An auction at
21st May 2013
In support of
London: Hutchinson, 1971
8vo, first edition, original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine, dust-jacket, minor browning to endpapers, extremities of dust-jacket very slightly frayed
Following a genuine attempt by extreme right wing forces to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle in 1962, Forsyth takes over the story. He invents an unnamed assassin, codenamed the “Jackal,” and ingeniously plots a further threat to de Gaulle’s life.
Winner 1972 Best Novel Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The 1973 film based on the novel was directed by Fred Zinnemann with screenplay by Kenneth Ross, and starred Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale.
Annotated on 7 pages. Approximately 300 words. The annotation is a handwritten seven-page short essay, written on the blanks and endpapers at the front of the book, discussing why snipers no longer use rifles.
What strikes immediately is the complete revolution in all our lives caused simply by technology. Some things do not change. A rifle is still a rifle, a bullet still a bullet and a human head still a target for an assassin. And there are still assassins. But for the rest, it is all different now...
What strikes immediately is the complete revolution in all our lives caused simply by technology. Some things do not change. A rifle is still a rifle, a bullet still a bullet and a human head still a target for an assassin. And there are still assassins. But for the rest, it is all different now...
What strikes immediately is the complete revolution in all our lives caused simply by technology. Some things do not change. A rifle is still a rifle, a bullet still a bullet and a human head still a target for an assassin. And there are still assassins. But for the rest, it is all different now...
