John Фаулз - one of the most prominent and popular British writers, modern classic, author of "Collector" and "Mistress of the French lieutenant"."Magus" serve Фаулзу the family by a visiting-card. In this novel on the forgotten Greek island an enigmatic "magician" puts merciless psychological experiments in public, exposing to them torture by passion and nonexistence. Realistic tradition combines in a book with elements mysticism and detective. Erotic stages - maybe, the best from written about carnal love in the second half of ХХ of century.