The Magus
John Fowles · 1926–2005 · England
Why it matters
A young Englishman takes a teaching post on a remote Greek island and is drawn into an eccentric millionaire's elaborate, reality-warping psychological games. Fowles's seductive, maze-like novel of illusion and manipulation.
At a glance
psychological novelpostmodern
Difficulty 6/10fast pace656 pagesLayered unreliable narration and nested fictions within fictions.
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