Nature Book Reader June 2020 - Flipbook - Page 81
dominance over the planet:
in the longer term, I think
we may be the losers...”
Rogue Male by
Geoffrey Household is on
the surface it’s a classic
‘Boy’s Own’ thriller, the
tale an English aristo who
sets himself the ultimate
1939 sporting challenge of
tracking down and killing
Adolf Hitler. However,
when hunter becomes
hunted our hero is forced
to go to ground in a sunken
lane or holloway in West
Dorset. One of the best
pieces of sustained writing
about man in wild nature,
Rogue Male went on
to inspire a journey in
Roger Deakin’s Wildwood
and is also eulogised in
Robert MacFarlane’s
The Wild Places.
Further Reading
In The Country
by Kenneth Allsop
Rogue Male
by Geoffrey Household
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