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General Tom O'Day was a character appearing in the novel Personal by British author Lee Child.
Biography[]
A few days before the present day in the story, O'Day had figured out where the places Reacher hung out so he could get a message to him in The Army Times. Reacher stayed under the radar, which meant buses and trains and waiting rooms and diners, which were the natural economic habitat for enlisted men and women. The Army Times was a very popular publication with these enlisted members and they could be relied upon to leave copies of the paper laying around. In a boxed column at the center of one of the personal advertisement pages, O'Day had put five words printed in bold: "Jack Reacher call Rick Shoemaker." O'Day knew that Reacher owed Shoemaker a favor and would have no choice but to respond.
After reading the personal advertisement, Reacher got off a bus in Seattle and reached out to Shoemaker who sent a guy to pick him up. They drove to Joint Base Lewis-McChord where there was a plain white business jet waiting. Their flight landed at Pope Field in North Carolina where Reacher was briefed by Casey Nice who then took him to meet with O'Day and Shoemaker.
Physical Appearance[]
Reacher described O'Day as "a tall, thin, gaunt, cadaverous man who looked like he might collapse at any moment, like a broken step-ladder." He was also "no one's idea of an army general."
Trivia[]
- According to Jack Reacher, O'Day had to be a very smart guy since he had survived a long time.
- He always wore a faded black blazer over a black V-neck sweater, which had been darned so many times that there was more darn than the sweater itself.