Tuesday, June 07, 2011

A Word-of-Mouth Sensation

Today marks 40 years since the release of Frederick Forsyth’s best-selling thriller, The Day of the Jackal. British author Charles Cumming offers background on that novel in The Guardian, while Ali Karim spotlights this anniversary in the blog Shotsmag Confidential.

2 comments:

Jenni Wiltz said...

I love the Jackal! Last year, when I was writing a thriller, my husband suggested I read this book to see how it's done. I did, and I haven't looked back since.

Barbara said...

40 years? Good grief, I feel so old!