The Day of the Jackal: Book Review

    08-Feb-2023   
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This man, codenamed “The Jackal”, was the best assassin  (assassination) in the business. OAS negotiated with The Jackal and agreed to pay him a hansom sum in exchange for taking out Charles de Gaulle. When The Jackal walked out of the negotiation room in Rome, he set out on a secret mission that could change history. YES! after wild-life, motivations i thought to ponder upon some suspense thriller....a book based on true assassination!
 
 
 

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The Plot
On 22 August 1962, OAS failed  (assassination)  to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. The incidence spelled a disastrous aftermath for OAS, where the French government agency tightened its security protocol both abroad and onshore. The French police arrested several key OAS personnel, and the organization appeared to be reaching its twilight years. Desperation drove the top directives of OAS to change their tactics and hatching a new plan. In this new plan, OAS would hire a professional assassin, unknown to the French authority, to take out Charles de Gaulle. In many ways, this new plan is ingenious because while the French secret agency was on high alert against OAS agents, but they would have never paid attentions to a hired assassin. The director of OAS spent 3 months to research the dossiers of assassins. He finally found a perfect candidate for the job; a tall, blond Englishman who starred into the world with a pair of soulless, grey eyes. This man, codenamed “The Jackal”, was the best assassin in the business. OAS negotiated with The Jackal and agreed to pay him a hansom sum in exchange for taking out Charles de Gaulle. When The Jackal walked out of the negotiation room in Rome, he set out on a secret mission that could change history. From there, The Jackal would disappear into the crowds and no one, not even his OAS employers, knew the day when The Jackal should squeeze the trigger and take Charles de Gaulle's life. The Day of the Jackal was approaching, could French police and government agency stop this faceless assassin? Or was Charles de Gaulle counting his last days on earth?  Read Also...Ratwa: Book Review
 
 
Based on true event
When Forsyth arrived in 1962, French President  (assassination) Charles de Gaulle had just granted independence to Algeria to end the eight-year Algerian War, a highly controversial act that had incurred the wrath of the anti-decolonisation paramilitary group Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) which then vowed to assassinate him. Forsyth befriended several of the President's bodyguards and personally reported from the scene of the failed August 1962 assassination attempt along the Avenue de la Libération during which de Gaulle and his wife narrowly escaped death in a fusillade of gunfire in the roadside ambush, the most serious of six overall attempts the OAS would make on his life.[9] Forsyth incorporated an account of that real-life event to open his new novel throughout which he also employed many other aspects and details about France, its politics, the OAS, and international law enforcement that he had learned during his career as an investigative journalist.[10][11] Forsyth noted that virtually all OAS members and sympathizers were known to, and under surveillance by, French authorities—a key factor in the failure of their assassination attempts.
 
Why to Read?
Fredreich Forsyth  (assassination)  who had actually seen it all, so he could put the facts and fiction together, and made a master-piece! the 'Jackal' who got hired by the police authorities... aka a fiction figure!  how he attempts to gel into the french people, he learns their language, the way of living, their type of foods!! is a marvel to read... in that attempt he also knows the the currency denominations!! and the new guns... the areas where it is sold in black...the strength of police officials...and how in 1962, they could track down the assassinations.... is a wonder to read