The Day of the Jackal
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0451239377 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Despite the fact that the reader knows that the hired Ogden Miller Despite the fact that the reader knows that the hired gun's attempt will not succeed in the end (since De Gaulle was not shot), the book is gripping and filled with interesting detail about both the killer's elaborate preparations and Label (the French cop trying to identify him) and his mission.. Frederick's Foresight Bill Slocum "The Day Of The Jackal" features a plot you know is going to fail, a protagonist who you never know much about other than he's up to no good, and a henpecked hero looked upon with contempt by most of his superiors. The Bond lovers who made up this novel's key audience back in 1971 must have scratched their heads. But they kept reading. So will you.Ian Fleming had his James Bond take on outsized supervillains in blurry circumstances that only slightly approximated real life. Forsyth took Fleming's Anglo love for . Robert J. Grinage said I enjoyed it very much. I enjoyed it very much, I loved the way he handled the characters, I have read this story more the fifty times over the last I enjoyed it very much I enjoyed it very much, I loved the way he handled the characters, I have read this story more the fifty times over the last 30 years. Robert P.S. I also have the movie, of course it is not as good as the book for so much is left out.. 0 years. Robert P.S. I also have the movie, of course it is not as good as the book for so much is left out.
“Forsyth is truly the world’s reigning master of suspense”—Los Angeles Times “When it comes to espionage, international intrigue, and suspense, Frederick Forsyth is a master.” —The Washington Post Book World “Inventive, organized, believable, and absolutely spellbinding…Suspense fiction at its very best and a cliffhanger par excellence.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “A masterpiece tour de force of crisp, sharp, suspenseful writing…It’s an awful cliché to say that ‘you won’t be able to put this book down,’ but cliché or not, it’s the truth.”—The Wall Street Journal
A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. An assassin with a contract to kill the world's most heavily guarded man.One man with a rifle who can change the course of history. And as the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal.. A killer at the top of his profession. A man unknown to any secret service in the world. One man whose mission is so secretive not even his employers know his name. THE CLASSIC THRILLER FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR FREDERICK FORSYTH“The Day of the Jackal makes such comparable books such as The Manchurian Candidate and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold seem like Hardy Boy mysteries.”—The New York Times The Jackal