The Magus

John Fowles — one of the most outstanding and popular British writers, a modern classic, author of «The Collector» and «The French Lieutenant's Woman».

«The Magus» serves as Fowles' kind of business card. In this novel, on a remote Greek island, a mysterious «magus» conducts ruthless psychological experiments on people, subjecting them to the torture of passion and non-existence. The realistic tradition is combined in the book with elements of mysticism and detective fiction.

Erotic scenes — perhaps the best written about carnal love in the second half of the 20th century.