English literature

The Rachel Papers

“I was, after all, a man of the world.” Chapter 1: Introduction to Charles Highway The novel opens with Charles Highway, a precocious and self-absorbed teenager, preparing for […]

English literature

London Fields

“Murder considered as one of the fine arts.” London Fields follows the intertwined lives of three central characters in a decaying, pre-millennial London. The narrator, Samson Young, is […]

English literature

Money

“Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex. You thought of nothing else if you didn’t have it and thought of other things if you did.” Part One […]