Frederick Forsyth 
The Day of the Jackal 
The legendary assassination thriller

**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” THE TIMES
”Masterful suspense . . . The Day of the Jackal changed the shape of popular fiction from the moment it was finished” BEN MACINTYRE
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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