<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A superb novel...Evil has seldom been so sinister. --<i>Time</i></b><br>Hailed as the first modern psychological thriller, <i>The Collector</i> 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.<br><b>A bravura first novel...As a horror story, this book is a remarkable tour de force. --<i>New Yorker</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A bravura first novel...As a horror story, this book is a remarkable tour de force.<br>--<i><b>New Yorker</b></i><br><br>There is not a page in this first novel which does not prove that its author is a master storyteller.--<i><b>New York Times Book Review</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>John 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, <i>The Collector, </i>published in 1963, allowed him to devote all his time to writing. His books include the internationally acclaimed and bestselling novels <i>The Magus, The French Lieutenant's Woman, </i>and<i> Daniel Martin. </i>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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