Matt 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".) ??

Matt Cooper Secret History will let you down after The Magus. Vice versa, I've been recommending The Magus to those that have said they enjoyed The Secret History…moreSecret History will let you down after The Magus. Vice versa, I've been recommending The Magus to those that have said they enjoyed The Secret History. Invitation to a Beheading by Nabokov is full of the "psycho-social," and is well-written, but is extremely surrealistic. (less)

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