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The Collector (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316290234)
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x"A superb novel...Evil has seldom been so sinister." --Time
Hailed as the first modern psychological thriller, The Collector is the internationally bestselling novel that catapulted John Fowles into the front rank of contemporary novelists. This tale of obsessive love--the story of a lonely clerk who collects butterflies and of the beautiful young art student who is his ultimate quarry--remains unparalleled in its power to startle and mesmerize.
"A bravura first novel...As a horror story, this book is a remarkable tour de force." --New Yorker
Author: John Fowles
ISBN-10: 0316290238
ISBN-13: 9780316290234
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 08/04/1997
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.35w x 0.95d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/1997 pg. 160
Booklist 11/15/2001 pg. 555
Library Journal 12/02/1997
Hailed as the first modern psychological thriller, The Collector is the internationally bestselling novel that catapulted John Fowles into the front rank of contemporary novelists. This tale of obsessive love--the story of a lonely clerk who collects butterflies and of the beautiful young art student who is his ultimate quarry--remains unparalleled in its power to startle and mesmerize.
"A bravura first novel...As a horror story, this book is a remarkable tour de force." --New Yorker
Author: John Fowles
ISBN-10: 0316290238
ISBN-13: 9780316290234
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 08/04/1997
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.35w x 0.95d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/1997 pg. 160
Booklist 11/15/2001 pg. 555
Library Journal 12/02/1997
By John Fowles
xJohn Fowles (1926-2005) was educated at Oxford and subsequently lectured in English at universities in Greece and the UK. The success of his first novel, The Collector, published in 1963, allowed him to devote all his time to writing. His books include the internationally acclaimed and bestselling novels The Magus, The French Lieutenant's Woman, and Daniel Martin. Fowles spent the last decades of his life on the southern coast of England in the small harbor town of Lyme Regis.
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