The Day of the Jackal
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4.5 • 10 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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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 . . .
'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
©2011 Frederick Forsyth (P)2011 Penguin Audio
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Frederick Forsyth’s political thriller felt very timely when it was first published in 1971; today, The Day of the Jackal is still tense and suspenseful enough to keep us up long past bedtime. The story follows the mysterious Jackal’s plan to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle and cunning detective Claude Lebel’s attempt to snuff out the crime before it happens. Forsyth lays out both plot lines with a chilling sense of evenhandedness, and Scottish actor David Rintoul narrates with pitch-perfect pacing. In the end, the details surrounding the charismatic assassin’s planning and training prove just as fascinating as Lebel’s dogged police work. This is a gripping listen.
