A Maggot

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 h