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This daring literary thriller, rich with eroticism and suspense, is one of John Fowles's best-loved and bestselling novels and has contributed significantly to his international reputation as a writer of the first degree. At the center of The Magus is Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman who accepts a teaching position on a remote Greek island, where he befriends a local millionaire. The friendship soon evolves into a deadly game, in which reality and fantasy are deliberately manipulated, and Nicholas finds that he must fight not only for his sanity but for his very survival.
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The Magus, John Fowles
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- The Magus
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Fowles
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 656
- ISBN10
- 0316296198
- ISBN13
- 9780316296199
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery Novels, Love, Thriller, Gifts for men, Psychological Thrillers, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Psychological novels, Greece, Betrayal, Trust, Teachers, Boarding School, Experimental Literature, Greek Islands
- First published
- 1965
- Original title
- The Magus
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- This daring literary thriller, rich with eroticism and suspense, is one of John Fowles's best-loved and bestselling novels and has contributed significantly to his international reputation as a writer of the first degree. At the center of The Magus is Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman who accepts a teaching position on a remote Greek island, where he befriends a local millionaire. The friendship soon evolves into a deadly game, in which reality and fantasy are deliberately manipulated, and Nicholas finds that he must fight not only for his sanity but for his very survival.