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Book completely different

posted 14 years ago by LCShackley
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I enjoyed this film so much that I ordered the book online and read it last week on vacation.

The book is also good but very different from the film. Basically, the main character, whose name we never learn, comes to England on a boat (but not helped by a cute little kid). The rest of the book he spends in hiding, all alone, most of it in a tiny hole he digs for himself in a field.

There is no girlfriend, no rich brother, no scene in the German compound (just references to the main character's horrible torture). There is a Quive-Smith, and the climactic scene is similar, but that's about all. You should check it out; it's not very long, and it's well-written.

[–] Dberg-1 14 years ago

Hi,

I read the book too, but I can't remember the title or author. I also read some of his other books. Probably just a senior moment.

Thanks,

Deane

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[–] monsieurzy 14 years ago

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household

[–] Squeeth2 13 years ago

The Peter O'Toole version is out soon.

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[–] waldenpond88 10 years ago

Hi LCShackley,

I was so thrilled with "Rogue Male" which was published in 1938 that I ordered the sequel "Rogue Justice" which continues where the first one stopped.
BTW Geoffrey Household wrote the sequel in 1982 (!).
Both books are great.

I requested the TV movie with Peter O'Toole a few weeks ago from our public library and it's much closer to the book than the Walter Pidgeon & Joan Bennet version which I watched years ago. I was not aware that it was based on a novel.

My favorite part in the first book are those wilderness chapters in Dorset. That was quite a hiding place!

Cheers,

Chrissie