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Fellow Passenger Kindle Edition

by Geoffrey Household (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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An international scoundrel recalls his life of intrigue and adventure in a witty and exciting nonstop thriller

Held prisoner in Britain’s fabled Tower of London, Claudio Howard-Wolferstan revels in his well-earned notoriety and reflects on the events that landed him here. A rogue and an adventurer of English and Ecuadorian descent, he has lived a globe-trotting life of peril and excitement, driven by an addiction to the adrenaline rush that comes with placing himself in constant, life-threatening jeopardy. Having used a youthful flirtation with communism to its greatest advantage, he recalls with pride a satisfying career of break-ins and burglaries, brazen deceptions, wild escapes, and daring exploits that made him a target of the British MI6 intelligence service and Soviets alike, and ultimately landed him in the most fabled lock-up in Great Britain. But in an international atmosphere of mistrust, tension, and warring political philosophies, there will always be a place for his kind, and the world hasn’t yet heard the last of Claudio Howard-Wolferstan.

In the pantheon of great twentieth-century thriller writers, Geoffrey Household, acclaimed for his evocative and colorful locales, deeply human characters, and distinct storytelling voice, occupies a place of honor besides such notable names as Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming, and Len Deighton. Household’s breathtaking tales of adventure and intrigue are as enthralling today as they were then, and Fellow Passenger shines with excitement, invention, and wit—a virtuoso performance by a true maestro.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00T5H5EFA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller (March 24, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 24, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3923 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 246 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Geoffrey Household

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Geoffrey Household (1900—1988) was born in Bristol and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. He worked all over the world, including Eastern Europe, the US, the Middle East and South America as, among other things, a banker, a salesman, and an encyclopedia writer. He served in British intelligence in World War II. His other works include A Rough Shoot, Watcher in the Shadows, Rogue Justice and an autobiography, Against the Wind.

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Chris Elzi
5.0 out of 5 stars A gem...a witty thriller
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2011
One of my favorites, one of the most thrilling and yet funniest books to come out of the Cold War.
The book begins with the hero,Claudio Howard-Wolferstan (half English, half Central American), in the Tower of London, observing philosophically that being imprisoned in the Tower at least puts him at the top of his profession. The hero's adventures are endless -- he ends up pursued both by MI5 and the Soviets -- but he exercises his unique ability to adapt and improvise, so that he navigates these perils like a champion surfer riding so many waves. The book almost reminds me of Hitchcock's "North By Northwest," with suspense balanced by, and somehow sharpened by, humor.
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Asmodeous
5.0 out of 5 stars A Little-known Household Classic - Give it a Try!!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2010
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Geoffrey Household is best known for writing the excellent Rogue Male - Fellow Passenger,according to Household's biography Against the Wind, was his own personal favourite. Geoffrey Household was quite a peaceful man at heart and wanted to create a book that had the excitement and thrill of Rogue Male but with a light-hearted picaresque feel that was more true to his own nature. Fellow Passenger is a fast paced,fun read with a 'roguish' gentleman who begins his narrative in the Tower of London and describes the troubles and adventures he gets into when trying to access his family inheritance. It is kind of like Kind Hearts and Coronets in tone but with a Carry Grant type of lead figure in a kind of 1930's Hollywood slapstick based in England. It has a witty , light feel to it that is perfect reading for a lazy sunday afternoon. If you have clicked onto this book and have enjoyed some of Geoffrey Household's work then this is worth a try - but be quick, it is a rare piece and out of print.

Other Household Books to be recommended:
Rogue Male
Dance of the Dwarfs
Watcher in the Shadows
Olura
The Sending
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K H Brady
4.0 out of 5 stars A good read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2015
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A different kind of story, witty, thought provoking. A good read.
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marigold white
3.0 out of 5 stars spy fiction
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2020
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not bad, a good romp, again, dated
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Mr K G Niazy
5.0 out of 5 stars Witty suspense thriller
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2020
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If you count ‘Kind Hearts and Coronets’ amongst your favourite films , you will thoroughly enjoy this novel. It’s the familiar man-on-the-run plot, but the author does it so well that it rarely, if ever, flags. An excellent take.
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