The Rachel Papers
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The Rachel Papers is Martin Amis’s debut novel, a darkly comic coming-of-age story about a precocious teenager obsessively documenting his life and romantic pursuits.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Rachel Papers canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | The Rachel Papers (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| author | Martin Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Somerset Maugham Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Rachel Papers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | Dead Babies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
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comic novel ⓘ coming-of-age novel ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
exam pressure and academic ambition
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family dysfunction ⓘ manipulation in relationships ⓘ self-obsession ⓘ sexual politics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late 20th-century British fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Charles Highway
NERFINISHED
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Rachel Noyes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of Martin Amis’s comic style
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portrayal of precocious teenage narrator ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| partOf | Martin Amis bibliography ⓘ |
| protagonist | Charles Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure |
diary-like papers
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notes and lists ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
adolescence
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class and social aspiration ⓘ intellectual pretension ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 1960s ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
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ironic ⓘ |
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