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John Fowles was born in England in 1926 and educated at Bedford School and Oxford University. John Fowles won international recognition with his first published title, THE COLLECTOR (1963). He was immediately acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional imaginative power and this reputation was confirmed with the appearance of his subsequent works. John Fowles died in 2005.
Abbey's Bookseller Review: A disillusioned English teacher, Nicholas Urfe, takes up a teaching job on a remote Greek island. Here he becomes entangled in the psychological games of a certain Maurice Conchis. Fowles creates a philosophical puzzle that has us searching for clues and answers in tandem with Urfe. This is one of those books that, if read at the appropriate time in your life, has a residue and poignancy that will last forever. And it's just the sort of book that demands to be reread... and thanks to Google you don't have to remain bewildered by the final Latin quote. Greg
Suspend disbelief and enjoy a master storyteller -- Christie Hickman * Sunday Express * One of those that's best read as a teenager, but once read you'll never forget it -- Katy Guest * Independent * A splendidly sustained piece of mystification * Financial Times * A deliciously toothsome celebration of wanton story-telling * Sunday Times * A major work of mounting tensions in which the human mind is the guinea-pig... Mr Fowles has taken a big swing at a difficult subject and his hits are on the bull's eye * Sunday Telegraph *
