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The Vertical Smile
First edition
Author Richard Condon
LanguageEnglish
GenrePolitical Satire
PublisherNew York, Dial Press
Publication date
1971
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint ( Hardback, Paperback)
Pages334 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN 978-0803796133
OCLC 195069

The Vertical Smile is a political satire novel by Richard Condon, published in 1971. It deals with politics, sex and greed, centering on the 68-year-old mother of a political candidate falling in love with a 70-year-old man with a very outrageous and scandalous history.

Reception

The novel was panned by Kirkus in 1971. The reviewer wrote that "those who remember Mr. Condon as a staggering storyteller will have to look elsewhere" and "very readable it's not". [1]

References

  1. ^ Richard Condon. "THE VERTICAL SMILE". Kirkus Reviews.

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