Title:
The magus : a revised version
Author:
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Publication Date:
2010
Publication Information:
New York : Back Bay Books, 2010, c1977.
Physical Description:
656, 11 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780316296199
Abstract:
Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman, 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.
General Note:
"A number of scenes [from the original 1966 ed.] have been rewritten, and one or two new ones invented"--Foreword, p. 5.
"Original version of The Magus published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, 1966"--T.p. verso.
"Revised version of The Magus published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, 1978"--T.p. verso.
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Language:
English
