Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth Fiction / Thriller / Crime

Author, Title or Keyword

Browse by Category

Foreign Language Study

Latest Releases

David Peace
A Rashoman-like retelling of a horrific murder—based on an actual event—its aftermath, and the hidden war-time atrocities behind the crime.$22.99

» More Info

Red Light

T. Jefferson Parker
Two years after the conclusion of The Blue Hour, Merci and her son are living with her father. She's also dating Mike McNally.$24.99

» More Info

Reckless Endangerment

Robert K. Tanenbaum
As tensions build and fear escalates, New York City becomes a powderkeg of twisted emotions in a case of kill or be killed.$24.99

» More Info

Pallbearers

Stephen J. Cannell
Pop, an avid surfer, would take a small group of kids for early morning surfing. He was big-hearted, patient, and the father none of them had ever had.$24.99

» More Info

Day of the Jackal, The

Enlarge Image	Categories :	Crime Espionage Police Procedural Technological

	Publisher :	Blackstone Audio Inc
	Author :	Frederick Forsyth
	Narrator :	Simon Prebble

	Length :	13 hours 23 minutes (Unabridged)

Download Price :		$22.99

Format :		Downloadable MP3

Only Available in the US and Canada

© 2010 Blackstone Audio Inc

ADD TO BASKET

HEAR SAMPLE

#19 in the NPR “Top 100 Killer Thrillers” list.

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.

FREDERICK FORSYTH was born in England in 1938. He settled on a career in journalism, working as a reporter in Norwich and then as the Reuters News Agency’s correspondent in Berlin and Paris, which provided the background for his best-selling novel The Day of the Jackal. He worked for the BBC for several years and then as a freelance journalist.

Thriller categories

All Crime Espionage Horror & Suspense Legal & Medical Police Procedural Psychological Technological Miscellaneous

Editor's Pick

Choke

Stuart Woods
At Key Westís Old Racquet Club, Chuck gets involved with the wrong married woman - the enticing Clare Carras, married to an enigmatic older man - and soon he is in way over his head.$14.99

» More Info

Mr Paradise

Elmore Leonard
With a cool cast, snappy dialogue, and all the twists fans crave, Mr. Paradise is Elmore Leonard at home in Detroit and sharper than ever.$19.99

» More Info

Devil's Corner

Lisa Scottoline

The thrilling tale of a conspiracy as powerful as it is relentless.

$19.99

» More Info

Perfect Lover

Stephanie Laurens
Simon Frederick Cynster has a perfect life -- one of enormous wealth and impeccable social status. His lean handsomeness turns the heads of naïve debutantes.$13.99

» More Info

Imperfect Strangers

Stuart Woods
What radiates like a mirage before him is wealth, security, and freedom. But lurking in the shadows are a brutal murder he cannot prevent, and a madman who stalks his every waking moment.$14.99

» More Info

Lost Light

Michael Connelly
"Michael Connelly at his very best, his ability to hold an audience in complete suspense is astonishing. Amazing"$12.99

» More Info


Home	Special Offers	Free	My Library	Basket	Help