Mile High (novel)
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Mile High, first published by The Dial Press in 1969, was the eighth book by the American satirist and political novelist Richard Condon. Internationally famous at the time of its publication, primarily because of his 1959 Manchurian Candidate, Condon had begun to lose the respect of critics with the publication of his last few books and the one-time, so-called Condon Cult was mostly a thing of the past. [1]
Critical reception
Title
The title, for only the second time in Condon's eight novels, is not derived from a fictitious Keener's Manual mentioned in most of his earlier novels. Only his second, and most famous work, The Manchurian Candidate, did not use doggerel from the Manual as a title source.
Theme
Characters
Typical Condon quirks and characteristics
References
- ↑ Mile High, first edition, The Dial Press, New York, 1967, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-14467, page xx