The Day of the Jackal Audiobook by Frederick Forsyth read by George Sewell. Abridged.

[@NoosaHeads]

If anyone hasn't seen the 1973 film, I can highly recommend it. My only gripe with the movie is that I wanted it to be longer. The film companies want the maximum amount of cinemagoers, so they keep movies to about 90 minutes and cut out all "extraneous" detail. The Day of the Jackal would have made a great 3.5 hour epic in 70 millimetre. This abridged, radio version isn't bad at all. It has most of the desirable aspects of the original book (which is a wonderful read and explains the detection in better detail). To whoever uploaded this radio drama - thank you for all your efforts.

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

For all the moaning minnies complaining about the story having been abridged, please try to remember that someone has not only taken the time to load this recording to KZbin purely for the enjoyment of total strangers around the world, but they have also written a synopsis and warned that the book has been abridged. If you want an unabridged version I'm sure that you can find such a thing. But to come to the comments section and repeatedly complain just seems so very rude. How spoiled and entitled we have become! It was not so long ago that such a phenomenon as KZbin wasn't even imagined in the public mind! We all had to buy our own recording,if we missed the programme on the TV it was gone forever. Now people gripe and nitpick as though they were paying for a top of the range service. Come on people! Get a sense of proportion, rummage around and rediscover your sense of humour and be grateful for these little pleasures in life! None of us wants to go back to the days of not having them! Lecture over! 😂

[@JosephRawsonWorks]

Thanks for including your comment among the griping and complaining comments. It fits like a glove.

[@Al_NERi]

I for one am very grateful to access this audio book, however abridged (no big whup) I'm currently in hospital and this is great relaxing (but anything but boring) material to keep me occupied quietly.

[@scottlaughlin2447]

The word abridged often means that the "sense of place" has been stripped away. Abridging is not doing the original author justice. So I continue my search for the original version.

[@peternoble3691]

Here, here!

[@JavierBonillaC]

Excellently said!

[@TomHyland-mk4ki]

I have listened to this audio book many times. Briiliantly read by George Sewell. Thank you.❤ from Timor-LESTE. 35:27 35:30

[@manuelroca5289]

I have it on dvd and have watched it many times. It never gets old! I love the untrigue, the mystery, the chase. Is a Foresigh Masterpiece! Kudos to the Author!

[@Luddite1]

Oh wow thank you for this This was one of my favourite tapes through my childhood I’ve not heard this for over 40 years and I cannot tell you how many memories it brings back !

[@gazza2933]

Great novel, and brilliantly read by the late George Sewell. Thank you for posting this. 👍

[@AmyWebster-u6l]

One of my favorite reads of all time. Thank you!!!

[@timholbrook7671]

Viewed the Edward Fox film, found it superb! Well acted, directed and cinematography perfect. Highly reccomend. Very provocative,,,,,Sewell a very gifted narrator indeed! For those who engaged in the audio book...

[@annirvinetaylor1376]

thank you, one of F F great stories read by the wonderful George Sewell

[@oriolesfan61]

A masterful novel. Even abridged: it's delightful to hear

[@richardisraeloff5611]

I read this book in 1971or 1972 and saw the movie when it came out. …… both are excellent!!

[@glasgowgallus247]

No complaints here chief: grayeful for all the hard work... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@krugtbifro6152]

Enjoyed it thanks Narrator was absolutely fine

[@pkm594]

Great to hear this once again. I remember these when I was a lot younger, 2 x 100 minute cassettes, I had a few of these original audiobooks of different stories which got me to read the books. Maybe in the thing to say is if youre expecting the whole thing don't forget this is possibly from the 80s so was abridged to fit those 2 Cassette tapes, there was no CDs or Data media to record 10 hours of story, it would have been a huge amount of cassettes. This is a great nostalgia for me. Thank you very much for uploading this.

[@Rae2492]

No "big plot holes"...masterful book.. the 14hr unabridged version on YT also..no ads.

