with extravagant characterizations and a uniquely sparkling and frequently humorous style. Condon himself once said: "Every book I've ever written has been about abuse of power. I feel very strongly about that. I'd like people to know how deeply their politicians wrong them." Condon occasionally achieved bestseller status, and many of his books were made into films, but today he is primarily remembered for two of his works: an early book, The Manchurian Candidate of 1959, and, many years later, for four novels about a family of New York gangsters named Prizzi.
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- Born
- Mar 18, 1915
New York City - Also known as
- Richard Thomas Condon
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Evelyn Hunt
(1938 - 1996/04/09)
- Evelyn Hunt
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- DeWitt Clinton High School
- Died
- Apr 9, 1996
Dallas
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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