Avenger | Frederick Forsyth

Title: Avenger

Author: Frederick Forsyth

Edition:First UK Edition, First Printing

Publication Date: 2003

Publisher: Bantam Press, London

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 347 pages

Dust Cover: Stylized dustjacket with illustration by Larry Rostant. Minor creasing to upper edges of dustjacket. Unclipped dustjacket showing £17.99 on inside flap

Condition: Black boards with title and author written in gold to spine. Plum coloured end papers. Old price sticker mark to front end paper. No rips, no marks, no foxing, no inscriptions. Tight binding. Clean pages. Excellent condition

ISBN: 0593050932

Frederick McCarthy Forsyth (aka “Freddie Forsyth”) (25 August 1938 - ) is an English novelist and journalist.

Earlier in his working life Forsyth was a pilot for the Royal Air Force. In the mid 1960s Forsyth took on the role of journalist, which included a stint as a foreign correspondent for Reuters and the BBC.

Forsyth’s first novel, “The Day of the Jackal” became an international bestseller and won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel.

His fictional novels include:

• The Day of the Jackal (1971)
• The Odessa File (1972)
• The Dogs of War (1974)
• The Devil's Alternative (1979)
• The Fourth Protocol (1984)
• The Negotiator (1989)
• The Deceiver (1991)
• The Fist of God (1994)
• Icon (1996)
• The Phantom of Manhattan (1999)
• Avenger (2003)
• The Afghan (2006)
• The Cobra (2010)
• The Kill List (2013)
• The Fox (2018)

Forsyth also wrote several short stories, including:

• The Shepherd (1975)
• No Comebacks (1982)
• The Veteran (2001)

 

Non-Fiction books written by Forsyth include:

 

• The Biafra Story (1969)
• Emeka (1982)

Forsyth also penned his memoir: “The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue”, published in 2015.

Several of his novels were adapted for film and television, such as the movie, “The Day of the Jackal”, released in 1973 directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox.

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