The Rachel Papers (Vintage Classics) [Paperback]

Amis has brought off the feat of satirizing his contemporaries while making them both funny and, in a bizarre way, moving Scurrilous, shameless and very funny Times Literary Supplement Amis's arrogantly assured manner is a formidable weapon, spraying the target with disdainful wit, ingenious obscenity, astute literariness, loathing, lust, anxiety and an all-pervading hyper-self-consciousness Observer

"Scurrilous, shameless and very funny." -- "Times Literary Supplement"
"Amis has brought off the feat of satirizing his contemporaries while making them both funny and, in a bizarre way, moving." -- Peter Ackroyd
"Amis's arrogantly assured manner is a formidable weapon, spraying the target with disdainful wit, ingenious obscenity, astute literariness, loathing, lust, anxiety and an all-pervading hyper-self-consciousness." -- "Observer"
"Extravagantly sexual...highly enjoyable." -- "Evening Standard" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award

Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn't come off quite as Charles expects... (20030923)

Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'Scurrilous, shameless and very funny' Times Literary Supplement

Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn't come off quite as Charles expects...

See also: Money

Martin Amis is the author of ten novels, two collections of stories and six collections of non-fiction. His most recent book is House of Meetings (2006). (20030923)