Book :: The Magus
| By: | John Fowles |
| Pages: | 656 |
| Published: | 1966 |
| Genre(s): | Fantasy |
| Mystery | |
| England | |
| Rating: | (4) |
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On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of human complexities. By turns disturbing, thrilling and seductive, The Magus is a feast for...
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I really hate investing time to a long, complicated book waiting for it all to come together and realizing at the end that I don't know what happened! I am silently screaming! I wanted so much to love this book...but didn't. Maybe I read it too late in life? Maybe I don't have the time to contemplate all the nuances? I hated the ending....
Jul 10th, 2017
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I really hate investing time to a long, complicated book waiting for it all to come together and realizing at the end that I don't know what happened! I am silently screaming! I wanted so much to love this book...but didn't. Maybe I read it too late in life? Maybe I don't have the time to contemplate all the nuances? I hated the ending....
Jul 10th, 2017
The Magus appears on these lists...
93rd on 100 Best Novels by Modern Library
67th on The Big Read by BBC
