Thursday, January 27, 2011
Mr Campbell-Atkins' English Laptop class-Review Here!
Greetings writers and readers! Mr CA wants you to read one of the books he has recommended and comment on it in the space below. Just click on "Comment" and enter the title of the book you read and what you think of it. Remember that this blog has been set up as a resource to help other students decided if they want to read a book in the library. So make sure you describe what the book is about-but not so much that you give the ending away! Then tell us what you think of the book? Would you recommend it to a friend, or do you think they would have more fun watching reality television?!? Go for it!
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Title: The day of the Jackal
ReplyDeleteReviewer: Richard Clarkson
This book is fiction but it is based on the real story of the man who tried to assassinate Charles de Gaulle, the French President, in the early 1960’s by a French terrorist group. In the story we discover how a militant right-wing group of soldiers who believed de Gaulle had betrayed France by granting Algeria independence hired a British assassin to shoot de Gaulle. We follow this “Jackal” as the group names him as he makes his preparations as well as the efforts of Claude Lebel, the great but self-effacing detective who tries to track him down.
I love this book and have read it several times. I enjoy reading about the detailed preparations of the assassin, the diligence of the detective in tracing him and all the politics in France (and England) which almost derailed these efforts and led to de Gaulle’s death.