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Title: The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth ISBN: 0-553-26630-6 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 October, 1982 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.61 (98 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best adventure/espionage thriller ever
Comment: Day of the Jackal is not just Frederick Forsyth's best book; it's the best book in it's genre. A political killer code-named "The Jackal" is hired to assassinate Charles De Gaulle, president of France. He is the best, not appearing on any police file. But through one small twist of fate, the French authorities learn of this plot, and set Claude Lebel, their best detective to find The Jackal. From there, the race is on, and Forsyth gives the reader front-row seats. He has created a sizzling rivalry between the cold-blooded assassin and the one policeman talented enough to stop him, and the suspense never lets up. Through deception, betrayal, and luck, Lebel tracks the killer throughout Europe, ending in the climactic assassination attempt itself. Based on true events, the obvious outcome doesn't take away from the thrill of the chase. This is the book that set the standard for others to try and follow
Rating: 5
Summary: Perfect reading material for any would be assassin
Comment: They are the veterans of the futile war in Algeria. The President cares nothing for them, their cause or their forgotten colony. Attempt after attempt to take the life of the president have failed. Simply put: the OAS is dying. With informers at every level and no money left, they seek retribution.
The only man on earth capable of full filling their lust for vengeance is an anonymous, blond english man who calls himself -- The Jackal. Unknown to every police force and secret service on earth, The Jackal does not exist. With a price of half a million dollars The Jackal will assassinate the most heavily guarded man on earth-President Charles de Gualle.
With utmost precision and professionalism we follow the Jackal through his elite plan to kill his target.
This was a sweet novel. This book should be read by any would-be assassin and by every would-be writer who wants to write about Assassins...
Rating: 4
Summary: Flaws in the Glass
Comment: The plot of The Day of the Jackal is flawed in two ways. Early in the story, before he has accepted the assignment to kill de Gaulle, the Jackal flies from London to Vienna, meets the three OAS leaders who seek to employ him and, after agreeing to the assassination, spends the night at an airport hotel before returning to London the next morning. At this stage, well before he had assumed any of his several disguises, he must have travelled under his real name. Soon after the French authorities learned of the plot, they also learned of the meeting in Vienna. Since their suspect was English, why did they not have all passengers from England to Vienna at the time investigated? They would have found the Jackal, under his real name, flying to Vienna on the very day of the meeting.
Secondly, there is insufficient attention devoted to the means by which the Jackal, who supposedly left nothing to chance, planned to escape after the assassination. He had made sure of his escape route from the apartment building overlooking the station forecourt, but where was he to go? How could he leave France, with no further disguises available to him and with a hue and cry after a man answering his description? He had no documentation and, even had he done so, any passport would arouse suspicion because there would be no evidence of his entry into France. His four earlier assumed identities, those of Duggan, Jensen, Schulberg and Martin, were all known to police. There is no mention that he carried his own, genuine passport which, even if he did have it with him, would have no entry stamp for France.
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Title: The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth ISBN: 0553271989 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1983 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Devil's Alternative by Frederick Forsyth ISBN: 0553264907 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 September, 1982 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth ISBN: 0553268465 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 September, 1982 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth ISBN: 0553251139 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 August, 1985 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Fist of God by Frederick Forsyth ISBN: 0553572423 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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