New York Review Books Classics: Rogue Male (Paperback)

from clfisha

The hunter becomes the hunted in this psychological, English classic tale of 30s. A unnamed English gentlemen gets caught 'hunting' a powerful European dictator, his protestations that is was purely a sporting exercise is ignored as he is tortured and then pushed of a cliff. Murder attempt bodged...

from lamour

This is one of the greatest chase stories that I have ever read. A hunter stumbles on to Hitler's lair in the forest somewhere in Germany. He lines up a shot on Hitler although he has no plans to actually shot him. However, he is discovered before he can get away and then the chase is on across E...

from

A good thriller, which rather like John Buchan's novels (John Macnab as well as Hannay stories) I also enjoyed as it provides an insight into attitudes in England (not Britain, as Buchan) in 1939. Published in May 1939 before the outbreak of WWII, the object of the initial assassination attempt i...

from Chatterbox

I had heard of this first when I ran across the 1976 or so movie with Peter O'Toole on late-night TV -- and found it so chilling that I had to turn it off. And then I never knew what had happened! Then caught the 1942 version of it ("Man Hunt"), which was a good noirish movie, although (understan...

from Hagelstein

A British adventurer, seemingly on a whim, attempts to assassinate a European dictator while on a hunting trip in that country. He is caught and escapes back to England, where he is further pursued. He is a man of means, intelligence, initiative, and resolve. A suspenseful and intriguing story.