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The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth · 1979 · 400 pages
"The Day of the Jackal" is the electrifying story of the struggle to catch a killer before it's too late. It is 1963 and an anonymous Englishman has been hired by the Operations Chief of the O.A.S. to murder General De Gaulle. A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to get to. But this latest plot involves a lethal an assassin of legendary talent. Known only as The Jackal, this remorseless and deadly killer must be stopped, but how do you track a man who exists in name alone?
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Antonio Garcia Martinez
“"Two of Forsyth's many books, Day of the Jackal and The Dogs of War, were just spectacular thrillers (and films) that encapsulated the post-WWII European drama round politics and decolonization. Just nothing like it today."”↗


