![]() ![]() Rogue Male should have been left as it was, a masterpiece of the genre, without this sequel which was, frankly, a boring read. The protagonist - now named - is on the run. It is a long account of a long journey from Germany to a nunnery in the heart of Africa, via Auschwitz, Poland, Romania, Istanbul, Greece, Italian-occupied Albania, Palestine and Egypt. His experience there clearly provides the background to this story, set about three years after the events in Rogue Male.īut what a disappointment this book turned out to be. In the intervening years, Household was recruited to the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), which did have a plan to kill Hitler not unlike the one Household described, and he spent some time in German-allied Romania and elsewhere. Its a gripping adventure on the themes of liberty, tyranny, and the ethics of political violence. Rogue Male and the film both ended without us really knowing the fate of the protagonist - or Hitler for that matter. Geoffrey Household (Author), & 2 more 1,141 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition £4.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook £0.00 Free with your Audible trial Rogue Male is one of the classic thrillers of the 20th century. Upon learning of this book’s existence, I was keen to read it. Several decades later, Household wrote the sequel, Rogue Justice. The book, considered a classic of the genre, was made into a Hollywood film directed by Fritz Lang, and in the film the dictator is clearly Hitler, as Household intended from the start. Geoffrey Household’s novel Rogue Male, written on the eve of the Second World War, told the story of a British big game hunter who decided on his own to shoot and kill an un-named European dictator. ![]()
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