The Rachel Papers (novel)

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The Rachel Papers is Martin Amis' first novel, published in 1973. It won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1974 and in 1989 was made into a film by the same name, starring Dexter Fletcher.

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It tells the story of a bright, egotistical teenager (which Amis acknowledges as autobiographical)^{[citation needed]} and his relationship with the eponymous girlfriend in the year before going to university.

[edit] References

• Cooke, Rachel. "The Amis Papers", The Observer, 2006-10-01. Retrieved on 2007-05-08.