[@DavidThomas-lt4pj]

Thanks for this. I had these tapes years ago, when I was a kid. George Sewells versatile voice made it thrilling.

[@annirvinetaylor1376]

great book that was well read for us by George Sewell .

[@steveurban1764]

One of the great audiobooks. Thank you so much for this. And the 1973 movie, starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale, is not to be missed.

[@joserafaelzepeda-garza9971]

And many of great actors like Sir Derek Jacobi

[@annabellagardner3190]

Reading your post, I am positive you should read the full book. It is so very much better that this. More characters fascinating attention to factual details supporting characters and places making the entire book riveting. A great deal has been edited out from the 10+ hours unabridged audiobook. Do read/ listen, to full book it's 100% more enjoyable and you'll love every minute. 👍🙃 Ps. This abridged version is more like a 'trailer' to actual book.

[@johnferry7778]

Good old George Sewell, I have very fond memories of him in so many films and tv programs from my youth.

[@malcolmclarke3033]

Superb story. George Sewell such a great voice

[@stefanschutz5166]

Excellent prose and reader. Thank you from Amsterdam.

[@greatbooksontape782]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Didn't realize anyone from Amsterdam was listening. That's nice to know.

[@bharathkb5116]

I got so obsessed by this book in my college days,that I read it SIX times.The guys thought I had flipped. When Forsyth came to a Mall in my home city I completely missed him. UNBELEAVABLE

[@20chocsaday]

It amazes me that such a high proportion of the comments are from non readers.

[@elaineedgar2913]

Bearing in mind Forsyth’s political stance, you wouldn’t have missed much. I just wish l could separate the writer from his almost fascist political views.

[@20chocsaday]

@@elaineedgar2913 If you read all kinds of books you don't worry about the author's views, just make note of them and read the text. Non fiction is a different matter. That can be relevant.

[@poppaleggansquat3640]

What a great movie, thoroughly enjoyed listening to this as my minds eye watched Edward ' The Jackal' Fox stalking de Gaulle. Marvelous.

[@annabellagardner3190]

Reading your post, I am positive you should read the full book. It is so very much better that this. More characters fascinating attention to factual details supporting characters and places making the entire book riveting. A great deal has been edited out from the 10+ hours unabridged audiobook. Do read/ listen, to full book it's 100% more enjoyable and you'll love every minute. 👍🙃 Ps. This abridged version is more like a 'trailer' to actual book.

[@maureenbrophy7852]

Great narration. First time read. Probably abridged, v enjoyable

[@richardhausig9493]

The novel that turned me on to novels. Great book, thanks.

[@pauladaniels-bc7rj]

I loved the film when i first watched it around 14 or 15 years old whenever it is on television i always watch it,it is never not exviting & nailbiting ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 thankyou to the person who got this together & posted this,good narration by George Sewell,Paula,England x

[@klientproby]

Read by a wonderfully voiced actor. George Sewell was a good actor. I can almost see the film version as I listen to this gripping story. The film which starred Edward Fox was excellent. The remake, made by Hollywood of course, was dreadful and silly and not even close to the original story.

[@charlessmyth]

I'm sure that Frederick found the cheque useful :-)

[@joserafaelzepeda-garza9971]

Wollywood crap

[@kamuelalee]

The best modern thriller ever written.

[@annabellagardner3190]

Reading your post, I am positive you should read the full book. It is so very much better that this. More characters fascinating attention to factual details supporting characters and places making the entire book riveting. A great deal has been edited out from the 10+ hours unabridged audiobook. Do read/ listen, to full book it's 100% more enjoyable and you'll love every minute. 👍🙃 Ps. This abridged version is more like a 'trailer' to actual book.

[@kamuelalee]

@@annabellagardner3190 Yes, I read the full "The Day of the Jackal" novel back in high school many years ago and well before the Internet. As I've said, I think it's the best modern thriller ever written and sparked other great writers of thriller novels in modern times including Ken Follett.

[@annabellagardner3190]

@@kamuelalee Le Carre.

