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Another Day Another Jackal

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It is 1995. Jacques Chirac, President of France, orders a series of nucleartests in the Pacific, undeterred by international outrage.Greenwar, a covert hard-line environmental organization, led byex-Greenpeace activist Sheryl Glister, passes the death sentence on Chirac.Finance is provided by a dying multi-millionaire; logistical support by acabal of Chirac's political enemies.This alliance of idealism, money, and sedition, recruits Dennis Lux, contractkiller, to carry out the sentence. The challenge is huge but Lux is confidenthe can do it. Until, as the Day of the Jackal reborn draws closer, GhislaineFougère, freelance reporter, enters his life and turns it upside down.To back out would be to bring the wrath of the conspirators down onthem both. Chirac must die as planned, and on the appointed day Lux firesthe bullet of retribution. Chirac dies, yet Chirac lives on. This story, pieced together from stolen French Government archives, revealsthe truth of this paradox.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780991706303
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 350
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. december 2013
  • Størrelse:
  • 129x198x19 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 340 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 6. december 2024
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It is 1995. Jacques Chirac, President of France, orders a series of nucleartests in the Pacific, undeterred by international outrage.Greenwar, a covert hard-line environmental organization, led byex-Greenpeace activist Sheryl Glister, passes the death sentence on Chirac.Finance is provided by a dying multi-millionaire; logistical support by acabal of Chirac's political enemies.This alliance of idealism, money, and sedition, recruits Dennis Lux, contractkiller, to carry out the sentence. The challenge is huge but Lux is confidenthe can do it. Until, as the Day of the Jackal reborn draws closer, GhislaineFougère, freelance reporter, enters his life and turns it upside down.To back out would be to bring the wrath of the conspirators down onthem both. Chirac must die as planned, and on the appointed day Lux firesthe bullet of retribution. Chirac dies, yet Chirac lives on. This story, pieced together from stolen French Government archives, revealsthe truth of this paradox.

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