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    Item specifics

    Condition
    Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
    Brand
    Penguin
    Color
    Pink
    PartNumber
    140286373
    ISBN
    9780140286373
    EAN
    9780140286373
    UnitValue
    1
    Manufacturer
    Penguin Publishing Group
    Type
    ABIS_BOOK
    PackageQuantity
    1
    Category

    About this product

    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Penguin Publishing Group
    ISBN-10
    0140286373
    ISBN-13
    9780140286373
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    1703760

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Spell
    Number of Pages
    272 Pages
    Language
    English
    Topic
    Erotica / General, Romance / Contemporary, Lgbt / Gay, Literary
    Publication Year
    2000
    Genre
    Fiction
    Author
    Alan Hollinghurst
    Format
    Uk-B Format Paperback

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    0.6 in
    Item Weight
    7.6 Oz
    Item Length
    7.7 in
    Item Width
    5.1 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    Dewey Edition
    21
    Reviews
    The Spell contains the most delicately sensuous portrait-painting...brilliant imagery...and hilarious cross-purpose jokes... Sentence by sentence the novel weaves its magic Independent (London) A masterpiece of sustained literary titillation The Times (London) Love, lust and loss among a group of middle-class gay Englishmen... Young and old, the town and the country, the wild and respectable: Holinghurst explores each of these uneasy conflicts with wit, generosity and sharply observed comedy Mail on Sunday (London) A bewitchingly beautiful tale... confirms his pre-eminence among the prose writers of his generation Daily Telegraph (Lonon) Comic fantasy is grounded in a wealth of sharp observation and psychological insight. Hollinghurst has lost none of his authority Evening Standard (London) "This colorful and often breathtakingly eloquent novel follows the lives of four gay men in the late '90s." -- Publishers Weekly "...never less than honest and realistic..." - - Kirkus Reviews
    TitleLeading
    The
    Grade From
    Twelfth Grade
    Grade To
    UP
    Dewey Decimal
    823/.914
    Synopsis
    Here are the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin Woodfield, an architect in his late forties trying to build an idyllic life in Dorset with his young lover, Justin, a would-be actor increasingly disenchanted with the countryside; Robin's attractive and dangerously volatile twenty-two-year-old son Danny; and Justin's former boyfriend Alex, whose life is unexpectedly transformed by a night of house music and a tab of ecstasy.As each falls under the spell of romance or drugs, country living or rough trade, a richly ironic picture emerges of the illusions of love, and 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. Ultimately, The Spell details the restlessness of every human heart., "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 this 'sparkling celebration of sexual intrigue' ( Telegraph, London ) from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Line of Beauty and Our Evenings. 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.

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