num_pages: 464
description: In the spring of 1736 four men and one woman, all traveling under assumed names, are crossing the Devonshire countryside en route to a mysterious rendezvous. Before their journey ends, one of them will be hanged, one will vanish, and the others will face a murder trial. Out of the truths and lies that envelop these events, John Fowles has created a novel that is at once a tale of erotic obsession, an exploration of the conflict between reason and superstition, an astonishing act of literary legerdemain, and the story of the birth of a new faith.
language: English
title: A Maggot
titlecomplete: A Maggot
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Mystery, British Literature, Fiction, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 3264
places: Devon, England, United Kingdom
publisher: Back Bay Books