Spy Thriller Frederick Forsyth The Day of the Jackal 1971 1st UK NF DJ VG

Description: Spy Thriller Frederick Forsyth The Day of the Jackal 1971 1st UK NF DJ VG First UK edition with "First Published 1971" on copyright page. Publisher: London Hutchinson of London, 1971. Octavio (5.75" x 8.75") [vi] 1-358 [iv Blank]. Publishers' original bright red cloth boards with illustrated gilt lettering to spine. Clipped dust jacket with Forsyth's photograph on rear flap. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds / Trevor Vertigan. Author's photograph by Mark Gerson. Book Condition: Near Fine. Front cover edges and corners are lightly rubbed. FEP & REP are lightly browned. Binding is tight. Text is clean with no foxing.Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Spine ends are very lightly rubbed. The Day of the Jackal (1971) is a political thriller novel by English author Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organization, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. The novel begins as historical fiction: the OAS, as described, did exist and did conspire to commit the act, which the book opens with, giving an accurate depiction of the attempt to assassinate de Gaulle by Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry on 22 August 1962. The subsequent plot, however, is fiction. The film The Day of the Jackal was released in 1973, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox as The Jackal, Michael Lonsdale as Lebel, and Derek Jacobi as Caron. It follows the novel rather faithfully although it has several cosmetic changes.

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