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Rogue Male (novel)

Rogue Male AuthorGeoffrey HouseholdLanguageEnglishGenreThriller novelPublisherChatto & WindusMay 1939OCLC47707908
Rogue Male, by Geoffrey Household, is a classic thriller novel, published in 1939. The book was reissued in 2007 with an introduction by Victoria Nelson.

Plot
The protagonist, an unnamed British sportsman and crack shot, sets out in the spring of 1938 to see if he can get an unnamed European dictator in the sights of his rifle. Supposedly interested only in the thrill of hunting a powerful man, he convinces himself that he does not intend to pull the trigger. Caught while taking aim by officers of the dictator's secret police, he is tortured, thrown over a cliff, and left for dead.

The man survives, and with civilian help manages to make his way to a port, where he stows away on a British ship bound for London. Once there, he discovers that agents of the dictator have also arrived in London with orders to kill him. He is forced to kill one by pushing him onto the live rail in the London Underground, after which the police launch a manhunt for him.

Unable to go to the British authorities, who cannot condone assassination of a head of state, the protagonist decides to hide out in Dorset. Reports that he has been sighted reach a man named Quive-Smith, the leader of his pursuers. Seizing the opportunity, Quive-Smith finds his quarry's hiding place and blocks the exit, leaving only a single hole for breathing. He intends to capture his prey alive and execute him properly.

The protagonist reflects on his predicament and confesses to himself that he would in fact have pulled the trigger, as revenge for the execution of his fiancée by the dictator's totalitarian régime. Constructing a makeshift ballista (a kind of cross-bow), he tricks Quive-Smith into looking down the breathing hole and shoots him dead. Taking Quive-Smith's identification papers, money, and car, he drives to Liverpool and boards a ship for Tangier. From there, he intends to find the dictator and finish what he started.

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