Saw the movie years ago. Writing (Frederick Forsyth) is excellent. This is a "how to" book based on an attempted assassination of de Gaulle. Since we know de Gaulle died of natural causes, we know this fails. So the interest is in the method of the assassin. Background--French humiliation in Indochina and then again in Algiers. Right wing disgust with de Gaulle. Hire 'hit man' rather than a politically motivated killer because the protection is so tight. Early chapters discuss hiring of killer, building of the rifle, and the procurement of phony documents.
Excellent start . . . orphaned girl with a knack for chess, taught by janitor, harsh orphanage despite its courtly look.
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