num_pages: 495
description: THE CLASSIC THRILLER FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR FREDERICK FORSYTH"The Day of the Jackal makes such comparable books such as The Manchurian Candidate and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold seem like Hardy Boy mysteries."--The New York Times The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his profession. A man unknown to any secret service in the world. An assassin with a contract to kill the world's most heavily guarded man.One man with a rifle who can change the course of history. One man whose mission is so secretive not even his employers know his name. And as the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal.
language: English
title: The Day of the Jackal
titlecomplete: The Day of the Jackal
characters: Jacqueline Dumas, Claude Lebel, the Jackal, Victor Kowalski
genres: Suspense, Mystery, Fiction, Espionage, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Crime, Classics, Novels, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 132700
places: Paris, France
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Martin Beck Award, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Arrow Books