# The Spell

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- Book: [The Spell](https://www.bookquiver.com/alan-hollinghurst/the-spell) ([The Spell.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alan-hollinghurst/the-spell.md))
- Authors: [Alan Hollinghurst](https://www.bookquiver.com/alan-hollinghurst)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9927-694-4
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2006-03-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Discover this ‘sparkling celebration of sexual intrigue’ ( Telegraph ) from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Line of Beauty. The Spell is a comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin, an architect in his late forties, who is trying to build an idyllic life in Dorset with his younger lover, Justin; Robin's 22 year old son Danny, a volatile beauty who lives for clubbing and casual sex; and the shy Alex, who is Justin's ex-boyfriend. 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. At once lyrical, sceptical and romantic, The Spell confirms Alan Hollinghurst as one of Britain's most important novelists.