[@annabellagardner3190]

@@kamuelalee Preaching to the converted lol. It's brilliant read, I too read it years ago and later the unabridged audiobook, that too was very enjoyable.

[@slimjimnyc270]

Loved George Sewell as Col. Alec Freeman of UFO.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Agreed

[@glasgowgallus247]

Absolute classic, superb👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@evelynzak8454]

I enjoyed the movie with Edward Fox as the Jackal many years ago.

[@ianmangham4570]

Great movie

[@lloydbraun6026]

Saw it in the theater. Great movie and all the actors were superb

[@karlmeyer9473]

Oh dear. You remember his face. Phut phut said the silenced pistol.

[@glynnjacobs9602]

EXCELLENT movie!

[@dittohead7425]

​@@lloydbraun6026 a😊

[@brianperry]

I have the Audio book read by David Rintoul, its just over thirteen hours long, Its a great yarn, a great film which unusually follows the book quite accurately. The actors were brilliant, Edward Fox who plays the contract killer..cold, calculating and utterly ruthless...and Micheal Lonsdale trying to find him hampered by political expediency..

[@twt3716]

The Original film was rare in that it was just as good as the book. Love both. Believe it or not the film is my 'Feel good movie' :/

[@ross942]

5

[@shaneobrien2257]

Many thanks for posting, m8. Great listen. 🙏🙏

[@charlessmyth]

George is a determined and efficient reader :-) Thanks for posting :-)

[@adeladd7638]

I have always liked this story, both book and film. My only minor criticism is the welding with a soldering iron nonsense.

[@jessisage4708]

Lol! Right soldered that thing right to the chassis!

[@stringlarson1247]

The unabridged version is a great one to have in the library. Frederick Forsyth's autobiography is quite good as well.

[@kathryngrant2676]

They should have the version with David Rintoul. It’s not a performance, it’s a tour de force! His French is impeccable, welsh accent of Brin Thomas, H e performs w different Doctors and they all sound different. It’s fabulous! He is fabulous!

[@cynthiaslater7445]

The unabridged version read by David Rintoul was the first time I heard this story. Yes, indeed, he was the best at this one!

[@kathryngrant2676]

@@cynthiaslater7445 Do you know what he is mostly doing now? Performing voices of characters for video games! What a waste of a magnificent voice and talent. I have a whole host of books I wish he would perform.

[@michelleclark8099]

@@cynthiaslater7445 Simon Prebble does a great narration. Around 11 hours.

[@jimmyh8090]

Do you know where that version is pls ,I can't find it anywhere , thanks Jim

[@brianperry]

I have a few Forsyth audio books read by David Rintoul .. he's brilliant..

[@jez6208]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@michaelwilkins5841]

Thank you so much!!! Bravo!!! Well Done!!!

[@jeanettesdaughter]

So well read. My favorite in this genre. Well this and The Key to Rebecca and The Man from St. Petersburg by another author. They have in common the everyday pursuits of ordinary people in grand and dangerous political schemes. People love to say:” it’s none of my business” but Nations and their politics are always run out on a day to day basis by the ordinary people, whether compliant in political crimes or in resistance to them!

[@annabellagardner3190]

Reading your post, I am positive you should read the full book. It is so very much better that this. More characters fascinating attention to factual details supporting characters and places making the entire book riveting. A great deal has been edited out from the 10+ hours unabridged audiobook. Do read/ listen, to full book it's 100% more enjoyable and you'll love every minute. 👍🙃 Ps. This abridged version is more like a 'trailer' to actual book.

[@joserafaelzepeda-garza9971]

The wonderful Sir George Sewell

[@ThePierre58]

Great book, well read. I remember George Sewell from many films.

[@peterhughes7099]

THANK YOU!!!!! I've been looking for this all over KZbin for years, and finally I have gound it!

