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Title: The Rachel Papers by Martin Amis ISBN: 0-679-73458-9 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 29 September, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.96 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: File 1, File 2, File 3...
Comment: Ladies, read this one together with your man. I did! And it was wonderful. This is such a great book. Martin Amis takes us to a place that most just let pass by without a thought. The coming of age, leaving the "teen" years and entering a new world.
Charles Highway, is not that "average" person. He takes note of the people and events that happen in his life, yes, actual notes on them, and puts them into the appropriate files. Which brings us to "The Rachel Papers" Her very own file created by Charles, for Charles!
Charles is a very smooth and intelligent seducer, planner, player, schemer and con-man. Example...Rachel is coming over, rock posters are replaced by fine art posters, specific books are placed in strategic places around the room, as well as the musical choice to be playing as she enters the room. He definately is setting the stage. What starts out as a scheme to seduce and conquer Rachel, slowly turns into feelings of first love for Charles. Sending his logical head in to a tailspin. Leaving him confused and challenged as how to plot his next step. He's also dealing with his sister and brother-in-laws shaky marriage, his fathers' mistress, yet devotion to his marriage and family, his socialite mother, his involvement with two other girls, both of which keep his mind occupied with questions. As well as trying to schmooz his way into Oxford!
This book was a delight to read, we laughed out loud, and could identify with alot of what was written in these pages, the truths, to our amazement. Martin Amis' smooth style and keen insight, makes this a perfect read, for anyone of any age. One you may even read it for a second time, just because it was so good the first time around !!!
Don't pass this one by!
Rating: 3
Summary: Autobiographical with peaks of linguistic brilliance
Comment: Martin Amis went to Exeter College, Oxford and lived before that with his father in a village in Oxfordshire. Sound familiar, of course it's just like the plot in the book!. Martin Amis' first novel shows hints of true genius. The characterisation of the books sort-of-hero, Charles Highway is fascinating, and he dissects the typical foibles of an adolescent with skill and integrity. Other high points include the amazing vocabulary that the book is written with. The outstanding prose makes me (excuse me) laugh out loud every time I read it and almost makes up for some of the unconvincing aspects of the plot. Autobiographical? Yes. Self-Obsessed? Yes. Extremely funny? Definately. Worth Buying? Without a doubt. Some have said that to start reading Martin Amis, other books like Money or Success would be better. I disagree. The Rachel Papers is a brilliantly funny introduction to the writings of one of the strangest and most talented British Novelists.
Rating: 3
Summary: brash, rude and sometimes funny ... but too pretentious
Comment: Martin Amis is seemingly one of those folks who are simply too smart for their own good. His intelligence percolates through his novels, including his first novel 'The Rachel Papers'. The prose is so well done it feels over-cooked. It is supposed to be the narration of an over-sexed pompous brat. Yet the vocabulary used would confound most Mensa members. Such intellectual arrogance wears thin after awhile despite some very humorous and touching moments. It overshadows the good.
'The Rachel Papers' is about a rather snotty nineteen year old trying to get into Oxford University, circa 1970. For some strange reason he documents the main characters of his life, including his love prospects. And in walks Rachel, a somewhat more balanced individual who seems to have some surprises of her own. Love (or near love), sex (very graphically detailed), and teenage trauma abound. Martin Amis also throws in some rather good observations of teenaged angst. But again, the overall style is one of intellectual arrogance. A shame really.
Bottom line: a story about brat with a limitless ego and libido. Good reading material? No, not really.
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Title: London Fields by MARTIN AMIS ISBN: 0679730346 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Money by Martin Amis ISBN: 0140088911 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: March, 1986 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Yellow Dog by Martin Amis ISBN: 1401352030 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 05 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Success by Martin Amis ISBN: 0679734481 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Information by Martin Amis ISBN: 0679735739 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 19 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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