Frederick Forsyth THE DAY OF THE JACKAL 1987 Author-Signed Decorative Binding Silver Fold-Out Diagram Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces Novel Assassination Charles de Gaulle France Literature

Title: The Day of the Jackal
Author: Frederick Forsyth - Frederick McCarthy Forsyth is an English author, former journalist and spy, and occasional political commentator. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra and The Kill List.
Publisher: The Franklin Library
City: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
Year: 1987
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 380 pages
Width: 6.25" Height: 9.25"
Book Details: This handsome volume is bound in blue cloth-covered boards with a pebbled leather finish, silver lettering and ornamentation to the boards and spine, and full-edge silver. Decorative map-themed endpapers, fold-out diagram of a gun design, and three additional illustrations enhance this work. This volume is part of The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces, and is signed by the author.

“The Day of the Jackal†(1971) is a thriller novel by English writer 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 received admiring reviews and praise when first published in 1971, and it received a 1972 Best Novel Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The novel remains popular, and in 2003 it was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read. The OAS does exist as described in the novel, and the book opens with an accurate depiction of the attempt to assassinate de Gaulle as led by Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry, but the subsequent plot is completely fictional.
Condition / Notes: This handsomely bound title shows exceptionally well, in like-new condition. The binding and text block are sound. Text and illustrations are clear and crisp. There is tape residue on the rear endpaper.

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