The Day of the Jackal
by Forsyth, Frederick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670259365
- ISBN 13
- 9780670259366
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About This Item
"The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth. New York: The Viking Press, [1971]. Book-of-the-Month Club. pp. 380. Hardcover, red boards with grey quarter cloth, red lettering on spine, top edge is red (some staining to top and bottom edge of covers, also top & bottom of spine discoloured, interior is unmarked). dj., unclipped- $7.95 printed on dustjacket flap (dustjacket is toned overall, top of back cover is tattered with several short tears, one very short tear at bottom of spine, inside jacket is foxed).
Size: 8 3/4" x 6" (22cm x 15cm).Very Good- condition (dustjacket is in Good condition).
Forsyth's first novel and the beginning of many bestsellers. The story of a professional assassin, hired by the OAS (disaffected French army officers) to kill President Charles de Gaulle. Also made into a popular movie (1973) by the director Fred Zinnemann, starring Edward Fox.
Size: 8 3/4" x 6" (22cm x 15cm).Very Good- condition (dustjacket is in Good condition).
Forsyth's first novel and the beginning of many bestsellers. The story of a professional assassin, hired by the OAS (disaffected French army officers) to kill President Charles de Gaulle. Also made into a popular movie (1973) by the director Fred Zinnemann, starring Edward Fox.
Synopsis
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 French terrorist group of the early 1960s, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. The Day of the Jackal is a novel of the spy fiction genre, praised for its convincing portrayal of France in 1963, and its carefully thought-out plot.
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- Seller
- Bazaar of Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- A8
- Title
- The Day of the Jackal
- Author
- Forsyth, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, red boards with grey quarter cloth, red lettering on spine, top edge is red
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670259365
- ISBN 13
- 9780670259366
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Pages
- 380
- Keywords
- thriller, Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal, assassination, Algeria, OAS, Charles De Gaulle, President of France
- Bookseller catalogs
- Thriller;
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