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#TheDayOfTheJackal The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal (1971) is a thriller novel by English writer Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.The Read More..
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Description The Day of the Jackal (1971) is a thriller novel by English writer Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.The novel received admiring reviews and praise when first published in 1971, and it received a 1972 Best Novel Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The novel remains popular, and in 2003 it was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read. "BBC – The Big Read". BBC. April 2003, Retrieved 31 October 2012The OAS did exist as described in the novel, and the book opens with an accurate depiction of the attempt on de Gaulle's life led by Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry, but the subsequent plot is fiction.
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Name The Day of the Jackal
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Authors Frederick Forsyth
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Genre Spy , Thriller , Historical novel
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Language English
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Country United Kingdom
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Pages 358 pp (first edition, UK)380 pp (first edition, US)
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Media_type Print (hardback & paperback)
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Isbn 0-09-107390-1
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Oclc 213704
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Publisher Hutchinson & Co (UK)Viking Press (US)
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Pub_date 7 June 1971 (UK) 6 August 1971 (US)
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Release_date 7 June 1971 (UK) 6 August 1971 (US)
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