The popular book won for Frederick Forsyth the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel and was made into a successful film starring Edward Fox.įorsyth published other acclaimed thrillers such as The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, The Devil’s Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon etc. Published in 1971, The Day of the Jackal is an anatomically historical narration of the hiring by the deadly Organisation Armee Secrete of the ace hired killer codenamed The Jackal to assassinate the then French President Charles De Gaulle. This way, one became introduced to the bestselling thriller The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth. Who is he? Can he be found before the day of the jackal?” Thrillers and their celebrated writers brought the world together in hip and contemporary engagement.Īll it took was to get into a bookshop, and the blurb of a thriller would instantly commandeer all your attention thusly: “One man with a gun who can change the course of history.
Time was when the Nigerian economy was in good health and books published in Britain and America would all be readily available in Nigeria and at affordable prizes.
They may not almost always have high critical acclaim on the literary front, but the publishers do not joke with them because they make millions of dollars and pounds roll into the till.īack in my secondary school days, the acclaimed king of thriller writers across board in Nigeria was James Hadley Chase, but I have already written about the Englishman whose original name was Rene Lodge Brabazon Raymond.Īfter enjoying James Hadley Chase, lovers of engaging thrillers would then move on to the likes of Fredrick Forsyth, Mario Puzo, Sidney Sheldon, Robert Ludlum, Jeffrey Archer etc. Writers of thrillers are the richest authors all over the world.
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