The Brotherhood Of Fear (Novel About Escape From A Future Totalitarian State)

New York City Ny: Random House, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 342 Pp. Light Green Cloth Stamped In Black And White. First Printing Stated On Copyright Page. H. N. Swanson Agent's Copy, With His Stamps. The Novel Concerns A Prisoner Who Has Escaped Detention In A Totalitarian Future State. The Fugitive, Willy Bryo, Is Pursued By A Police Officer Named Konnr. The Pursuit Leads The Two Across A Survey Of The Totalitarian State, Until They Both Shipwreck On A Utopian Island Not Under The Governance Of The State. The Two Intruders Disturb The Homeostasis Of The Island, And, By The Conclusion Of The Novel, The Fugitive Is Leading A Posse Of Locals To Hunt Down His Pursuer. The Novel Touched On Many Themes That Would Continue To Be Important In Ardrey's Work. In Particular, It Explored Questions About The Rationales For And Implications Of Human Violence, And The Connections Between Interpersonal Violence And State Violence. Ardrey Would Continue To Consider These Questions Throughout His Career, Especially In His Paleoanthropological Work Such As African Genesis And The Territorial Imperative. In 1952 Julian Blaustein, Executive Producer At Twentieth Century-Fox, Purchased The Film Rights For The Brotherhood Of Fear, With The Intention That Ardrey Would Be Engaged To Write The Screenplay. However The Project Never Reached Fruition. (See: Wikipedia.]