The secret police don’t believe him but, unable to get any other information from him, they decide to fake his death by throwing him over a cliff and leaving him for dead.īy pure luck, the Englishman lands in a bog and so doesn’t die. The Englishman claims the ‘hunt’ was just a sporting challenge, and he was not really going to kill the dictator. They’ve just caught the Englishman near their leader’s villa, seemingly about to shoot. The secret police of a European country (probably Nazi Germany although possibly the Soviet Union) are torturing an unnamed upper-class English big-game hunter. (For more on loglines, see The Killogator Logline Formula) Rogue Male: Plot Summary Somewhere in Europe The enemy catches up with him and he has to use all his hunting skills to survive. (For more on titles, see How to Choose a Title For Your Novel) Rogue Male: LoglineĪfter failing to assassinate a dictator, an upper-class English hunter is tortured and left for dead, but escapes back to England where he tries to ‘go to ground’ in the countryside.
This is how the Protagonist sees himself. In nature, a rogue male is an aggressive elephant who separates from the herd and roams independently. The title is a figurative allusion to the Protagonist. To view them, just select/highlight them.
Warning: Major spoilers are blacked out like this secret. Widely regarded as a classic, critics often mention it in lists of the top ten spy novels of all time, although really it’s more of a chase thriller. THE classic thriller of the 20th century - 'Simply the best escape and pursuit story yet written' - with an introduction by Robert Macfarlaneīut England provides no safety from his pursuers - and the Rogue Male must strip away all the trappings of status and civilization as the hunter becomes a hunted animal.Rogue Male, written by Geoffrey Household and published in 1939, is one of the first assassination novels told from the point of view of the assassin. They devise for him an ingenious and diplomatic death but, for once, they bungle the job and he escapes.īut England provides no safety from his purs. But he is foiled at the last moment and falls into the hands of ruthless and inventive torturers. THE classic thriller of the 20th century - 'Simply the best escape and pursuit story yet written' - with an introduction by Robert MacfarlaneĪn Englishman plans to assassinate the dictator of a European country.
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