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Frederick Forsyth

Born

in Ashford, Kent, England, The United Kingdom

August 25, 1938

Died

June 09, 2025

Genre

Thriller, Suspense, Crime

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Frederick 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 ...more

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Frederick Forsyth’s books

Average rating: 4.1 · 440,829 ratings · 14,678 reviews · 342 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Day of the Jackal 4.27 avg rating — 148,794 ratings — published 1971 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Odessa File (Odessa #1) 4.14 avg rating — 64,991 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fourth Protocol 4.05 avg rating — 35,976 ratings — published 1984 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dogs of War 3.99 avg rating — 25,734 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil's Alternative 4.11 avg rating — 17,167 ratings — published 1979 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Afghan 3.77 avg rating — 15,419 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fist of God 4.08 avg rating — 13,628 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Negotiator 4.03 avg rating — 13,638 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Avenger 4.10 avg rating — 12,869 ratings — published 2003 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deceiver 4.06 avg rating — 12,582 ratings — published 1991 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Frederick Forsyth (?)

“there is no collective guilt,...guilt is individual, like salvation.”
― Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File

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“It is cold at six-forty in the morning on a March day in Paris, and seems even colder when a man is about to be executed by firing squad.”
― Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal

tags: death-penalty, execution, first-line, first-lines, first-sentence, frederick-forsyth

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“… Shannon’s fingers itched to smash the man in the face. Inside his head he kept telling himself,
Keep cool, baby, absolutely cool.”
― Frederick Forsyth, The Dogs of War

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Group Vote: Which book should we read for October 2024 Book of the Month?

The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton (1969)

The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1) by Michael Crichton

When an unmanned satellite returns to earth lethally contaminated, four American scientists are ordered to a secret lab to work against the threat of a worldwide epidemic.

3 votes, 37.5%

The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth (1971)

This is the book that inspired a young Tom Clancy to write thrillers. Not James Bond. Is this a technothriller? Not sure. Probably not. Just a plain old spy thriller.

2 votes, 25.0%

Haven't read this one yet. Is fairly consistently ranked a top 10 technothriller.

2 votes, 25.0%

The Satan Bug by Alistair MacLean (1962)

This may have inspired Andromeda Strain ... I'm guessing. I suppose if I took 2 seconds to google it I could find out.

1 vote, 12.5%

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