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Best Spy Fiction (31) » 20 more French Books (32) Books Read in 2017 (916) 1970s (119) BBC Big Read (169) Page Turners (71) Swinging Seventies (35) Animals in the Title (30) Edgar Award (40) 1970s Thrillers (7) No current Talk conversations about this book. 8475309070 2522 First edition fine I read this book many years back and was on the edge of my seat. At that time, I had not read about Charles de Gaulle and only knew him as the President of France. I did not know he had died in his bed, and when I read the book, I wanted 'The Jackal' to succeed. He had to fail, of course. When I read the book this time, I was engrossed by the description of the detailed planning of the assassination and the chase. You must be knowledgeable, disciplined, and focused if you want to be a high-level crook, as the book demonstrates. It is a brilliant book, and has lost none of its charm over the years. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesDelfinserien (467) Gallimard, Folio (569) Lanterne (L 234) — 2 more Libros Reno (450) Zwarte Beertjes (1727) Is contained inThree Complete Novels [The Day of the Jackal / The Odessa File / The Dogs of War] by Frederick Forsyth Has the adaptationIs abridged inReader's Digest Auswahlbücher 77: Eins für Frost und Zwei für Feuer / Meine Nachbarn die Affen / Der Schakal / Das Licht im Innern by Reader's Digest Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Wild Goose, Brother Goose | The Day of the Jackal | A Day No Pigs Would Die by Reader's Digest
France, infuriated by Charles de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria, had failed in six known attempts to assassinate the General. This book postulates that the seventh, mostly deadly attempt involved a professional killer-for-hire who would be unknown to the French Police. His code name: Jackal. His price: half a million dollars. His demand: total secrecy, even from his employers. Step by painstaking step, we follow the Jackal in his meticulous planning, from the fashioning of a specially made rifle to the devising of his approach to the time and the place where the General is to meet the Jackal's bullet. The only obstacle in his path is a small, diffident, rumpled policeman, who happens to be considered by his boss the best detective in France: Deputy Commissaire Claude Lebel. No library descriptions found. |
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