Per Brastad answers “Here is my request: Assuming that I love...”

Mike Nelson asked this question about The Magus:

Here is my request: Assuming that I love "The Magus" (which I do), please recommend one novel which I might enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed "The Magus". (Background ... I loved "The Magus" because it is exceptionally well written, and also because the "psycho-social" context resonates so strongly with the culture of those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s. I have, BTW, read "The French Lieutenant's Woman".) ??

Per Brastad I find The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davis a good suggestion, but not quite there.
Sadly, all of the below which have been suggested and which I've…moreI find The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davis a good suggestion, but not quite there.
Sadly, all of the below which have been suggested and which I've read will fall short, enjoyable though they may be:
A Secret History by Dona Tartt
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco
The Shadow of the Wind
Les Grand Meaulnes (translated)
A Prayer for Owen Meaney
The Tin Drum by Günther Grass
A Little Life (not enjoyable. Why the hell was that suggested???)

I might give some of the other suggestions a spin - - -(less)

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