# 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: Penguin Books
- ISBN: 978-01-4028-637-3
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2000-05-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

" The " spell" of the title is both the power of drugs, at the heart of the book, and the " sex-magic" that variously possesses - but then deserts - each of its main characters." -- The Guardian Discover...