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The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue

by Frederick Forsyth
8 CDs. 10:17 hrs. Books on Tape. 2015. ISBN 9780147520678. $40. digital download. MEMOIR
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Fascinated by flight since he was a boy, Forsyth earned a pilot's license by the time he was 17. By 19, he had joined the Royal Air Force and flew Vampire jet fighters. An interest in travel led to a career as a journalist, first in England, then with Reuters. The job provided the author with much of the background used in his first novel, The Day of the Jackal. Forsyth has close connections with the British military and intelligence, working with MI6 for 20-plus years. The author also includes insights into his personal life, including his two marriages, relationships with his two sons, and his many travels. The story is told in a light and lively manner by Robert Powell, who does an excellent job presenting the work.
VERDICT Recommended to fans of the author and those interested in memoirs of writers. ["Forsyth relates the many fascinating episodes of his life with joie de vivre and a disarming sense of wonder that will ring true with readers of his novels": LJ 9/15/15 review of the Putnam hc.]
Reviewed by Stephen Hupp, West Virginia Univ. Parkersburg Lib. , Jan 01, 2016
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