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- Publisher: Penguin USA
- ISBN: 0140286373
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100532099
- Release Date: May 1, 2000
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #206334 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #25163 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #45 in Gay (See Top 100 Gay Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Spell" by Alan Hollinghurst to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Spell"Browse more products related to "Alan Hollinghurst"Review"Like its two predecessors, Alan Hollinghurst's third novel is almost entirely devoted to the subject of male homosexual desire, but it's the only one of his books you could really call a 'gay novel'....The book sometimes feels as if it's meant to be parodying the themes of the author's earlier ones: here, betrayal is merely cheating, and obsession is nothing more than randiness." "A meticulous exterior eye surveys the particulars of gay life....And yet reading this relatively short novel feels laborious. It lacks the campy excessiveness of THE SWIMMING-POOL LIBRARY, and the engaging wy tone of THE FOLDING STAR....There is something of Proust's grand sense of a Sodom in which aristocratic souls are condemned to absurd physical debasements." Publisher's noteThe lives and relationships of four men intersect in this tale of gay love set during a long summer in England. By the author of The Swimming-Pool Library. Reprint. AnnotationRobin is a middle-aged architect with a house in the lush Dorset countryside. Justin is his restless young lover who needs to fire up his acting career and isn't having much luck out in the middle of nowhere. Danny is Robin's rebellious young son, who turns up unexpectedly. And Alex is Justin's former boyfriend, who is initiated into the world of drugs, clubs, and rough trade in one wild night with Robin. In Alan Hollinghurst's third novel, the lives of these four gay men intertwine as they struggle with their loves and hates and secret desires during a long English summer. If You Enjoy "The Spell (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Spell (Paperback)" by Alan Hollinghurst (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Fiction & Literature Bestselling Books
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