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By (author) Forsyth, Frederick
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It is 1963 and an anonymous Englishman has been hired by the Operations Chief of the OAS to murder General de Galle. A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to get to. But this latest plot involves a lethal weapon: an assassin of legendary talent.
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”As gripping now as it was 50 years ago” THE TIMES
”Masterful suspense . . . The Day of the Jackal changed the shape of popular fiction from the moment it was finished” BEN MACINTYRE
”In a class by itself. Unputdownable” SUNDAY TIMES
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One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the exhilarating story of the struggle to catch a killer before it”s too late.
1963. An anonymous Englishman is hired by the Operations Chief of French terrorist organisation O.A.S. to murder the French president, General Charles de Gaulle. A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to reach.
Only one man could do the job: an assassin of legendary talent known only as The Jackal.
This remorseless and deadly killer must be stopped. But he is a man without a name, without an identity; a lethal spectre.
How can you stop an assassin nobody can identify? The task falls to the best detective in France – and the price of failure is unthinkable . . .
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Readers can”t stop reading The Day of the Jackal . . .
***** ”I
loved, loved, loved this book which is in
a category that I don”t usually read.”
***** ”A very
remarkable and
memorable thriller – while the other novels of this sort are usually forgotten too soon this book has
stuck in my head for good.”
***** ”
Still Amazing the Second Time Around – 5 Stars!”
***** ”This book is
one of the best books in its genre. Haven”t found a book which can be at par with The Day of the Jackal.”
***** ”This is, without question,
the best thriller I have ever read.”
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More love for The Day of the Jackal . . .
”Very clever and immensely entertaining” DAILY TELEGRAPH
”A perfect example of the adventure story . . . well written, entirely believable, with this intriguing, enigmatic character at its centre” ROBERT HARRIS
”A year-zero, game-changing thriller, one of the most significant of all time” LEE CHILD
”Wonderful and way ahead of its time” JAMES PATTERSON
”An extraordinary book” NICK ROBINSON, BBC RADIO 4 TODAY PROGRAMME
”A masterpiece” MARCUS SCRIVEN, MAIL ON SUNDAY
”I was spellbound . . . riveted by this chilling story” GUARDIAN
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“In a class by itself. Unputdownable.” Sunday Times “Mr Forsyth is clever. Very clever and immensely entertaining.” Daily Telegraph “I was spellbound … riveted by this chilling story.” Guardian “It is no exaggeration to say The Day of the Jackal has influenced a generation of thriller writers… Before, thrillers were self-evidently works of the imagination. Forsyth changed all that; never before had a popular novelist created a world that seemed indistinguishable from real life… Few writers can claim to have changed the literary landscape. Forty years ago, a penniless British journalist, unwittingly or not, did just that” Guardian
Biographical note:
Former RAF pilot and investigative journalist
Frederick Forsyth defined the modern thriller when he wrote The Day of the Jackal, desc
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