[@annabellagardner3190]

Reading your post, I am positive you should read the full book. It is so very much better that this. More characters fascinating attention to factual details supporting characters and places making the entire book riveting. A great deal has been edited out from the 10+ hours unabridged audiobook. Do read/ listen, to full book it's 100% more enjoyable and you'll love every minute. 👍🙃 Ps. This abridged version is more like a 'trailer' to actual book.

[@randomacousticthoughts]

A great listen, thanks!

[@Fred-zc8lt]

Thank you very much

[@chrismcgillen5955]

Thanks so much, I listened to this many years ago

[@mark.J6708]

Great book.

[@j.dunlop8295]

The author knew the wanker DeGualible's body guards! How the story developed!😅 great book!.

[@alanturner293]

Despite a good performance by the narrator this epic book has been so drastically cut it has lost the gradual tension that makes it so unique. Alan T

[@purdy9170]

I agree ..the book is a classic ..the film of 1972 was very good too ..

[@derekt5026]

Abridged version should be in title Great book and film

[@Barnaby_bo]

@@derekt5026 it is

[@michelleclark8099]

A lot is still packed into 2 hours in this version, versus the 11 hours version.

[@alanwitton5980]

Excellent gripping story well read by George Sewell

[@michelleclark8099]

Thank you. ❤️✅

[@Al_NERi]

Pretty much all of Forsyth's stories involve some adventure in smuggling. The way he depicts the smuggling of the custom rifle was always intriguing to me even if a few details here and there are unconvincing

[@ellenthorne8222]

I haven't heard this version before, it was very good. I've watched the original film many times, also the paperback, I now have the unabridged version read by David Rintoul and Audible which I've listened many times. I've 634 Audible books plus over 100 cds also some unusable tapes due being mangled or snapped. I don't use the cds much as the my cats keep opening the top or pressing the buttons. Good narrative can bring a book to life.

[@michelleclark8099]

Simon prebble good narrator of this.

[@michelleclark8099]

I love the audio narrated by Simon Prebble. Perfect. 2 parts totaling around 11 hours of audio.

[@ulyssesjefferson8589]

What's your cats favourite reading?

[@ellenthorne8222]

@@ulyssesjefferson8589 any that mention especially the cat who series where the word is mentioned.

[@carlo_cali]

🐱

[@ritzemaritzema-xo4dz]

Thanks

[@joeomalley2835]

Read this one awhile back and enjoyed it. Thanks for the reading here!

[@michaelwilkins5841]

Thank You 🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@goodyeoman4534]

Such a brilliant book. And this was narrated perfectly. But some fantastic scenes have been cut - Kowalski's fight with the French intelligence heavies, for one.

[@greatbooksontape782]

Yes. This seems like a good case for reading the book and getting the whole story after listening to the abridged audiobook. It's the same with some movies based on books.

[@cnashford2]

@@greatbooksontape782 Wonderful response 👍🏾 because this abridged version and the comment by @GoodYeoman definitely made me wanna read the full book! But I appreciate this one since my book group is mere days away from meeting & I won't have time to finish the full book. Thanks for posting and God bless. 🙏🏾

[@20chocsaday]

Fantastic book. I learned a lot that they don't tell you about.

[@annabellagardner3190]

Reading your post, I am positive you should read the full book. It is so very much better that this. More characters fascinating attention to factual details supporting characters and places making the entire book riveting. A great deal has been edited out from the 10+ hours unabridged audiobook. Do read/ listen, to full book it's 100% more enjoyable and you'll love every minute. 👍🙃 Ps. This abridged version is more like a 'trailer' to actual book.

[@20chocsaday]

@@annabellagardner3190 I have.. Long ago and seen a TV version years afterwards. I don't have the paper book any longer, there was a queue to read it after me. Every book must have stopped somewhere on the circuit but that sometimes happened at a life changing event, like marriage.

[@Beauloqs]

​@@annabellagardner3190 reading your post I'm positive you cut and post the same reply multiple times....

