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34-710: The Pemba Channel is well known to be teeming with fish; marlins , tiger sharks , hammerhead sharks , yellowfin tunas , wahoos , giant trevallies and barracudas are some of the species found in the area, together with sea turtles , dolphins , dugongs and occasional whales . The Pemba Channel Fishing Club , located on the Kenyan coast at Shimoni , is one of the oldest and most famous African fishing clubs ; Ernest Hemingway , among others, practiced high sea fishing there. 5°07′55″S 39°23′10″E  /  5.13194°S 39.38611°E  / -5.13194; 39.38611 This Tanzania location article

68-404: A television series . In Forsyth's second full-length novel, The Odessa File (1972), a reporter attempts to track down an ex-Nazi SS officer in contemporary Germany. The reporter discovers him via the diary of a Jewish Holocaust survivor who died of suicide earlier, but he is being shielded by an organisation that protects ex-Nazis, called ODESSA . This book was later made into a movie with

102-551: A Canadian billionaire who hires a Vietnam veteran to bring his grandson's killer to the US. The novel was adapted into a film starring Sam Elliott and Timothy Hutton. The Afghan , published in August 2006, is an indirect sequel to The Fist of God . Set in the very near future, the threat of a catastrophic assault on the West, discovered on a senior al-Qaeda member's computer, compels

136-454: A character in Reg , a one-off BBC real-life drama about Reg Keys' campaign. In the programme, Forsyth was portrayed by Tim Bentinck . Forsyth has been married twice, first to former model Carole Cunningham between 1973 and 1988, with whom he had two sons Stuart and Shane, and then to Sandy Molloy, since 1994. He also had a relationship with actress Faye Dunaway . Forsyth previously resided in

170-636: A collection of ten short stories, was published. Some of these stories had been written earlier. Many were set in the Republic of Ireland where Forsyth was living at the time. One of them, There Are No Snakes in Ireland , won him a second Edgar Allan Poe Award, this time for best short story. The Fourth Protocol was published in 1984 and involves renegade elements within the Soviet Union attempting to plant an atomic bomb near an American airbase in

204-466: A colossal platinum-ore reserve. This book was also adapted into a 1980 film starring Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger . The Shepherd was an illustrated novella published in 1975. It tells of a nightmare journey by an RAF pilot while flying home for Christmas in the late 1950s. His attempts to find a rational explanation for his eventual rescue prove as troublesome as his experience. Following this came The Devil's Alternative in 1979, which

238-559: A dozen of his titles have been adapted to film. By 2006, he had sold more than 70 million books in more than 30 languages. Before becoming a journalist, Forsyth completed his National Service in the Royal Air Force as a pilot, for which he flew the de Havilland Vampire . He joined Reuters in 1961 and in 1965 the BBC , for which he served as an assistant diplomatic correspondent. Forsyth reported on his early activities as

272-541: A journalist. His early career was spent covering French affairs and the attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle . He had never been to Africa until reporting on the Nigerian Civil War between Biafra and Nigeria as a BBC correspondent. He was there for the first six months of 1967, but few expected the war to last very long considering the poor weaponry and preparation of the Biafrans when compared to

306-547: A manor house in Hertfordshire with his family before moving to Buckinghamshire in 2010. In 2016, he said he was giving up writing thrillers because his wife had told him he was too old to travel to dangerous places. The following four works listed above are not fictional novels or novellas: The Biafra Story (1969), Emeka (1982), Great Flying Stories (1991) and The Outsider (2015). As writer only (except for Soldiers , as presenter) Forsyth wrote lyrics to

340-754: A marlin, and Sam makes his children help him render the fish's fat. The Miami Marlins , a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, is named after the fish. Frederick Forsyth Frederick McCarthy Forsyth CBE (born 25 August 1938) is an English novelist and journalist . He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal , The Odessa File , The Fourth Protocol , The Dogs of War , The Devil's Alternative , The Fist of God , Icon , The Veteran , Avenger , The Afghan , The Cobra and The Kill List . Forsyth's works frequently appear on best-sellers lists and more than

374-472: A resolute marlin; what follows is a great struggle between man, sea creature, and the elements. Frederick Forsyth 's story "The Emperor", in the collection No Comebacks , tells of a bank manager named Murgatroyd, who catches a marlin and is acknowledged by the islanders of Mauritius as a master fisherman. A marlin features prominently in the last chapter and climactic scenes of Christina Stead 's The Man Who Loved Children . Sam's friend Saul gives Sam

