The Rachel Papers
Author: Amis, Martin
ISBN: 9781784879631
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 13 Feb 2024
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CLAIRE LOWDONPlt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Charles Highway is every motherP#39;s worst nightmare. Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Precociously intelligent, mercilessly manipulative and highly sexed, Charles devotes the last of his teenage years to bedding girls and evading the half-arsed overtures of his distant parents. That is, until, he meets the aloof, wildly unattainable, Rachel.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;As CharlesP#39;s twentieth birthday - and the Oxford entrance exams - loom, his plans for seducing Rachel will draw him into a private collection of obsessional notes and observations: the eponymous P#39;Rachel PapersP#39;.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARDPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;Scurrilous, shameless and very funnyP#39; Plt;iPgt;The Times Literary SupplementPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;Amis has brought off the feat of satirizing his contemporaries while making them both funny and, in a bizarre way, movingP#39; Peter AckroydPlt;/bPgt;
ISBN: 9781784879631
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 13 Feb 2024
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CLAIRE LOWDONPlt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Charles Highway is every motherP#39;s worst nightmare. Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Precociously intelligent, mercilessly manipulative and highly sexed, Charles devotes the last of his teenage years to bedding girls and evading the half-arsed overtures of his distant parents. That is, until, he meets the aloof, wildly unattainable, Rachel.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;As CharlesP#39;s twentieth birthday - and the Oxford entrance exams - loom, his plans for seducing Rachel will draw him into a private collection of obsessional notes and observations: the eponymous P#39;Rachel PapersP#39;.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARDPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;Scurrilous, shameless and very funnyP#39; Plt;iPgt;The Times Literary SupplementPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;Amis has brought off the feat of satirizing his contemporaries while making them both funny and, in a bizarre way, movingP#39; Peter AckroydPlt;/bPgt;
