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Arrows of Desire
Seven centuries after the Age of Destruction, trouble brews between the militaristic citizens of the Euro-African Federation settlement at Avebury and the barbaric British tribes inhabiting the forests beyond the Federation perimeters
135 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 1985
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Geoffrey Household
96 books87 followersBritish author of mostly thrillers, though among 37 books he also published children's fiction. Household's flight-and-chase novels, which show the influence of John Buchan, were often narrated in the first person by a gentleman-adventurer. Among his best-know works is' Rogue Male' (1939), a suggestive story of a hunter who becomes the hunted, in 1941 filmed by Fritz Lang as 'Man Hunt'. Household's fast-paced story foreshadowed such international bestsellers as Richard Condon's thriller 'The Manchurian Candidate' (1959), Frederick Forsyth's 'The Day of the Jackal' (1971), and Ken Follett's 'Eye of the Needle' (1978) .
In 1922 Household received his B.A. in English from Magdalen College, Oxford, and between 1922 and 1935 worked in commerce abroad, moving to the US in 1929. During World War II, Household served in the Intelligence Corps in Romania and the Middle East. After the War he lived the life of a country gentleman and wrote. In his later years, he lived in Charlton, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, and died in Wardington.
Household also published an autobiography, 'Against the Wind' (1958), and several collections of short stories, which he himself considered his best work.
In 1922 Household received his B.A. in English from Magdalen College, Oxford, and between 1922 and 1935 worked in commerce abroad, moving to the US in 1929. During World War II, Household served in the Intelligence Corps in Romania and the Middle East. After the War he lived the life of a country gentleman and wrote. In his later years, he lived in Charlton, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, and died in Wardington.
Household also published an autobiography, 'Against the Wind' (1958), and several collections of short stories, which he himself considered his best work.
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October 21, 2017
Maybe this just seems funny now in light of present developments. It's around the year 3000AD and the Brits are trying to leave the Euro-African federation. There has been a nuclear holocaust long ago and most of the world's population has been extinguished. What's left has rejected nationalism and three federations take its place, the others being American and Asian.
Well, that's all very well for most people, but the Brits are nationalistic to the core, geography does matter. I thought the scene was set for an entertaining very short read. But it's a dud. Household wrote some great adventure books, and this is not one of them.
Leave well alone.
Well, that's all very well for most people, but the Brits are nationalistic to the core, geography does matter. I thought the scene was set for an entertaining very short read. But it's a dud. Household wrote some great adventure books, and this is not one of them.
Leave well alone.
June 29, 2020
I'm always disappointed when I discover a book that should be slim enough to finish in an afternoon...only to find it a chore that drags on and on. This one certainly qualifies: an interesting premise for a post-apocalyptic story, but the first half is completely under-developed, and the second half is just over-wrought, with people declaiming at each other. The entire effort feels like a wasted opportunity.
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