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408-773: Is Patron of Better Off Out , an organisation calling for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union , and he supports Brexit . In 2003, he was awarded the One of Us Award from the Conservative Way Forward group for his services to the Conservative movement in Britain. He is also a patron of the Young Britons' Foundation . In 2005, he opposed Kenneth Clarke 's candidacy for the leadership of

442-486: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Kenya location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Marlin Marlins are fish from the family Istiophoridae , which includes 11 species . The family's common name is thought to derive from their resemblance to a sailor's marlinspike . The family name Istiophoridae comes from the genus Istiophorus which first placed

476-586: Is thought that they probably evolved in the Paratethys Sea. The following fossil genera are known: In the Nobel Prize -winning author Ernest Hemingway's 1952 novel The Old Man and the Sea , the central character of the work is an aged Cuban fisherman who, after 84 days without success on the water, heads out to sea to break his run of bad luck. On the 85th day, Santiago, the old fisherman, hooks

510-701: Is to negotiate his release. Two years later, in 1991, The Deceiver was published. It includes four short stories reviewing the career of British secret agent Sam McCready. At the start of the novel, the Permanent Under-Secretary of State (PUSS) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office requires the Chief of the SIS to push Sam into early retirement. The four stories are presented to a grievance committee in an attempt to allow Sam to stay on active duty with

544-463: The 1997 New Year Honours list for services to literature. In September 2005, Forsyth appeared on the ITV gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and raised £250,000 for charity. He offered the answer to the £500,000 question but, despite being correct, he decided to take £250,000. On 8 February 2007, Forsyth appeared on BBC's political panel show Question Time ; on it, he expressed scepticism on

578-629: The Atlantic blue marlin , Makaira nigricans , which can reach 5 m (16 ft) in length and 820 kg (1,810 lb) in weight and the black marlin , Istiompax indica , which can reach in excess of 5 m (16 ft) in length and 670 kg (1,480 lb) in weight. They are popular sporting fish in tropical areas. The Atlantic blue marlin and the white marlin are endangered due to overfishing . Marlins can change colour, lighting up their stripes just before attacking prey. The marlins are Istiophoriform fish, most closely related to

612-467: The swordfish (which itself is the sole member of the family Xiphiidae ). The carangiformes are believed to be the second-closest clade to marlins. Although previously thought to be closely related to Scombridae , genetic analysis only shows a slight relationship. Marlins have a continuous fossil record from the Miocene onwards, with the oldest uncontroversial fossil dated to 22 million years ago. It

646-678: The British-armed Nigerians. After his six months were over, however, Forsyth—eager to carry on reporting—approached the BBC to ask if he could have more time there. He noted their response: I was told quite bluntly, then, "it is not our policy to cover this war". This was a period when the Vietnam War was front-page headlines almost every day, regarded broadly as an American cock-up, and this particularly British cock-up in Nigeria

680-595: The Conservative Party , calling Clarke's record in government "unrivalled; a record of failure which at every level has never been matched". Instead, he endorsed and donated money to David Davis 's campaign. In the run-up to the 2005 general election , Forsyth called for the impeachment of Tony Blair over the 2003 invasion of Iraq and lent his support to anti-war campaigner Reg Keys who stood in Blair's constituency of Sedgefield . In 2016, Forsyth featured as

714-497: The SIS. In 1994, Forsyth published The Fist of God , a novel which concerns the first Gulf War , Project Babylon and competition between intelligence agencies . Next, in 1996, he published Icon , about the rise of fascists to power in post-Soviet Russia . In 1999, Forsyth published The Phantom of Manhattan , a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera . It was intended as a departure from his usual genre; Forsyth's explanation

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748-546: The UK, intending to influence the upcoming British elections and lead to the election of an anti- NATO , anti-American, anti-nuclear, pro-soviet Labour government. The 1987 adaptation starred Pierce Brosnan and Michael Caine . Almost all of the political content was removed from the film. Forsyth's tenth book came in 1989 with The Negotiator , in which the American President's son is kidnapped and one man's job

