num_pages: 358
description: Political thriller about an assassin hired to assassinate then French president Charles de Gaulle. Won an Edgar award.
language: English
title: The Day of the Jackal
titlecomplete: The Day of the Jackal
characters: Jacqueline Dumas, the Jackal, Claude Lebel, Victor Kowalski
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Espionage, Crime, Suspense
ratings_count: 132697
places: Paris, France
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Martin Beck Award, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Random House UK