The Spell C. J. Sansom When his mother's prize horse

When his mother's prize horse finishes a disappointing last place in a race he should have won

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But even lives as private as these

The Spell C. J. Sansom When his mother's prize horseAlan 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