L' outsider. Il romanzo della mia vita

আত্মজীবনী লেখা বেশ চ্যালেঞ্জিং, শক্ত একটা কাজ। আমাদের তুমুল হিজিবিজি জীবনের রোজকার ঘটনা, আমাদের চিন্তাধারা, অনুভূতি, চলন-বলনকে এক খোপে পুরে ফেলতে গেলে হিমশিম খাওয়া স্বাভাবিক। একেকটা দিনে যা ঘটে তার প্রায় সবটা পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খভাবে সবরকম দৃষ্টিকোণ থেকে তুলে ধরাটা যেখানে ম্যামথ টাস্ক, সেখানে আত্মজীবনীতে Leggi tutto

THE OLD PRO. "You still haven't explained why. You've explained what and how but not why!" - Simon Endean. " For nearly two years, I watched between half a million and a million small kids starving to death because of people like you and Mason. It was done basically so that you and your kind can mak Leggi tutto

Frederick Forsyth is best known for his incredibly successful series of spy novels that began with the legendary Day of the Jackal which has been made into movies a couple of times now. However he also had a storied career joining the Royal Air Force to get his pilot's license, reporting from Cold W Leggi tutto

I have been immensely fascinated by The Dogs of War, The Fourth Protocol, The Kill List and The Day of the Jackal, all written by Frederick Forsyth. To this day, The Day of the Jackal remains one of my all-time favorite political spy thrillers and Frederick Forsyth one of my favorite authors. His la Leggi tutto

WOW! No problem giving this one, published in 2015, a solid 4/5 stars. Quite a life of adventure! I have to admit I read this for a book discussion group. Otherwise, I most likely would not have read it, as I'm not much of a Frederick Forsyth fan. I read "The Odessa File," published in 1972 ( and I

My favourite read of 2023. A chance find. Once I had started reading, everything else was put on hold. I don't know where to start. There is so much to talk about. Frederick Forsyth never intended to be a writer at all. He wanted to travel and see the world. Became a journalist. Then a foreign corre Leggi tutto

I could never resist anything written by Frederick Forsyth. I had bought every single book he has written (so far), and have read all of them. So when I saw his latest book, “The Outsider – My Life in Intrigue” it was a no-brainer for me when the decision came to purchase at the airport. Of course, Leggi tutto

I have a mixed history with the works of Frederick Forsyth, I loved the first three or four books and then he lost me as his books got increasingly right-wing and it felt he was more trying to get messages over rather than writing great books. So I would have ignored his autobiography, but it has got Leggi tutto

I have not read any of Forsyth's novels, though I know of them and the movies made about them, but this memoir just didn't grab me. I love books about espionage and I think It was told in an easy style, sort of like someone talking with a friend, but it just came across flat. The beginning was the b Leggi tutto