The Rachel Papers

Author: Amis, Martin

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 2 August 2007 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.

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...