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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 .
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 ...
No Comebacks is a 1982 collection of ten short stories by English writer Frederick Forsyth.Each story takes place in a different setting and ends with a plot twist. Several of them involve a central male character without any apparent strength who is put under pressure, but who does not g
The Day of the Jackal (1971) is a political thriller novel by English author Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.
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Death Has a Bad Reputation is a 1990 British made-for-television action thriller film based on a story by Frederick Forsyth starring Tony Lo Bianco, Pamela Villoresi and Elizabeth Hurley. It was originally broadcast 24 November 1990 in the UK on ITV as part of Frederick Forsyth Presents, a series of six thriller films based on stories by Forsyth.