The Collector (Paperback, 1st Back Bay pbk. ed)

Hailed 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.