<p>Buried deep within the consciousness of Sergeant Raymond Shaw is the mechanism of an assassin-a time bomb ticking toward explosion, controlled by the delicate skill of its Communist masters. Shaw returns from the Korean War to an idolizing and unsuspecting country. In a farcical, uproarious scene, he is greeted amid flashbulbs and frock coats by his power-hungry, domineering mother and her politician husband, who have decided to use Shaw's fame to further their own unscrupulous ambitions.</p>

The Manchurian Candidate

Literature & Fiction

CONDON, Richard

Genre Fiction

Arrow

Winter Kills is a black comic novel by Richard Condon exploring the assassination of a U.S. President. The novel parallels the real life assassination of John F. Kennedy and the various conspiracy theories that surround the event. Before the main story of the novel begins, U.S. President Timothy Kegan is shot in Philadelphia at Hunt Plaza. The ensuing presidential commission condemns a lone gunman as the killer. The book starts years later, when Kegan's half-brother, Nick, witnesses the death-bed confession of a man claiming to have been part of the 'hit squad'. As the protagonist attempts to find the plotter(s), he encounters numerous groups and persons that could have led or been part of the conspiracy. One person is Lola Camonte, a hostess, lobbyist and fixer. She recounts the story of President Kegan asking her about appointing a member of organized crime to the Court of St. James. The character "Joe Diamond" is the fictional representation of Jack Ruby. Condon's book describes the numerous intertwined threads of the conspiracy, from the Mafia, Cuba, even possible domestic police connections. Only in the final act, in which Nick meets with his vicious and perverse Joseph P. Kennedy-like 'father-figure', is the truth revealed with a twist ending.

Winter Kills

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Sheridan Book Company

Prizzi's Honour

Arrow Books

Prizzi's Family

Arrow Books, Ltd.

Oldest Confession

Mile High

Dell Publishing Co.

DOUBLEDAY COMPANY

Money is Love

The Dial Press

Arigato

DIAL PRESS

<p>Owney Hazman--a handsome and successful frankfurter salesman forever in search of his negligent mother--allows millionairess Oona Noon to involve him in a life of corrupt international trade and politics</p>

The Final Addiction

Humor & Satire

St Martins Pr

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