Rebellion of Yale Marrat

This book is an excellent read. I am very fussy with novels, and don't always finish them. With some, I simply havent the patience. But this one I read all the way through, in a matter of days, even taking it to work to read during my lunch break. The story in brief: Yale Marratt is born to a privileged east coast family; his father expects him to take over the family firm. But son Yale is not happy with that. At University,... Read Full Review

Yale Marratt is first of all a great book. But its social values are what make it significant. Vastly more significant than EYES WIDE SHUT.

I guess it was all downhill after this, Rimmer's freshman effort. He was a real novelist in this one, but drifted from there to manifesto writer for the Sexual Revolution in subsequent books. We didn't so much gain an activist as we lost a storyteller. In this book, the naiive son of a rich industrialist goes to college, meets a Jewish girl and falls for her (in the "Love Story" mode, only this book predates that one)--but... Read Full Review

The Rebellion of Yale Marratt is the first novel that Bob Rimmer wrote - though not the first one published; That Girl From Boston reached print earlier. It has the feel of a book that draws heavily on the writer's personal experiences - and, as the short autobiography published many years later in the 25th Anniversary Edition of The Harrad Experiment made clear, it does.Like Bob's other books, it covers non-monogamous... Read Full Review