Well, folks, here we are again: Today is Aug. 25, 2024, and that means it is the 61st anniversary of the climactic date in Frederick Forsyth’s novel “The Day of the Jackal.” I first read the paperback version of “The Day of the Jackal” and the experience flipped a switch for someone more accustomed to textbooks in school! “The Day of the Jackal” was a revelation because I found that I could enjoy reading as a pastime and so became enthralled with the book and later the film version of it that I’ve made it a personal holiday.
For many years, I considered “The Day of the Jackal” to be my favorite novel of all time. However, while great and a milepost in my reading history, “The Day of the Jackal” is now either second or third (depending on my frame of reference at the time) behind No. 1 from the late Peter Gent called “North Dallas Forty” and the sometimes No. 2 from the late Hunter S. Thompson called “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”
Today, I am at the eleventh August 25 on my blog for posting something about “The Day of the Jackal” novel and its corresponding film. If you need a reminder or would just be discovering it, Forsyth’s novel “The Day of the Jackal” is about an assassin on the trail of French President Charles de Gaulle and arrives at that novel’s climax on a hot day in August of 1963.
If you haven’t read the novel, which was published in 1971, it is the first place to start. The film is outstanding and the gold standard as an example of how to bring a novel to the big screen. However, you need to start with the source material. So, it’s easy to find “The Day of the Jackal” in paperback or e-book. You’ll see it’s my movie suggestion for today on my blog.
Also, I’ve included the links below to all my “Jackal” content.
Enjoy!
So, here are the links that will help you enjoy your own “Day of the Jackal” …
- Click here for my review of the “The Day of the Jackal” film
- Click here for my timeline of the events of the novel
- Click here for my praise for Frederick Forsyth’s “The Day of the Jackal”
- Click here for my 52nd anniversary posting about “The Day of the Jackal”
- Click here for my 53rd anniversary posting about “The Day of the Jackal”
- Click here for my 54th anniversary posting about “The Day of the Jackal”
- Click here for my 55th anniversary posting about “The Day of the Jackal”
- Click here for my 56th anniversary posting about “The Day of the Jackal”
- Click here for my 57th anniversary posting about “The Day of the Jackal”
- Click here for my 58th anniversary posting about “The Day of the Jackal”
- Click here for my 59th anniversary posting about “The Day of the Jackal”
- Click here for my 60th anniversary posting about “The Day of the Jackal”
- Click here for my review of examples of books-to-films
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