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The Day of the Jackal

Auteur(s): Frederick Forsyth
Narrateur(s): Simon Prebble
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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 by Colonel Marc Rodin, operations chief of the O.A.S., to assassinate General 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.

©1971 Frederick Forsyth (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Espionnage Politique et espions Suspense Thrillers et romans à suspense Fiction

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"A masterpiece tour de force of crisp, sharp, suspenseful writing." ( Wall Street Journal)
"Compelling, utterly enthralling....Some of the tensest thriller writing I can remember reading." ( Sunday Express, London)
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A good thriller of a story. I can understand why the book was so popular. The audio performance is great.

A Good Thriller

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To my mind, this is the perfect historic thriller.
Realistic, precise, and totally absorbing from the start, to the very end.

Fantastic in every way.

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Had this in my library for months and when I finally started it, I couldn't stop. The narration was one of the best I ever listened to. He did all of the accents incredibly well. I will definitely be searching for more books narrated by him. The book of course is a classic so that needs no reviewing.

One of the best

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great performance - captivating story. I found myself sitting outside in my car not wanting to turn it off and go home. will definitely listen to it again.

superb in all respects!

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I read this 40 years ago and loved it. Decided to give it a listen and I wasn't disappointed. It drew me in and kept me there. Narrator was a tad slow but at 1.25X it was really good.

An Oldie but a Goodie

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I read so much espionage history and accounts of real life spies, that fiction can bore me, and that’s what happened here. This book started off good but just couldn’t hold my attention, and it started to get predictable, so I stopped listening 1/2 way through. If you like fiction, it’s probably a really good book.

Just not for me

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