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The Magus

by John Fowles

3.8 · 656 pages · First published 1965

A startlingly original novel about a young English graduate who takes a position as a teacher at a private school on a small Greek island. Bored and lonely he spends his free hours wandering alone until he meets a wealthy and mysterious neighbour. Soon he finds himself a victim of this man’s increasingly bizarre psychological games and obsessed with a young woman who may or may not be a willing participant in these games.

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Vintage, Little, Brown and Co., Little Brown, Naxos, J. Cape, Bt Bound
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rus, pol, eng, spa