A review by quinndm
The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst

2.0

Reading this was a struggle. Too much of the scandal, all of the affair, happens off the page, and it is left to the reader to fill in those pieces. Which is great, except there is so much “non-story” that it left me desperate—and frustrated—that I was not allowed to hear, or witness, more of the love affair but, instead, and to read so much about their TV watch, boating, reading... I wanted to love this book, but the structure left me gasping for a connection.