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Farewell to the Frederick Forsyth I knew

10 June 2025

7:17 PM

10 June 2025

7:17 PM

We writers generally live dull and boring lives, tied to our desks painfully wresting words out of mundane experiences: not so Frederick Forsyth, who has died aged 86.

Freddie’s life was almost as exciting as the plots of one of his bestselling thrillers

Freddie’s life was almost as exciting as the plots of one of his bestselling thrillers, embracing as it did the triple careers of novelist, foreign correspondent, and spy.

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