Novelists sometimes go to great lengths in personally experiencing realistic details to enhance the immediacy in their art．Frederick Forsyth (American novelist) may have topped them all. When his novel The Dogs of War appeared in, few readersknew that this tale of a group of mercenaries who had overthrownan African government was based on Forsyth's own attempt to dojust that -- to overthrow, with the help of thirteen men, the government of Equatorial Guinea by kidnapping its president, Francisco Macias Nguema, in an attempt on which Forsythhad spent $100,000. But unlike his fictional mercenary, CatShannon, in the mythical country of Zangaro Forsyth failed in Equatorial Guinea when a Spanish co-conspirator did not comethrough with the ammunition. All of Forsyth's books -- which include The Day of the Jackal (
相关单词：overthrow
overthrow解释：v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆
overthrow例句：
After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。
相关单词：fictional
fictional解释：adj.小说的，虚构的
fictional例句：
The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。
相关单词：mythical
mythical解释：adj.神话的；虚构的；想像的
mythical例句：
Undeniably,he is a man of mythical status.不可否认，他是一个神话般的人物。
Their wealth is merely mythical.他们的财富完全是虚构的。
相关单词：ammunition
ammunition解释：n.军火，弹药
ammunition例句：
A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。
相关单词：meticulously
meticulously解释：adv.过细地，异常细致地；无微不至；精心
meticulously例句：
The hammer's silvery head was etched with holy runs and its haft was meticulously wrapped in blue leather. 锤子头是纯银制成的，雕刻着神圣符文，而握柄则被精心地包裹在蓝色的皮革中。 来自辞典例句
She is always meticulously accurate in punctuation and spelling. 她的标点和拼写总是非常精确。 来自辞典例句
相关单词：caper
caper解释：v.雀跃，欢蹦；n.雀跃，跳跃；续随子，刺山柑花蕾；嬉戏
caper例句：
The children cut a caper in the yard.孩子们在院子里兴高采烈地乱蹦乱跳。
The girl's caper cost her a twisted ankle.小姑娘又蹦又跳，结果扭伤了脚踝。
