Kenneth Ross screenwrote "The Day of the Jackal" based on which author's 1971 novel?
Kenneth Ross (screenwriter) Kenneth Ross is the Scottish-American screenwriter of the films "The Day of the Jackal" and "The Odessa File".
The Towers of Silence The Towers of Silence is the 1971 novel by Paul Scott that continues his "Raj Quartet". It gets its title from the Parsi Towers of Silence where the bodies of the dead are left to be picked clean by vultures. The novel is set in the British Raj of 1940s India. It follows on from the storyline in the "The Day of the Scorpion".