Forsyth introduces his antagonist with chilling economy: a tall, blond, blue-eyed Englishman with no name, no past, and no loyalties except to his contract. For a fee of $500,000 (about $4.5 million today), The Jackal agrees to assassinate de Gaulle.
"He was a tall man, over six feet, with fair hair and blue eyes. He was very English. He had a quiet, unassuming voice and a gentle smile. He looked like a minor civil servant or a bank clerk. In fact, he was one of the most dangerous men alive." The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth -EN E...
The Day of the Jackal , published in 1971 by Frederick Forsyth, revolutionized the thriller genre by shifting the focus from individual heroics to clinical, technical procedure. Written in just Forsyth introduces his antagonist with chilling economy: a
Forsyth, a former journalist, applied rigorous reporting techniques to fiction, interviewing real forgers and gunsmiths. The novel is famously a " He was very English
Unlike some mass-market paperbacks that have revised editions, the digital edition preserves Forsyth’s original 1971 wording, including his use of now-antiquated espionage terminology. This is the text as the author intended, without later editorial interference.