Menni vagy meghalni

by Jenő Rejtő

Észak-Afrika, Marrakesh. Hat elszánt legionárius végez a francia gyarmattartók ellenségével, a rejtőzködő Muhat bejjel, és elrabolja vagyonát. Vakmerően megszöknek a Szaharát átszelő menetszázadból, s rettenetes útjuk a Kongó-vidéki őserdőkben ér véget.
Évekkel később, Londonban Connor főfelügyelő és Mackenzie kapitány különös gyilkosságsorozat ügyében nyomoz. A szálak egykori legionáriusokhoz vezetnek, és előlépnek a múltbéli dráma szereplői, akiknek sorsát a háttérből egy hétpróbás nemzetközi kém irányítja. Az izgalmas regényben Rejtő krimiírói tehetségét csillogtatja.

222 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1937

About the author

Jenő Rejtő (born Jenő Reich, pseudonyms: P. Howard, Gibson Lavery) was a Hungarian author, fiction writer, playwright and journalist, who died as a forced labourer during the World War II. He was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on March 29, 1905, and died in Yevdokovo, Soviet Union (then under Axis occupation) on January 1, 1943.

He studied drama before traveling across Europe. When he returned to Hungary he became a successful playwright, responsible for such operettas as "Who Dares Wins" (1934). He then went on to write adventure novels parodying the Foreign Legion, which often featured his somewhat bizarre sense of humor.
He reportedly died in 1942 in a labor camp after he was taken from hospital whilst seriously ill. The stamp issued in his honor depicts various images such as a North African sunset (a reference to his Foreign Legion stories), a cafe he frequented and a copy of Nagykorut - the newspaper he edited hanging on the stand.

Reviews

[Gabi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Az elso resz kisse nehezkes volt nekem, viszont a masodik boven karpotolt.

[Eszter Perlenyi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite dark and very un-Rejtő-like story. But good story telling as usual.