The Rachel Papers 1989 Charles Highway Dexter Fletcher is in control of his life he is about to finish sixth form college and start at Oxford He is nineteen and wants an older woman before he turns twenty Enter the beautiful Rachel Noyce Ione Skye, and Charles puts his master of seduction routines into top gear Things however get complicated, Charles has a string of exes and a weird brother in law Rachel has a boyfriend named Deforest James Spader, and Charles father has a mistress