First, I discovered Libby, a library app that also connects to audiobooks. It’s free! Second, I have gotten sick of listening to political tripe while I’m taking my dog on long walks everyday. Third, I struck on the idea of listening to old classic thrillers. What a win for me!
I just finished listening to The Day of the Jackal which is one of the great political thrillers that I’ve ever read. I’ve read most of Forsyth’s novels, but that happened before we started the blog in 2009, and this is my third time going through this book, although it’s been at least 30 years since the last time. This is the story of an assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle who was the President of France in 1963 when the story is cast. Many attempts had been made on de Gaulle’s life by the OAS, a French dissident organization that hated the French President. They’ve chosen a new plan for getting to de Gaulle. It is a great detective story which was published in 1971 and made into a movie in 1973. This one is the best.
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