The Magician is the central novel—its final draft spanning twenty years—by John Fowles, one of the most singular English novelists; a writer deeply concerned with the great philosophical and intellectual themes of our time, who is also an extraordinary storyteller who irresistibly draws the reader in.
Enormously rich, complex, and ambitious—with elements of the Gothic novel, the thriller, the coming-of-age story, the erotic novel, and the philosophical novel—this work follows the sentimental education of young Nicholas, who leaves London and his lover and settles on a remote Greek island as an English teacher. There he meets a mysterious character, an eccentric millionaire, Conchis, the Magician, who involves him, often against his will, in strange experiences. Fascinated by this enigmatic magician, who sends him to seduce two twin sisters, Nicholas is led through a complex gam...read more







