Very exciting, taut ending, which is remarkable since as a reader, I know that de Gaulle was not assassinated. Forsyth was a journalist before starting his career as a novelist, and it shows. The who-what-where-why-how aspect of almost very scene is impressive. He uses detail to build suspense and verisimilitude. Terrific book.
Jackal's final disguise is as a one-legged war veteran. His penultimate disguise is as a gay. Both brilliant on Forsyth's part, because the lack of thorough checking of papers by police fits quite well with prejudices/biases. No gay could be a killer; no one-legged vet would want to harm de Gaulle.
Jackal's final disguise is as a one-legged war veteran. His penultimate disguise is as a gay. Both brilliant on Forsyth's part, because the lack of thorough checking of papers by police fits quite well with prejudices/biases. No gay could be a killer; no one-legged vet would want to harm de Gaulle.
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