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The Day of the Jackal
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  • Published: 1 June 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407095998
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416

The Day of the Jackal

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13 Jan 2012
EBook
1 June 2010
Audiobook
2 June 2011
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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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'In a class by itself. Unputdownable' SUNDAY TIMES

'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
  • Published: 1 June 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407095998
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416
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About the author

Frederick Forsyth

Frederick Forsyth is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seventeen novels, including The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File, as well as short story collections and a memoir. A former Air Force pilot, and one-time print and television reporter for the BBC, he has had four movies and two television miniseries made from his works. He is the winner of three Edgar Awards, and in 2012 he won the Diamond Dagger Award from the Crime Writers' Association, a lifetime achievement award for sustained excellence. He lives in Hertfordshire, England.
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Praise for The Day of the Jackal

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