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One of the best novelists of the twentieth century was Frederick Forsyth. Study his work. The Day of the Jackal (1971) The Odessa File (1972) The Dogs of War (1974) #WritingCommunity
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25 August 1938. Acclaimed novelist, Frederick Forsyth, was born in Ashford, Kent. His first novel The Day of The Jackal was a huge world-wide best seller and turned into a film. Other works include: The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol and The Dogs of War. https://t.co/huYMWrtvqy
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& so my trawl through books from 1972 -rather happily- continues. I really struggled with Calvino’s Invisible Cities at first, & then, mysteriously, my mind found its frequency & it all became, well,magical. & now, by contrast, Forsyth’s The Odessa File. I wonder what I’ll find… https://t.co/uvrmMdzE3G