The Day of the Jackal

6/10 Published in 1971 by Fredrick Forsyth. Spoiler review. I first heard of “The Jackal” being used as an assassin’s name in Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Ultimatum . I enjoy the Bourne movies for what they are (pure thrillers) and was unaware that moniker was inspired indirectly through this Forsyth novel ⁠ . The book is a slow burn; the first 200 or so pages I was wondering why I bothered…