[@bosshoss64]

Watching the movie (1973) now as it happens. Enjoying it tremendously.👍🏻

[@annabellagardner3190]

Reading your post, I am positive you should read the full book. It is so very much better that this. More characters fascinating attention to factual details supporting characters and places making the entire book riveting. A great deal has been edited out from the 10+ hours unabridged audiobook. Do read/ listen, to full book it's 100% more enjoyable and you'll love every minute. 👍🙃 Ps. This abridged version is more like a 'trailer' to actual book.

[@bosshoss64]

@@annabellagardner3190 thank you😃

[@ianstewart4990]

Fantastic reading of a great story.

[@michaelknapp8961]

Loved the movie!!

[@malcolmclarke3033]

George Sewell, great voice

[@davidryan6616]

Many thanks 🙂🇮🇪🍀

[@erpthompsonqueen9130]

Thank you. Watching from Alaska.

[@lomestaruk21]

Love George Sewell a great English actor brilliant in UFO

[@bestcrossroad]

Just wow!!! Thanks for the upload! Loved it!

[@annabellagardner3190]

Reading your post, I am positive you should read the full book. It is so very much better that this. More characters fascinating attention to factual details supporting characters and places making the entire book riveting. A great deal has been edited out from the 10+ hours unabridged audiobook. Do read/ listen, to full book it's 100% more enjoyable and you'll love every minute. 👍🙃 Ps. This abridged version is more like a 'trailer' to actual book.

[@judgeboony2695]

To those that were complaining, think about this for a moment; unless it's the Lovecraft narrators (Wayne June, HorrorBabble etc,) most full audiobooks on here are pretty bad. If they're not garbage quality, they're poorly performed or they're Libravox. There are not many full audiobooks that have quality narration, and when there are they get taken down faster than crooks holding up a police station. The fact that these brief quality audiobooks (minor audio issue not withstanding) are still on here at all is kind of impressive. It could be worse really.

[@charlessmyth]

You could have to actually pay for them :-)

[@judgeboony2695]

@@charlessmyth In this economy? Good luck with that lmao.

[@theobserver9131]

This is making me research de Gaulle trying to figure out who to cheer for......as usual, reality is complicated, but I can see he put himself in a place to have enemies.

[@theobserver9131]

....yet, apparently "the jackal" was not successful. de Gaulle lived to a ripe old age.

[@jeanettesdaughter]

Imperialism, militarism and colonialism make the intractable enemies. Invasion invites retaliation and assassination in an endless loop. The devil always finds work. During the war a liberator; but in North Africa de Gaulle was a soldier of the Empire who pulled out of a colonial war France could not win. He was an anti fascist and then he was an anti communist. Enemies in his own nation and enemies abroad. Endless war… the Forsythe oeuvre.

[@oriolesfan61]

French fascist colonizers hated him of course

[@bobmiller7502]

great old film to,thanks for sharing,xx

[@richardcychowski8380]

Great narrative.... brilliant

[@julianwalch3567]

Very enjoyable-thank-you!

[@bocajrs7628]

I have many Forsyth books. I enjoyed them all.

[@helentaylor1222]

Fabulous, so well read. The voice was perfect for the book. I think I'll listen to it again, so much information in it too.. Thank you.

[@annabellagardner3190]

Reading your post, I am positive you should read the full book. It is so very much better that this. More characters fascinating attention to factual details supporting characters and places making the entire book riveting. A great deal has been edited out from the 10+ hours unabridged audiobook. Do read/ listen, to full book it's 100% more enjoyable and you'll love every minute. 👍🙃 Ps. This abridged version is more like a 'trailer' to actual book.

[@davidryan6616]

Worked in Kodak many years ago in Ireland. There Europe training center was in Genoa at the Harbour.. beautiful part of the world. 🙂🇮🇪🍀

[@onthemantlepiece422]

An abridged mockery of the full book!

[@plazpastic]

Thank you. I was wondering where the playlist was for the book. Then I scrubbed to the end of this and sure enough, Jackal is blasting away at de Gaulle.

[@rosselliot8971]

Indeed. I'm guessing about half the book has been cut, perhaps more. Shame since Sewell's reading is terrific.

