"The Fox," by Frederick Forsyth, Putnam, 286 pp., $28 In 1971, Frederick Forsyth, then a freelance reporter in need of cash, published his first novel, "The Day of the Jackal." His tale of a plot to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle won international success and established Forsyth as one of the world's premier spy novelists.Now, at age 80, Forsyth has published his 17th novel, "The Fox." It is in one regard an odd tale but it's [...]
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