in 1970, he had enough of the war and returned back to england. he started work on a novel about an assassin who commissioned by the oas, an attack on president de gaulle. forsyth used for his novel the knowledge he had gained when he worked as correspondent for reuters in paris.the oas or organisation (armée secrète committed between 1961 and 1963 over 1000 attacks in france. the group wants to ensure that algeria would secede from france. their biggest opponent was de gaulle who three attacks. forsyth puts his assassination in 1963, after the assassination of lieutenant colonel jean marie bastien thiry in petit clamart in 1962.he wrote the book in 35 days and he handled a large number of cases in the book are based on careful research. as the business applications of a false passport or the making of a sniper rifle. forsyth introduced a thriller that looks like a documentary. each fact is monitored every street, square, government institution or staff.despite this difficulty, the book was initially refused until publishing hutchinson manuscript purchased and published it under the title the day of the jackal. the book became a bestseller and has been filmed twice.
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