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A superb novel...Evil has seldom been so sinister. --TimeHailed as the first modern psychological thriller The Collector 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.A bravura first novel...As a horror story this book is a remarkable tour de force. --New Yorker