"A number of scenes [from the original 1966 ed.] have been rewritten, and one or two new ones invented"--Foreword, p. 5. Includes a Reading Group Guide.
Summary:
Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are deliberately confused by staged deaths, erotic encounters, and terrifying violence, Urfe becomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his life.
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