The Day of the Jackal: The legendary assassination thriller
By Frederick Forsyth

**Soon to be a major TV series directed by Brian Kirk****The 50th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by Lee Child**'As gripping now as it was 50 years ago'and THE TIMES'Masterful suspense . . .and The Day of the Jackaland changed the shape of popular fiction from the moment it was finished'and BEN MACINTYRE________________One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written,and The Day of the Jackaland is the exhilarating story of the struggle to catch a killer before it's too late.1963.and An anonymous Englishman is hired by the Operations Chief of French terrorist organisation O.A.S. to murder the French president, General Charles de Gaulle. A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to reach.Only one man could do the job: an assassin of legendary talent known only as The Jackal.This remorseless and deadly killer must be stopped. But he is a man without a name, without an identity; a lethal spectre.How can you stop an assassin nobody can identify? The task falls to the best detective in France - and the price of failure is unthinkable . . .________________'In a class by itself. Unputdownable'and SUNDAY TIMES'Very clever and immensely entertaining'and DAILY TELEGRAPH'A perfect example of the adventure story . . . well written, entirely believable, with this intriguing, enigmatic character at its centre'and ROBERT HARRIS'A year-zero, game-changing thriller, one of the most significant of all time'and LEE CHILD'Wonderful and way ahead of its time'and JAMES PATTERSON'An extraordinary book'and NICK ROBINSON, BBC RADIO 4and TODAYand PROGRAMME'A masterpiece'and MARCUS SCRIVEN,and MAIL ON SUNDAY'I was spellbound . . . riveted by this chilling story'and GUARDIAN