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Frederick McCarthy Forsyth [a] CBE (born 25 August 1938) is an English novelist and journalist. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal , The Odessa File , The Fourth Protocol , The Dogs of War , The Devil's Alternative , The Fist of God , Icon , The Veteran , Avenger , The Afghan , The Cobra and The Kill List .
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Christopher Petit reckoned Forsyth was a relic of bygone times, calling it "polished and moribund as a joke at an after-dinner speech, with a ponderous twist, a punchline and a little moral to tie it all up". [7] The BBC was mixed, stating that "This collection is tautly written and practically boasts of the deep level of research that ...
Avenger is a political thriller novel by English writer Frederick Forsyth, published in September 2003. [1] It was adapted for television as the 2006 film Avenger starring Sam Elliott . [ 2 ]
The title refers to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which (at least in the world of the novel) contained four secret protocols.The fourth of these was meant to prohibit non-conventional deliveries of nuclear weapons, i.e. by means other than being dropped from aircraft or carried on ballistic missiles.
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Pages in category "Works by Frederick Forsyth" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
In Forsyth's subsequent novel, The Fist of God, taking place during the Persian Gulf War, the Americans and British become suddenly (even comically) aware of the inadequacy of these approaches in giving them real insight into Saddam Hussein's true intentions, and begin searching desperately for a way to infiltrate the Iraqi regime with a living ...