The Magus

Description

Widely considered John Fowles’s masterpiece, TheMagus is “a dynamo of suspense and horror…a dizzying,electrifying chase through the labyrinth of the soul….Read it in onesitting if possible-but read it” (New YorkTimes).
A young Englishman,Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching post on a remote Greek island inorder to escape an unsatisfactory love affair. There, his friendshipwith a reclusive millionaire evolves into a mysterious–and deadly–gameof violence, seduction, and betrayal. As he is drawn deeper into thetrickster’s psychological traps, Nicholas finds it increasinglydifficult to distinguish past from present, fantasy from reality. Hebecomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his verysurvival.
John Fowles expertly unfolds a spellbindingexploration of the complexities of the human mind. By turns disturbing,thrilling and seductive, The Magus is a masterworkof contemporary literature.