About the Book: The 50th anniversary edition of one of the most celebrated thrillers ever written ‘A year-zero genre reboot that defined the modern movement toward detailed, procedural narrative, where the intrigue is about how, not just what.’ LEE CHILD ‘Utterly compelling … And they say genre fiction can’t be art’ THE TIMES (Our favourite 50 novels of the past 70 years) ‘As gripping now as it was 50 years ago’ THE TIMES ________________ 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY LEE CHILD One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the exhilarating story of the struggle to catch a killer before it’s too late. 1963. An anonymous Englishman is hired by the Operations Chief of French terrorist organisation O.A.S. to murder the French president, General Charles de Gaulle. A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to reach. Only one man could do the job- an assassin of legendary talent known only as The Jackal. This remorseless and deadly killer must be stopped. But he is a man without a name, without an identity; a lethal spectre. How can you stop an assassin nobody can identify? The task falls to the best detective in France – and the price of failure is unthinkable. ________________ ‘Masterful suspense . . . The Day of the Jackal changed the shape of popular fiction from the moment it was finished’ BEN MACINTYRE, THE TIMES ‘In a class by itself. Unputdownable’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Very clever and immensely entertaining’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘A perfect example of the adventure story . . . well written, entirely believable, with this intriguing, enigmatic character at its centre’ ROBERT HARRIS ‘A year-zero, game-changing thriller, one of the most significant of all time’ LEE CHILD ‘Wonderful and way ahead of its time’ JAMES PATTERSON ‘An extraordinary book’ NICK ROBINSON, BBC RADIO 4 TODAY PROGRAMME ‘A masterpiece’ MARCUS SCRIVEN, MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘I was spellbound . . . riveted by this chilling story.’ GUARDIAN