The Vertical Smile
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| Author | Richard Condon | 
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| Language | English | 
| Genre | Political Satire | 
| Publisher | New York, Dial Press | 
Publication date  | 1971 | 
| Publication place | United States | 
| Media type | Print (Hardback, Paperback) | 
| Pages | 334 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
- ^ Richard Condon. "THE VERTICAL SMILE". Kirkus Reviews.
 
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