The Day Of The Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Copyright by Frederick Forsythe 1971./very good
- ISBN 10
- 0670259365
- ISBN 13
- 9780670259366
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The book begins with the historical, failed attempt on de Gaulle's life planned by Col. Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry in the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart. Following Bastien-Thiry's arrest, the French security forces wage a short but extremely vicious "underground" war with the terrorists of the OAS, a militant right-wing group who have labelled de Gaulle a traitor to France after his grant of independence to Algeria. The French secret service, particularly its covert operations directorate (the "Action Service"), is remarkably effective in infiltrating the terrorist organisation with their own informants, allowing them to kidnap and neutralise the terrorists' chief of operations, Antoine Argoud. The failure of the Petit-Clamart assassination, and a subsequent attempt at the École Militaire, coupled with Bastien-Thiry's eventual execution by firing squad, likewise cripple the morale of the terrorists.
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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- Title
- The Day Of The Jackal
- Author
- Frederick Forsyth
- Book Condition
- Used - Copyright by Frederick Forsythe 1971.
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Copyright by Frederick Forsythe 1971.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670259365
- ISBN 13
- 9780670259366
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1971)
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Thrillers; Christmas Catalog;
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