The Independent - London, April 11th, 1996
Richard Condon started out promoting Snow White and Dumbo, went on to act as press agent for some of Hollywood's biggest stars then, at the age of 43, turned himself, with The Manchurian Candidate, into a best- selling novelist. And a best-selling writer he remained, with over 25 novels to his credit over a career which spanned almost 40 more years. His most recent novel, Prizzi's Money, the fourth in a highly acclaimed black comic series which began with Prizzi's Honor (1982), was published in 1993 when he was 78.
Born in Manhattan in 1915, Condon spent over 20 years as a Hollywood publicist...
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