The Spell (Paperback, New edition)

Hollinghurst's novel centres on the lives of four gay men. The characters move between the drug-taking world of the London club scene and a would-be pastoral idyll. This captures perfectly what it is like to be passionately in love, and the fragility of homosexual relationships. Both gently comic and serious. (Kirkus UK)

Alan Hollinghurst's new novel is a comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin Woodfield, an architect in his late forties, who is trying to build an idyllic life in Dorset with his younger lover, Justin, a would-be actor increasingly disenchanted with the countryside; Robin's 22 year old son Danny, a volatile beauty who lives for clubbing and casual sex; and the shy Alex, whose life is transformed by house music and a tab of ecstasy. As each in turn falls under the spell of romance or drugs,country living or rough trade, a richly ironic picture emerges of the clashing imperatives of modern gay life, the hunger for contact and the fear of commitment, the need for permanence and the continual disruptions of sex. At once lyrical and farcical, sceptical and romantic, the SPELL confirms Alan Hollinghurst as one of Britain's most important novelists.

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1999
Authors:	Alan Hollinghurst
Dimensions:	197 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	257
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-927694-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-09-927694-1
Barcode:	9780099276944

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