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" The day of the jackal. "
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BL
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982210
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b736580
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| Main Entry
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Forsyth, Frederick,1938-
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The day of the jackal.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Viking Press,, [1971]
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380 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0451239377
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: 0553266306
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: 0670259365
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: 096501830X
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: 9780451239372
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: 9780553266306
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: 9780670259366
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: 9780965018302
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| Abstract
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A professional assassin is hired to kill De Gaulle. The plot is traced against a modern background of French politics as the killer evades his would be captor.
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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 to assassinate General Charles 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.-- Publisher description.
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The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his profession. A man unknown to any secret service in the world. An assassin with a contract to kill the world's most heavily guarded man. One man with a rifle who can change the course of history. One man whose mission is so secretive not even his employers know his name. And as the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal.
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Gaulle, Charles de,1890-1970-- Assassination attempts
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Gaulle, Charles de,1890-1970.
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Assassins, Fiction.
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Attempted assassination, Fiction.
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Assassins.
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Attempted assassination.
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France, Fiction.
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France, Fiction.
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France.
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| Dewey Classification
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823/.9/14
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| LC Classification
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PZ4.F7349DayPR6056.O699 D39
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| NLM classification
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HN 9990rvk
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