About this title: This coming-of-age tale--Amis's first novel--follows 19-year-old Charles Highway through the last few hours of his teenage years as he tries to make sense of his short but eventful life.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679734581ISBN:0679734589
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Excellent copy. Like New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 1987-03-13
ISBN-13:9780517567777ISBN:0517567776
Description: Good. Clean unmarked pages. An indentation and small tear on the back cover. Mild edge wear. Fast Ship! 100% Guaranteed Purchase! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780394491431ISBN:0394491432
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 9th Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780679734581ISBN:0679734589
Description: No Illustrations. Very Good. No Jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK COVER, LIGHT SHELFWEAR TO EDGES. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Granada
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780586041208ISBN:0586041206
Description: Good. Paperback book in good condition. Will have edgewear/shelfwear, creasing to spine and/or covers. May have other defects such as discolouration to block edges etc. For further details please email. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780140107234ISBN:0140107231
Description: Acceptable. Reading Copy Only-Expect A Well Read Book *** Expect to receive a well read copy-The condition of the book will be readable, perhaps with heavy creasing and some damage. You wouldn't want to give it as a present-Dispatched in padded packaging. ** UK SELLER-Get it in days not weeks ** read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780140070019ISBN:014007001X
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"Something I rarely do: stop reading a book. I got to page 182. I don't know why I read that far. This book is unremarkable in every way. A boring attempt at confessional writing."
"Martin Amis' first novel, which he wrote at age 24. Amis' explosive, verb-propelled style and Martian observations are already in bloom here. He was young, though, as the first-love subject matter and attention to adolescent details testify. Still, this is a helluva start to a body of work that has assumed great significance for me (and a sizeable portion of contemporary British fiction readers). It's funny as hell, too.
"I'm not troubled by straight acne so much as by sub-surface hugies, the ones that spend two days coming up and two weeks going down.""
"It's definitely not his best, which is fair enough as it was his first, but I still have a soft spot for this novel. Yes, it's flawed and by comparison with much of his later work, rather simple, but let's not forget he was only 24 when he published this. It's a fun read; I might get back to it one day but in the meantime I'm still waiting for THE PREGNANT WIDOW, which was supposed to be published last year, it was said."
"This was the first Amis book I'd read and I loved the writing style-- very hip, urgent and sexy. Charles Highway is an interesting protagonist who at times reminded me of Holden Caufield. I didn't care for the end of the book, but I get why it works."
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