02822cam a2200373 4500 598404396 TxAuBib 20220602120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781483058443 1483058441 e867d2c7-de81-446b-8ec6-85057b587262 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 158974 OverDrive (Product ID) 9781538591628 9781538591628 TxAuBib Forsyth, Frederick, 1938- The Day of the Jackal [Libby Audiobook]. Blackstone Publishing, 2009. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 368MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 367MB. HTML:<p>One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who, in the spring of 1963, was hired to assassinate General Charles de Gaulle.</p> <p>France was infuriated by Charles de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria, and there were six known attempts to assassinate the general that failed. This novel dramatizes the seventh, mostly deadly attempt, involving a professional killer for hire who would be unknown to the French Police. His code name was Jackal, his price half a million dollars, and his demand total secrecy, even from his employers.</p> <p>Step by painstaking step, we follow the Jackal in his meticulous planning, from the fashioning of a specially made rifle to the devising of his approach to the time and the place where the general is to meet the Jackal's bullet. The only obstacle in his path is a small, diffident, rumpled policeman, who happens to be considered by his boss the best detective in France: Deputy Commissaire Claude Lebel.</p>. Suspense. Thriller. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. Prebble, Simon. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/158974-TheDayOfTheJackal.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/158974-TheDayOfTheJackal.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=E867D2C7-DE81-446B-8EC6-85057B587262&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/158974-TheDayOfTheJackal.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/158974-TheDayOfTheJackal.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=E867D2C7-DE81-446B-8EC6-85057B587262&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)