Widely considered John Fowles's masterpiece, The Magus is "a dynamo
of suspense and horror...a dizzying, electrifying chase through the
labyrinth of the soul....Read it in one sitting if possible-but read it"
(New York Times).
A young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching post on a remote
Greek island in order to escape an unsatisfactory love affair. There,
his friendship with a reclusive millionaire evolves into a
mysterious--and deadly--game of violence, seduction, and betrayal. As he
is drawn deeper into the trickster's psychological traps, Nicholas finds
it increasingly difficult to distinguish past from present, fantasy from
reality. He becomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his very
survival.
John Fowles expertly unfolds a spellbinding exploration of the
complexities of the human mind. By turns disturbing, thrilling and
seductive, The Magus is a masterwork of contemporary literature.