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      A Maggot

      by John Fowles
      Published
      Oct 1985
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      467
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      The renowned author delivers a "hypnotic" tale of obsession, truth and lies in this "immensely rich and readable novel…a remarkable achievement"  (Time).

      In the spring of 1736, four men and one woman, all traveling under assumed names, are crossing the Devonshire countryside en route to a mysterious rendezvous. Before their journey ends, one of them will be hanged, one will vanish, and the others will face a murder trial. Out of the truths and lies that envelop these events, John Fowles has created a novel that is at once a tale of erotic obsession, an exploration of the conflict between reason and superstition, an astonishing act of literary legerdemain, and the story of the birth of a new faith.

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      Sep 1986 Signet ISBN13 9780451144768 ISBN10 0451144767
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      Dec 1991 Picador (UK) ISBN13 9780330324120 ISBN10 0330324128
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      Dec 1993 Plume ISBN13 9780452270947 ISBN10 0452270944
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      Nov 1996 Vintage (UK) ISBN13 9780099480419 ISBN10 0099480417
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      Jul 1998 Back Bay ISBN13 9780316290494 ISBN10 0316290491
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      First Edition Oct 1985 Little, Brown ISBN13 9780316291156 ISBN10 0316291153
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      Jan 1985 Cape ISBN13 9780224028066 ISBN10 0224028065
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      Sep 1985 Little, Brown ISBN13 9780316289948 ISBN10 0316289949
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      Nov 2010 Vintage ISBN13 9781409059431 ISBN10 140905943X
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      Apr 2013 Little, Brown & Company ISBN13 9780316254984 ISBN10 0316254983
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      Apr 2013 Little, Brown ISBN10 B00AWBU39U
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