Aussie Readers discussion

I've not read The Collector by John Fowles yet

I put this post in another spot before Ashleigh, as I wasn't aware of this thread at the time!

Ashleigh wrote: "Mostly at Dymocks, but if I am struggling to find a book then fishpond, angus&robertson or borders online, the book depository and sometimes abe books. Right now I am trying to find the Collector b..."

Here's a link for you Ashleigh... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0099...

and another one... http://www.bookdepository.com/Collect...

Brilliant book. Easy read, not overly long. Highly recommended, Ashleigh. :):)

Hope you can manage to get a copy Ashleigh:)

Good luck!

I read this book when I was about 16. It's a bit dark in a The Silence of the Lambs way. It is considered to be a bit of a classic so your local library should have a copy. There are some good online second-hand book shops too.

This is a great book. I think it is Fowles best but I never read The French Lieutenants Woman. I enjoyed The Magus but he sort of went a bit off the rails after that for me. The Collector is a unique book as it is a horrifying story, written extremely well in a cool/calm way which makes it more frightening, but there is really no physical violence in it at all. Or given it's 30 years since I read it and I hate graphic unnecessary violence in books and films also it must have been minimal.

That I can still feel strongly about this book so long after I think says a lot for how it affected me.

Fowles was a writer of his time with a voice of that time. A touch transcendental. No idea if it reads as old fashioned now. Some books don't age well.

Be interesting Ashleigh to know what you think of it when you have read it.

I agree with Stephen - This one and The Magus are John Fowles masterpieces.

I picked up The Collector at a B&B and started reading it. Having to leave before I finished I then scouted the second hand stores and found a great early edition Penguin.

It's an excellent book, Ashleigh. I hope you enjoy it.

The Collector is simply good.