num_pages: 358
description: Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.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, the Jackal, Claude Lebel, Victor Kowalski
genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Classics, Crime, Espionage, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 132661
places: France, Paris
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Martin Beck Award, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Bantam