Described by Household as a “bastard offspring of Stevenson and Conrad,” the book is no less remarkable as an exploration of the lure of violence, the psychology of survivalism, and the call of the wild. Geoffrey Household’s Rogue Male is a classic thriller and a triumph of suspense. The hunter must flee society, and he goes literaly underground, like a fox to its earth. But that safety is delusive: his pursuers will not be diverted from their revenge by national borders the British government cannot protect him without seeming to endorse his deed. Imprisoned, tortured, doomed to a painful death, the hunter makes an extraordinary and harrowing escape, fleeing through enemy territory to the safety of his native England. He has the potential target in his sites and is wondering whether to pull the trigger when security catches up with him. Reardon 2.10.22 Book review: Yankee Greats: 100 Classic Baseball Cards by Bob Woods Book review: The City Dwellers by Charles Platt 0.

And, more than eighty years later, it is still a rich and meaty reading experience. The hunter wonders whether he can penetrate undetected into the dictator’s private compound. Rogue Male Paperback Geoffrey Household Product Identifiers. Rogue Male is a compelling claustrophobic thriller, a model for many later imitators. We won’t know until reading the next book.1930-something: a professional hunter is passing through an unnamed Central European country that is in the thrall of a vicious dictator. If Lachlan got to Maggie, she would lose her employment and end up in the poor house or worse. Maggie had promised to never lie with a man and never have another child in order to have her employment. She feared Lachlan would go after her and she was knew it to be true when Lachlan banged on her door and called her name. James excused himself and Maggie ran for her room and locked it with a chair against the door. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Rogue Male (New York Review Books Classics). Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. James’ wife Isabella was locked in her room until he would leave. Rogue Male (New York Review Books Classics) - Kindle edition by Household, Geoffrey, Victoria Nelson. One day Lachlan met Maggie at the home of his friend James. The Kirk was highly religious and saw her as sinful but did not put any of the onus on the men involved. Pregnant twice and brought before the Kirk, her sons taken from her by the fathers family, she would not be allowed to marry and have a family. The young men of the Kirk flocked to her for their enjoyment. We also learn of Maggie, a young girl who became a maid at 12. A womanizer who beds, impregnates and leaves a disaster in his wake for the young maidens. Rogue Male introduces us to Lachlan- just disobedient as a boy as he now is as a man.

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