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The Rachel Papers
- Author
- Martin Amis
- Narrator
- Sebastian Humphreys
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 25 August 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Charles Highway is every mother's worst nightmare.
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.
As Charles'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 'Rachel Papers'.
WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD
'Scurrilous, shameless and very funny' The 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
© Martin Amis 1973 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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Details
- Author
- Martin Amis
- Narrator
- Sebastian Humphreys
- Duration
- 8 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 August 2026
- ISBN
- 9781529995305
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Satirical fiction and parodies, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Narrative theme: coming of age
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Charles Highway is every mother's worst nightmare. 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.As Charles'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 'Rachel Papers'.WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD'Scurrilous, shameless and very funny' The 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© Martin Amis 1973 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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