Who wrote The Day of the Jackal?
Jackal (The Day of the Jackal) details are clarified: The dossier the OAS read from states that the Jackal killed Trujillo and the "fellow in the Congo" (presumably Dag Hammarskjöld or Patrice Lumumba). Real-life terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, already known under the code name "Carlos", was further nicknamed "The Jackal" after a copy of "The Day of the Jackal" belonging to a friend was found in his hiding place. Jackal (The Day of the Jackal) The Jackal is a fictional character, the villain of the novel "The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth. He is an assassin who is contracted by the OAS French terrorist
The Day of the Jackal an investigative journalist. Forsyth noted that virtually all OAS members and sympathizers were known to, and under surveillance by, French authorities -- a key factor in the failure of their assassination attempts. In his 2015 memoir "The Outsider", Forsyth wrote that during his time in France he briefly considered that the OAS might successfully assassinate de Gaulle if they hired a man or team who were completely unknown to French authorities -- an idea he would later expand upon in "Jackal". Although Forsyth wrote "The Day of the Jackal" in 35 days in January and February 1970, it remained unpublished