Goodbye to Frederick Forsyth, the writer of Il Day of the jackal

In his career Frederick Forsyth He has sold more than 75 million copies all over the world even if his name, at least in Italy, never met the success he deserved. And it is a shame because, with his espionage novels, Many of which based on experiences lived by himself before becoming a writer, Frederick Forsyth rewritten the rules of a genre sublimating their success through two works in particular: The day of the jackalpublished in 1971 and recently became a miniseries for Sky with Eddie Redmayne, e The mastiffs of the war of 1974.

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The news of Forsyth’s death, disappeared at the age of 86was released by his literary agency Curtis Brown even if, together with the affection of his readers for his works, to remain more impressed than him are The life experiences he facedincluding that of Pilot of Hunting planes, of journalist and, above all, of a collaborator of Em6, the British secret services for abroad who provided him with an incredible source of inspiration for his novels.

Goodbye to Frederick Forsyth the writer of Il Day of the jackal
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Forsyth began working with Mi6 in 1969 while he was in Nigeriawhere it was initially gone as a correspondent of the BBC: his first book is dedicated to the civil war fought from 1967 to 1970, allowing him to conquer criticism especially for an incredible and accurate research work that the writer would have also put in place for his subsequent works. His latest book came out in 2019even if Frederick Forsyth has made his voice heard on several occasions, expressing, for example, his support for Brexit so that his country came out of the European Union.

Source: Vanity Fair

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