The Spell
1998 • 272 pages

Ratings4

Average rating3.8

15

Sex and drugs and techno music in the Devon countryside.

So, Justin used to go out with Alex but left him for Robin who he met in a public toilet. Alex is now going out with Dan who is Robin's son. Then there's Terry the local handyman and rent boy. Alan Hollinghurst has a real skill in being able to write the most loathsome of gay characters and all the main characters have a stab at winning that award but Justin wins hands down, a truly hideous being.