Youth in revolt the journals of nick twisp is a 1993 epistolary novel by c d payne the story is told in a picaresque fashion and makes heavy use of black humor and camp the book contains parts one through three of an eleven part series the three sequential parts were published as three separate books. Youth in revolt is the journals of nick twisp californias most precocious diarist whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school deal with his divorced parents and lose his virginity result in his transformation from an unassuming fourteen year old to a modern youth in open revolt as his family s. Youth in revolt the journals of nick twisp by cd payne 1996 03 15 cd payne books amazonca. Youth in revolt is the story of nick twisp an ordinary studious 15 year old boy living with his loving mother in oakland well not quite this novel takes its readers through a particularly eventful year in the life of nick among other things nick is chased by the police in several different cities has several sexual and homosexual encounters betrays friends and family alike adopts . Youth in revolt brings us the journals of nick twisp californias most precocious diarist whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school deal with his divorced parents and lose his virginity result in his transformation from an unassuming fourteen year old to a modern youth in open revolt as his family splinters worlds collide and the police block all routes out of town nick