The Day of the Jackal
by Forsyth, Frederick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus/Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0091073901
- ISBN 13
- 9780091073909
- Seller
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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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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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023900
- Title
- The Day of the Jackal
- Author
- Forsyth, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091073901
- ISBN 13
- 9780091073909
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Fiction Modern Firsts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; Fiction;
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