The Day of the JackalBantam Books, 1995 - 380 psl. One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who, in the spring of 1963, was hired to assassinate General Charles de Gaulle. France was infuriated by Charles de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria, and there were six known attempts to assassinate the general that failed. This novel dramatizes the seventh, mostly deadly attempt, involving a professional killer for hire who would be unknown to the French Police. His code name was Jackal, his price half a million dollars, and his demand total secrecy, even from his employers. Step by painstaking step, we follow the Jackal in his meticulous planning, from the fashioning of a specially made rifle to the devising of his approach to the time and the place where the general is to meet the Jackal's bullet. The only obstacle in his path is a small, diffident, rumpled policeman, who happens to be considered by his boss the best detective in France: Deputy Commissaire Claude Lebel.-- Publisher description. |
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Action Service Alexandre Sanguinetti Alfa Algeria Argoud asked assassin Bastien-Thiry Belgian blond Bouvier Brussels bullet cafe Calthrop Caron Casson Charles de Gaulle Claude Lebel clerk coffee Colonel Rolland desk door driving Duggan Egletons Elysée Elysée Palace Englishman enquiries eyes face finished flat floor foreign France Frederick Forsyth French front Gaulle glanced glasses Goossens hair hand head inside inspector Jackal Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry JoJo kill killer knew Kowalski London looked Mallinson Marseilles Minister minutes later monsieur Montclair morning night nodded papers Paris passport pocket police policeman President President of France quietly rifle road Rodin Roger Frey Rome round Saint-Clair SDECE side silence stared street suitcase taxi telephone telescopic sight thing thought told took turned Valmy Valrémy Viktor waiting walked watched window