The History Man : Picador Classic Paperback / softback
by Malcolm Bradbury
Part of the Picador Classic series
Paperback / softback
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A ruthless satire of academic life, The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury is a witty campus novel and one of the most influential books of the 1970s. With an introduction by James Naughtie. Take a Valium. Have a party. Go on a demo. Shoot a soldier. Make a bang. Bed a friend. That’s your problem-solving system . . . But haven’t we tried all that?Howard Kirk, product of the Swinging Sixties, radical university lecturer, and one half of a very modern marriage, is throwing a party.
The night will have all sorts of repercussions: for Henry Beamish, Howard’s desperate and easily neglected friend, and for Howard’s wife, promiscuous ’70s liberal and exhausted victim of motherhood. Funny, disconcerting and provocative, Bradbury's classic novel brilliantly satirizes a world of academic power struggles as his anti-hero seduces his away around campus.
But is also reveals a marriage in crisis and demonstrates the fragility of the human heart.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:01/06/2017
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- ISBN:9781509823390
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:01/06/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781509823390
