{"product_id":"the-jackal-joby-warrick-9781800757790","title":"The Jackal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe spectacular rise and dramatic fall of super-assassin Carlos the Jackal-one of history's most infamous terrorist masterminds and the inspiration for numerous celebrated works of pop culture-told with new revelations from the Jackal himself, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Black Flags.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA black-bereted, gun-slinging avatar of one of the most turbulent eras in global politics, Carlos the Jackal burst onto the world stage in 1975 as the first true celebrity terrorist. In a bloody career that would ultimately span three decades, Carlos innovated a new kind of spectacular terrorism, one that embraced hijackings, hostage crises, airport bombings and international assassinations. And he personally masterminded one of the most shocking operations of the era: the kidnapping of an entire conference of world oil ministers for ransom in Vienna. The polar opposite of today's most infamous terrorists, Carlos was a hard-drinking libertine and self-styled romantic who entranced dozens of beautiful women and murdered his victims with callous disregard, often with his own hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Carlos was not all that he seemed to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough newly declassified archives, secret witness accounts and a rare interview with the Jackal himself, acclaimed journalist Joby Warrick reveals a previously hidden side of the man born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez - an ideologically driven figure whose myth was as carefully constructed as his attacks were deadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs he did in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Black Flags, Warrick delivers a powerful and highly cinematic tale that explains and illuminates the root causes, and founding personalities, behind one of the great conflicts of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"BRIMS WITH AUTHENTICITY EVEN AS IT DELIVERS THE ROLLERCOASTER-LIKE RUSH OF A TAUT THRILLER. The Jackal is a riveting portrait of the larger-than-life man who invented the role of celebrity terrorist-and of the journalists, ideologues, spymasters, and dictators who helped elevate him to prominence. Not to be missed.\" -David McCloskey, former CIA analyst and bestselling author of London Station\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"PULSATING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING, The Jackal is a meticulously reported page-turner from one of our finest chroniclers of terrorists and their pursuers.\" -Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars, Directorate S, and The Achilles Trap\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"EXTRAORDINARY. In a globe-spanning quest, Warrick appears to have tracked down nearly everyone involved in the hunt for the notorious Carlos. Fans of spy-thrillers will be in absolute heaven knowing this is all true.\" -Scott Anderson, bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joby Warrick","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":68269963477235,"sku":"9781800757790","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781800757790.jpg?v=1793646344","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-jackal-joby-warrick-9781800757790","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}