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In Frederick Forsyth's amazing work, 'The Day of The Jackal', who is the assassin hired by the OAS to kill Charles De Gaulle?

  1. Claude Lebel

  2. Charles Calthrop

  3. Marc Rodin

  4. The Jackal
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Explanation

In Frederick Forsyth's novel, the assassin is never named throughout most of the book and is simply referred to as 'the Jackal.' Claude Lebel is the detective hunting him, Charles Calthrop is a red herring, and Marc Rodin is the OAS leader who hires the assassin. The point of the novel is the Jackal's anonymity.

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