The Collector by John Fowles
This has sat in my lair for YEARS. Stupid Demon. A classic.
Told in his and hers fashion, this is the story of one man's obsession carried out in a clinical style which suited the situation.
Had never seen the film either (some Smiths fan
) but that's to be shortly rectified.
The ending literally chilled me to the bone mainly due to the lightness of touch in describing it. One I am plugging LF (but it's 57 years old FFS
)
I read
The Magus years ago and wasn't that taken with it at the time. Who knows now ...