Received as a BookMooch.

"The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself."

First written in 1965 and revised by Fowles in 1977 'The Magus' is a psycho-sexual fantasy. The story is told by Nicholas Urfe, a 25 year-old English man who takes a job as a teacher on the Greek island in 1953. Once on the island Nicholas encounters Conchis, a Greek millionaire, who ensnares him into a set of psychological games, masques and mysteries, where nothing and nobody is what they seem forcing Nicholas to question everything he has accepted about himself.

This is a story that twists, turns and tantalises, is full of abstraction and some darkly disturbing images, often centring around sex, but personally I felt that it's lack of clarity only confused me so ultimately left me frustrated and disappointed.

Going out as part of a Wishlist Tag thread. Enjoy!

Received in the post (actually a few days ago, but I've been failing a bit). Thanks :)

Given away in person

Received from Clericalkender. Thanks!