THE SPELL,

Hollinghurst, Alan:

ISBN 10: 0701165197 / ISBN 13: 9780701165192

Edité par Chatto & Windus, London, 1st edition, 1998,, 1998

A propos de cet article

hardback in dustjacket, as new, 257pp. Alex is 36, something in the Foreign Office, discreetly gay . his ex-lover Justin invites him to a weekend with his new boyfriend, forty something architect Robin, and Robin's twenty-two year old gay son, Danny. Then Alex drops a tab of ecstasy, provided by young Danny, and embarks on a bewildering voyage of self-discovery in a drug fuelled London club scene. 'A masterpiece of sustained literary titillation' The Times.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: THE SPELL,
• Éditeur: Chatto & Windus, London, 1st edition, 1998,
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0701165197
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780701165192
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • gay fiction

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Synopsis

A comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin Woodfield, an architect in his late forties living with his younger lover Justin (a would-be actor) in Dorset; Robin's 22-year-old son Danny, who lives for clubbing and casual sex; and shy Alex.

Revue de presse

"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)

"A masterpiece of sustained literary titillation" (The Times)

"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)

"A bewitchingly beautiful tale... confirms his pre-eminence among the prose writers of his generation" (Daily Telegraph)

"Comic fantasy is grounded in a wealth of sharp observation and psychological insight. Hollinghurst has lost none of his authority" (Evening Standard)