num_pages: 219
description: Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to Sleep with an Older Woman before he turns 20. Rachel fits the bill perfectly: Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn't come off quite as Charles expects...
language: English
title: The Rachel Papers
titlecomplete: The Rachel Papers
characters: Charles Highway, Rachel Noyes
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, British Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 10468
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Somerset Maugham Award
publisher: Penguin Books