782-504: The leaders of the US and the UK to attempt a desperate gambit—to substitute a seasoned British operative, retired Col. Mike Martin (of The Fist of God ), for an Afghan Taliban commander being held prisoner at Guantánamo Bay. The Cobra , published in 2010, features some of the characters previously featured in Avenger , and has as its subject an attempt to destroy the world trade in cocaine . On 20 August 2013, his novel The Kill List

816-409: The same name , starring Jon Voight , but there were substantial alterations. Many of the novel's readers assumed that a centralized ODESSA organisation really existed, but historians disagree. In The Dogs of War (1974) a British mining executive hires a group of mercenaries to overthrow the government of an African country so that he can install a puppet regime that will allow him cheap access to

850-572: The species Istiophorus platypterus by George Kearsley Shaw in 1792 from the Greek word ἱστίον istion meaning " sail " that describes the shape of the species's dorsal fins. Marlins have elongated bodies, a spear -like snout or bill, and a long, rigid dorsal fin which extends forward to form a crest . Marlins are among the fastest marine swimmers. However, greatly exaggerated speeds are often claimed in popular literature, based on unreliable or outdated reports. The larger species include

884-508: The subject of anthropogenic climate change . On 26 March 2008, he also appeared on BBC's The One Show . On 17 June 2008, Forsyth was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live Midday News in relation to the restoration of the Military Covenant . On 2 February 2015, he appeared on Eggheads as a member of Rewarding Talent. Defunct Forsyth is a Eurosceptic Conservative . He has been Patron of The People's Book Prize since 2010. He

918-534: Was "skint, stony broke." He applied similar research techniques to those used in journalism. Published in 1971, the book became an international bestseller and gained its author the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. In this story, the Organisation armée secrète hires an assassin to kill then–French President Charles de Gaulle . It was made into a film of the same name , and subsequently

952-782: Was an informant for MI6 , a relationship that continued for 20 years. According to Forsyth, he was not paid. He is an occasional radio broadcaster on political issues and has also written for newspapers throughout his career, including a weekly page in the Daily Express . In 2003, he criticised "gay-bashers in the churches" in The Guardian newspaper. He has narrated several documentaries, including Jesus Christ Airlines , Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle and I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal . According to Forsyth, his turn to writing fiction

986-450: Was born of financial need; he did not think himself cut out to be a novelist. As a boy, he said, he wanted to be "a fighter jock," and when he traded his career in the RAF for journalism, it was "to see the world" as a foreign and war correspondent. As for becoming a novelist, he confessed "I never wanted to be a writer," but wrote his first full-length novel, The Day of the Jackal , because he

1020-478: Was not going to be covered. I smelt news management. I don't like news management. So I made a private vow to myself: "you may, gentlemen, not be covering it, but I'm going to cover it". So I quit and flew out there, and stayed there for most of the next two years. He thus returned to Biafra as a freelance reporter, writing his first book, The Biafra Story , in 1969. In August 2015 Forsyth revealed that in Biafra he

1054-708: Was published in electronic format in October 2018, and released in hardcover in November. The Fox is an espionage thriller about a highly skilled autistic hacker. On 16 February 2012 the Crime Writers Association announced that Forsyth had won its Cartier Diamond Dagger award in recognition of his body of work. Forsyth was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in

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1088-582: Was published. It was announced earlier in June that year that Rupert Sanders would be directing a film version of the story. On 10 September 2015, Forsyth's autobiography, The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue , was published. In January 2018 it was announced that Forsyth would publish his eighteenth novel, a thriller about computer hackers, inspired by the Lauri Love and Gary McKinnon stories. The Fox

1122-503: Was set in 1982. In this book, the Soviet Union faces a disastrous grain harvest. The US is ready to help for some political and military concessions. A Politburo faction fight ensues. War is proposed as a solution. Ukrainian freedom fighters complicate the situation later. In the end, a Swedish oil tanker built in Japan, a Russian airliner hijacked to West Berlin and various governments find themselves involved. In 1982, No Comebacks ,

1156-515: Was that "I had done mercenaries, assassins, Nazis, murderers, terrorists, special forces soldiers, fighter pilots, you name it, and I got to think, could I actually write about the human heart?" However, it did not achieve the same success as his other novels, and he subsequently returned to modern-day thrillers . In 2001, The Veteran , another collection of short stories, was published, followed by Avenger , published in September 2003, about

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