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      The Rachel Papers

      by Martin Amis
      Published
      May 1974
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      Romance Romance
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      227
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      Martin Amis's first novel, The Rachel Papers, tells the story of Charles Highway and his relationship with his girlfriend in the year before going to university—with a new introduction by Paul Murray.

      Charles Highway, a bright, egotistical Oxford student and soon-to-be Great Novelist, spends the eve of his twentieth birthday reflecting on his adolescence—at times stimulating, often embarrassing, and never nearly as debauched as he'd have liked.

      Until he meets Rachel Noyes, an elusive, unattainable, manic pixie mystery of a girl whom Charles quickly becomes entranced by. He meticulously draws up battle plans and strategies for how to seduce Rachel, and thus the "Rachel Papers" are born.

      Unflinchingly honest, comedically brilliant, and unapologetically original, Martin Amis's first novel, The Rachel Papers, is a masterful account of the passion and fickleness of first lust—and love.

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      Oct 1992 Vintage ISBN13 9780679734581 ISBN10 0679734589
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      First Edition Jan 1974 Knopf ISBN13 9780394491431 ISBN10 0394491432
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      Jan 1973 Cape ISBN13 9780224009126 ISBN10 0224009125
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      Mar 1987 Harmony ISBN13 9780517567777 ISBN10 0517567776
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      Dec 2010 Vintage ISBN13 9781446401705 ISBN10 1446401707
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