Fredrick Frosyth was another brilliant story writer. His Day of Jackal was made into a picture and tells the true (?) story of an attempt to assassinate the then French President de gaulle. by the terrorist code named Jackal.(who was arrested many years later by French police)

Fredrick Frosyth was another brilliant story writer. His Day of Jackal was made into a picture and tells the true (?) story of an attempt to assassinate the then French President de gaulle. by the terrorist code named Jackal.(who was arrested many years later by French police)

It was a brilliant book and the movie too was very well made with Edward Fox playing the role of jackal brilliantly...The same goes for Odessa file. Forsythe's later novels too like Avenger, The Dogs of war, Devils alternative, The negotiator and Cobra which dealt extensively with Columbian cocaine trade was very interesting...

Fredrick Frosyth was another brilliant story writer. His Day of Jackal was made into a picture and tells the true (?) story of an attempt to assassinate the then French President de gaulle. by the terrorist code named Jackal.(who was arrested many years later by French police)

It was a brilliant book and the movie too was very well made with Edward Fox playing the role of jackal brilliantly...The same goes for Odessa file. Forsythe's later novels too like Avenger, The Dogs of war, Devils alternative, The negotiator and Cobra which dealt extensively with Columbian cocaine trade was very interesting...

I too like Frederick Forsythes style of writing and the extensive rsearch that goes into his writings ..
Another book that I must mention is Roots written by Alex Haley which is autobiographical since the author traces his roots to Africa...The slave trade and its effects on the black people is very touching and in my opinion this is one of the best novels ever written, a must read ! It was also filmed in the seventies ...There was some controversy about copywrights but was later settled amicably!

Amongst books written by Indian authors I liked Amruta Pritam's Pinjar a lot and The Inscrutable Americans by Anurag Mathur a lot!

Pinjar revolves around the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped by a Muslim family and she is forever separated from her family and fiance when the country divides and she remains in Pakistan. A very heartwrenching tale beautifully told!