| The young protagonist of this story, who is meant to be an educated "every man," dumps his loving girlfriend (because of his aversion to commitment) and goes off to a Greek island to teach at a prep school. There he makes the acquaintance of "Conchis" -- a mysterious and brilliant guru figure, reminiscent of Carl Jung -- and becomes the victim of horrendous psychiatric experiments and tortures, while becoming enthralled and sexually involved with a beautiful woman, Lilly, who may be two women. The experiments performed on him allude to myths, fables and to philosophical themes. In the end, he seems much worse off than before -- and without the mysterious woman whom he realizes that he loves and for whom he must return to England. | ||
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Plot & Themes Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's Romance/Romance Problems Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Lover is Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 60's-90's Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 () Europe Yes European country: - England/UK - Greece Misc setting Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - lesbians! - actual description of hetero sex Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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