[@onthemantlepiece422]

@@rosselliot8971 A lot more.

[@mgkelly3389]

It’s a short story.

[@xanbex8324]

Excellent presentation.....much respect!

[@georgeohwell7988]

Up there with that other Great voice, Mr Burton.....

[@flipmcdonought5835]

Thanks!

[@p_nk7279]

Sounds like a mix of Russell Crowe and Richard Burton. Crikey!

[@reginamurray722]

Good story thanks

[@81fish1]

Excellent reader👍👏

[@hooberdoober576]

Read by George Sewell.. who played Mendel in the original ITV series, Tinker Tailor.

[@chrisst8922]

BBC

[@shirishsohoni2134]

A good audiio story made from famous novel & movie

[@sumazdar]

dziękuję

[@greatbooksontape782]

cieszę się, że to lubisz

[@adriancaldwell]

Brilliant

[@barbaraenglish3983]

Nice, as far as it goes but so many parts are missing. Thanks

[@janinestokes4883]

Excellant narrator

[@jacobjones5269]

I’ll never forget my mother’s reaction when my sister got arrested for presenting a fake ID after a car wreck.. She did it like in the book, got the birth certificate of a baby that died.. So, the police officer told my mother she got the idea from the movie, The Day of the Jackal, and my mother corrected him telling him she got the idea from the Fredrick Forsythe novel, The Day of the Jackal.. Lol..

[@greatbooksontape782]

Good Story! :-)

[@dokopal]

Two mice are eating a movie tape in an archive. One says: "The book was better".😉

[@ricardojordanjordan2216]

Yes but still a great movie

[@dromeus21]

I'm stealing this. I'm professional at this

[@rubensanchez1388]

I like both movies the American and the English one, Both are good! The Jackel is one of my favorite stories!

[@hillaryspeedie3189]

Excellent. Very enjoyable.

[@williammorris584]

Very enjoyable. Michael Lonsdale, who was superb as Lebel in the 1973 film version, would also have been a good choice to read this. Likewise Derek Jacobi, who appeared in it as well in a minor role. Today, Lonsdale’s performance would lead to a series of movies about Lebel.

[@keithireland6627]

Brilliant tightly written fiction with real flavour of the sixties thankyou.

[@Anthony-qy5yw]

Watched the epic film over 20 times

[@michelleclark8099]

One of the best ever made.

[@greatbooksontape782]

Wow. Now I'll have to check it out.

[@josephsmith3908]

Epic film

[@JazzFunk22]

Fooking love the film 🎥

[@peterjones6321]

I was just a bit disappointed that The Jackal missed! Otherwise it was a thoroughly enjoyable listen.

[@GenericWhiteBitch1980]

Why did I look at comments 5 mins before the end of the book! 😭😫 I really wanted him to hit too ☹️

[@klientproby]

Yes, I remember in the film version as well, how I was annoyed that the Jackal missed.

[@VLind-uk6mb]

@@klientproby There seem to be several people here who have it in for Charles de Gaulle. What did he ever do to you?

[@paegarbosco714]

They don't make them like they used to excellent movie

[@brianperry]

Absolutely, Its all done with annoying camerawork like that used in the Bourne series plus the ridicules martial arts piffle these days..... Day of the Jackal had all that was needed to make a brilliant film.. and Zimmerman succeeded.

[@ericspaans4008]

Awesome

[@michaelgale2324]

😂Too many moaners. If they are offended why not read the unabridged version, that is if they can read.?

[@joelstiffler5137]

Narrated by George Sewell, aka Col. Alex Freeman from the cult series UFO!

[@themerrigans2734]

I'll read anything. If it sucks, I wont.

[@michaelfraser5723]

how will you know it sucks until you read it ?

[@paulklee5790]

George Sewell was not only a great tough guy actor but was hilarious in The Detectives, a spoof on British police dramas, with Jasper Carrot and the Nations favourite lovey, Robert Powell. He played their exasperated boss... Catch it if you can.....