The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue

Frederick Forsyth, one of the authors who shaped the modern thriller, tells one of the most intriguing stories of his career: his own life. For over forty years, Frederick Forsyth has been writing extraordinary books about the intrigues of the world, from *The Day of the Jackal*, one of his most groundbreaking stories, to *The List*, which feels like a premonition of current events. Whether writing about the underworld of arms and drug trafficking or Nazi movements in post-World War II Germany, everything Forsyth writes sounds plausible due to the extensive research he conducts for each book. But what many don't know is that some of his greatest stories are based on his own life. Trained as a Royal Air Force pilot and later as a journalist, Frederick Forsyth turned his work to fiction and became one of the world's greatest thriller authors. As gripping as his novels, his autobiography offers a candid look at the extraordinary life he led, a life whose unique experiences served as inspiration for his international bestsellers.