'As gripping now as it was 50 years ago' THE TIMES
'Masterful suspense . . . The Day of the Jackal changed the shape of popular fiction from the moment it was finished' BEN MACINTYRE, THE TIMES
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50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY LEE CHILD
One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the exhilarating story of the struggle to catch a killer before it's too late.
1963. 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.
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'In a class by itself. Unputdownable' SUNDAY TIMES
'Very clever and immensely entertaining' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'A perfect example of the adventure story . . . well written, entirely believable, with this intriguing, enigmatic character at its centre' ROBERT HARRIS
'A year-zero, game-changing thriller, one of the most significant of all time' LEE CHILD
'Wonderful and way ahead of its time' JAMES PATTERSON
'An extraordinary book' NICK ROBINSON, BBC RADIO 4 TODAY PROGRAMME
'A masterpiece' MARCUS SCRIVEN, MAIL ON SUNDAY
'I was spellbound . . . riveted by this chilling story.' GUARDIAN



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