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The Shepherd / The Odessa File
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Published June 4, 1998
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Frederick Forsyth
334 books4,300 followersFrederick Forsyth, CBE was a English author and occasional political commentator. He was best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan, and more recently, The Cobra and The Kill List.
The son of a furrier, he was born in Ashford, Kent, educated at Tonbridge School and later attended the University of Granada. He became one of the youngest pilots in the Royal Air Force at 19, where he served on National Service from 1956 to 1958. Becoming a journalist, he joined Reuters in 1961 and later the BBC in 1965, where he served as an assistant diplomatic correspondent. From July to September 1967, he served as a correspondent covering the Nigerian Civil War between the region of Biafra and Nigeria. He left the BBC in 1968 after controversy arose over his alleged bias towards the Biafran cause and accusations that he falsified segments of his reports. Returning to Biafra as a freelance reporter, Forsyth wrote his first book, The Biafra Story in 1969.
Forsyth decided to write a novel using similar research techniques to those used in journalism. His first full length novel, The Day of the Jackal, was published in 1971 and became an international bestseller and gained its author the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. It was later made into a film of the same name.
The son of a furrier, he was born in Ashford, Kent, educated at Tonbridge School and later attended the University of Granada. He became one of the youngest pilots in the Royal Air Force at 19, where he served on National Service from 1956 to 1958. Becoming a journalist, he joined Reuters in 1961 and later the BBC in 1965, where he served as an assistant diplomatic correspondent. From July to September 1967, he served as a correspondent covering the Nigerian Civil War between the region of Biafra and Nigeria. He left the BBC in 1968 after controversy arose over his alleged bias towards the Biafran cause and accusations that he falsified segments of his reports. Returning to Biafra as a freelance reporter, Forsyth wrote his first book, The Biafra Story in 1969.
Forsyth decided to write a novel using similar research techniques to those used in journalism. His first full length novel, The Day of the Jackal, was published in 1971 and became an international bestseller and gained its author the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. It was later made into a film of the same name.
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June 18, 2020
The Odessa File review:
I love Frederick Forsyth's attention to detail (in one of his other books he takes pages to describe a sniper's position on a mountain ledge, and it is riveting).
The Odessa File is just as riveting. I read it with maps at hand so that I could check out routes, towns, etc. mentioned in the story, Mr. Forsyth is that good a storyteller. Rowland Hilder even gets a mention!
A young reporter decides, for reasons of his own, to track down a war criminal after reading the diary of a Holocaust survivor.
Gripping and suspenseful to the end. A great read, in my opinion.
I love Frederick Forsyth's attention to detail (in one of his other books he takes pages to describe a sniper's position on a mountain ledge, and it is riveting).
The Odessa File is just as riveting. I read it with maps at hand so that I could check out routes, towns, etc. mentioned in the story, Mr. Forsyth is that good a storyteller. Rowland Hilder even gets a mention!
A young reporter decides, for reasons of his own, to track down a war criminal after reading the diary of a Holocaust survivor.
Gripping and suspenseful to the end. A great read, in my opinion.
October 31, 2024
Muy interesante, también son lecturas re cortas, la atención a los detalles de las cosas también es muy lograda, me gusto
October 20, 2008
mystery
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