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Synopsis
From the author of THE MAGUS, a novel first published by Jonathan Cape in 1963. A withdrawn, unloved butterfly collector wins a fortune on the football pools, and this enables him to abduct a young art student and keep her in the cellar of his newly-bought home. She tries to understand her captor but becomes repulsed by his mentality.
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"He has a magnificent narrative gift...brilliant" (Independent)
"A brilliant, unusual theme... Short and spare and direct, an intelligent thriller with psychological and social overtones" (Sunday Times)
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- PublisherPan Books
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0330295683
- ISBN 13 9780330295680
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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