num_pages: 656
description: John Fowless The Magus was a literary landmark of the 1960s. Nicholas Urfe goes to a Greek island to teach at a private school and becomes enmeshed in curious happenings at the home of a mysterious Greek recluse, Maurice Conchis. Are these events, involving attractive young English sisters, just psychological games, or an elaborate joke, or more? Reality shifts as the story unfolds. The Magus reflected the issues of the 1960s perfectly, but even almost half a century after its first publication, it continues to create tension and concern, remaining the page-turner that it was when it was first released.
language: English
title: The Magus
titlecomplete: The Magus
characters: June Holmes, John Briggs, Alison Kelly, Lily de Seitas, Demetriades, Joe Harrison, Sandy Mitford, Julie Holmes, John Leverrier, Joan Kemp, Nicholas Urfe, Maurice Conchis
genres: Literature, British Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Fantasy, Greece, Novels, Fiction, Classics, Mystery
ratings_count: 57311
places: London, England, Greece
publisher: Triad/Panther Books