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I picked up the book at WH Smith's in Glasgow Central Station when I was starting out on my journey to Bordeaux for my year there in September 1977, thinking I could pick it up and read a few pages at a time during the course of the journey.

I remember very little of that journey other than that I could not put the book down. No book before or since has ever had that effect on me.

When the film came out I went to see it with a degree of trepidation because so often films can be totally different from the book on which they're based but this one was entirely true to the book and a brilliant watch. I have the DVD and watch it every now and again.

What I didn't know until relatively recently is that it was Forsyth's first novel. What a debut, eh?

There's been a few attempted Americanised versions of the basic premise of an assassination and an assassin called Jackal but they are miles off the original in every way.

I would genuinely fear being disappointed by the new one but if someone whose judgment I trust encourages me to give it a go then I could see me watching it.

Edit - I've now read the synopsis of the new film at the Sky website and it has put me off watching it.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2688373" data-attributes="member: 65242">...I picked up the book at WH Smith&#039;s in Glasgow Central Station when I was starting out on my journey to Bordeaux for my year there in September 1977, thinking I could pick it up and read a few pages at a time during the course of the journey.I remember very little of that journey other than that I could not put the book down. No book before or since has ever had that effect on me.When the film came out I went to see it with a degree of trepidation because so often films can be totally different from the book on which they&#039;re based but this one was entirely true to the book and a brilliant watch. I have the DVD and watch it every now and again.What I didn&#039;t know until relatively recently is that it was Forsyth&#039;s first novel. What a debut, eh?There&#039;s been a few attempted Americanised versions of the basic premise of an assassination and an assassin called Jackal but they are miles off the original in every way.I would genuinely fear being disappointed by the new one but if someone whose judgment I trust encourages me to give it a go then I could see me watching it.Edit - I&#039;ve now read the synopsis of the new film at the Sky website and it has put me off watching it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2688373, member: 65242"] ... I picked up the book at WH Smith's in Glasgow Central Station when I was starting out on my journey to Bordeaux for my year there in September 1977, thinking I could pick it up and read a few pages at a time during the course of the journey. I remember very little of that journey other than that I could not put the book down. No book before or since has ever had that effect on me. When the film came out I went to see it with a degree of trepidation because so often films can be totally different from the book on which they're based but this one was entirely true to the book and a brilliant watch. I have the DVD and watch it every now and again. What I didn't know until relatively recently is that it was Forsyth's first novel. What a debut, eh? There's been a few attempted Americanised versions of the basic premise of an assassination and an assassin called Jackal but they are miles off the original in every way. I would genuinely fear being disappointed by the new one but if someone whose judgment I trust encourages me to give it a go then I could see me watching it. Edit - I've now read the synopsis of the new film at the Sky website and it has put me off watching it. [/QUOTE]

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