The Spell Michael Frayn Set in a publishing firm

Set in a publishing firm housed in a mock-Venetian palace on the Thames

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The Spell Michael Frayn Set in a publishing firmAlan Hollinghurst's new novel is a comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin Woodfield, an architect in his late forties, who is trying to build an idyllic life in Dorset with his younger lover, Justin, a would be actor increasingly disenchanted with the countryside; Robin's 22 year old son Danny, a volatile beauty who lives for clubbing and casual sex; and the shy Alex, whose life is transformed by house music