Cool Cr@cker
February 14th, 2005, 03:32 AM
Book/Movie/Album Reviews
Hello, Dear Book-a-holics this is the place for you to write a review of any book you have recently read, so that those who want to buy it can check out others opinion.
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Book : The Day of the Jackal
Author : Fredrick Forsythe Rated : PG13+
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This is a simply stupendous book by Fredrick Forsythe, which takes us across a magical journey andaction and adventure are equally mixed here.It is based on the dictatorship of French president Charles De Gaulle and how a secret organization OAS which hates him attempts to kill him. Many OAS attempts fail due to the killers’s incompetence and also due to the infiltration of the French secret service.
Thus in a desperate bid OAS spends its final resources on a world class proffesional assassin who calls himself “The Jackal”.
The Author takes us along an impending journey through the minds of so many people & expresses their feelings superly. The French leaders who have got wind of the OAS plan, assign the job of hunting him to Detective Claude. The story takes place in many Western European countries but mainly in France & England. In the first part, we see the OAS Minds and how they hire the Jackal and how he gets on his moves. In the 2nd, we see the jackal’s long journey as hides his tracks and how the French hunt for him. The final Chapter superbly takes us into the mind of the Jackal as he hides, disguises and uses all his tact to get ready for the Grand move to kill the president. What will happen to the day of the jackal – Read on to find out. Fredrick has wonderful woven the web of this book and the narration is awesome. A must read for those above 14.
~ CC
Hello, Dear Book-a-holics this is the place for you to write a review of any book you have recently read, so that those who want to buy it can check out others opinion.
If the Mods feel this is useful, they can sticky it.
Book : The Day of the Jackal
Author : Fredrick Forsythe Rated : PG13+
Rating :http://pokecommunity.com/images/rating/rating_4.gif
Website :
This is a simply stupendous book by Fredrick Forsythe, which takes us across a magical journey andaction and adventure are equally mixed here.It is based on the dictatorship of French president Charles De Gaulle and how a secret organization OAS which hates him attempts to kill him. Many OAS attempts fail due to the killers’s incompetence and also due to the infiltration of the French secret service.
Thus in a desperate bid OAS spends its final resources on a world class proffesional assassin who calls himself “The Jackal”.
The Author takes us along an impending journey through the minds of so many people & expresses their feelings superly. The French leaders who have got wind of the OAS plan, assign the job of hunting him to Detective Claude. The story takes place in many Western European countries but mainly in France & England. In the first part, we see the OAS Minds and how they hire the Jackal and how he gets on his moves. In the 2nd, we see the jackal’s long journey as hides his tracks and how the French hunt for him. The final Chapter superbly takes us into the mind of the Jackal as he hides, disguises and uses all his tact to get ready for the Grand move to kill the president. What will happen to the day of the jackal – Read on to find out. Fredrick has wonderful woven the web of this book and the narration is awesome. A must read for those above 14.
~ CC