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Title: A Non-Escapist Novel of Escape
Review: If you are looking for a good, fast-paced thriller, here it is. Household , who wrote this novel in 1939. was a pioneer of the modern novel of suspense, action, and intrigue. Rogue Male has an added dimension of psychological depth and insight, a feature often lacking in contemporary examples of the genre. The story concerns a marksman with sharp survivalist skills who stalks and attempts to assassinate an unnamed Central European dictator. (One can safely assume it is Hitler.) The would be assassin is caught but later escapes and flees across Europe with various agents in pursuit. As they close in , he literally goes underground. From this point the narrative takes more surprising turns which I will not divulge. There is a fairly decent movie version of this novel (starring Peter O'Toole) which I believe came out in the 1960s.
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