In the passing away of the eminent British spy thriller writer Frederick Forsyth, the world has lost a master storyteller who had actual experiences in life having worked as a Reuters and BBC correspondent and the MI6 as an informant. His most famous books were, The Day of the Jackal, The Dogs of War, The Odessa File and The Fourth Protocol. He also was a pilot in the Royal Air Force. The Day of the Jackal was made into a movie which features the aborted attempt on the life of former French president Charles de Gaulle, which became a hit. In the movie the assassin is seen practicing target shooting on a watermelon using what was supposed to be a special bullet that was filled with mercury and which exploded on impact supposed to be lethal. The assassin was associated with Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, known in French as Chacal, which means jackal. The books he wrote used to become compulsive reading having enthralled readers with intrigue, master plots and the reader would be kept on tenterhooks all through the story.
