num_pages: 607
description: A man trapped in a millionare's deadly game of political and sexual betrayal.Filled with shocks and chilling surprises, The Magus is a masterwork of contemporary literature. In it, a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are deliberately confused by staged deaths, erotic encounters, and terrifying violence, Urfe becomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his life. A work rich with symbols, conundrums and labrinthine twists of event, The Magus is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining, a work that ranks with the best novels of modern times.
language: English
title: The Magus
titlecomplete: The Magus
characters: John Briggs, John Leverrier, June Holmes, Sandy Mitford, Nicholas Urfe, Maurice Conchis, Joe Harrison, Alison Kelly, Demetriades, Joan Kemp, Lily de Seitas, Julie Holmes
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Greece, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 57310
places: Greece, London, England
publisher: Little, Brown and Company (Boston/Toronto)