The Day of the Jackal

<b>THE CLASSIC THRILLER FROM #1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLING AUTHOR FREDERICK FORSYTH</b><br><br><b>&#147;<i>The Day of the Jackal</i> makes such comparable books such as <i>The Manchurian Candidate</i> and <i>The Spy Who Came in from the Cold</i> seem like Hardy Boy mysteries.&#148;&#151;<i>The New York Times&#160;</i></b><br><br>The Jackal. A tall blond Englishman with &#160;opaque gray eyes. A killer at the top of his &#160;profession. A man unknown to any secret service in the &#160;world. An assassin with a contract to kill the &#160;world's most heavily guarded man.<br><br>One &#160;man with a rifle who can change the course of &#160;history. One man whose mission is so secretive not &#160;even his employers know his name. And as the &#160;minutes count down to the final act of execution it &#160;seems that there is no power on earth that can stop &#160;the Jackal.