SOLVED. Adult Thriller about a man who tries to kill a dictator and has to go on the run. Read before 1996.

[Kirsten]

A thriller from the 1950s(?) about a man (unnamed) who tries to assassinate a dictator/ruler (it's not clear who the ruler is or what his political orientation is), misses, and has to go on the run when security forces try to hunt him down. He hides in a tree, hides in a cabbage patch, and hunkers down under a fallen tree in the root system. He kills a cat and uses the skin to make a sling shot. I read the book over 30 years ago and it has always stayed with me. I'd love to find it and read it again.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Rogue Male?

[Kirsten]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Rogue Male?"
That's it! Thanks a bunch!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

You're welcome.