First published by Cape in 1966, a novel in which a man on a remote Greek island finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster, where surreal threads weave ever tighter as reality and illusion intertwine in a bizarre psychological game. From the author of THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN, A MAGGOT and MANTISSA.

For the author's account of why he revised and re-published the book, see photo (Foreword).