{"product_id":"day-of-the-jackal","title":"Day of the Jackal","description":"\u003cb\u003e'A year-zero genre reboot that defined the modern movement toward detailed, procedural narrative, where the intrigue is about how, not just what.'\u003c\/b\u003e LEE CHILD\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Utterly compelling ... And they say genre fiction can't be art'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e(Our favourite 50 novels of the past 70 years)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'As gripping now as it was 50 years ago'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY LEE CHILD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, \u003ci\u003eThe Day of the Jackal\u003c\/i\u003e is the exhilarating story of the struggle to catch a killer before it's too late.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1963.\u003c\/b\u003e An anonymous Englishman is hired by the Operations Chief of French terrorist organisation O.A.S. to murder the French president, General Charles de Gaulle. A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to reach.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Only one man could do the job- an assassin of legendary talent known only as The Jackal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This remorseless and deadly killer must be stopped. But he is a man without a name, without an identity; a lethal spectre.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How can you stop an assassin nobody can identify? The task falls to the best detective in France - and the price of failure is unthinkable.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Masterful suspense . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Day of the Jackal\u003c\/i\u003e changed the shape of popular fiction from the moment it was finished' \u003cb\u003eBEN MACINTYRE,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'In a class by itself. Unputdownable' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Very clever and immensely entertaining' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A perfect example of the adventure story . . . well written, entirely believable, with this intriguing, enigmatic character at its centre' \u003cb\u003eROBERT HARRIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A year-zero, game-changing thriller, one of the most significant of all time' \u003cb\u003eLEE CHILD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Wonderful and way ahead of its time' \u003cb\u003eJAMES PATTERSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'An extraordinary book' \u003cb\u003eNICK ROBINSON, BBC RADIO 4\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTODAY\u003c\/i\u003e PROGRAMME\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A masterpiece' \u003cb\u003eMARCUS SCRIVEN, \u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'I was spellbound . . . riveted by this chilling story.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Day of the Jackal","offer_id":44624584704197,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-09-955736-4.jpg?v=1743390678","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/day-of-the-jackal","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}