The History Man: Picador Classic by Malcolm Bradbury (English) Paperback Book

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'The funniest and best-written novel I have seen for a very long time' Auberon Waugh

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With an introduction by James NaughtieTake 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 Barbara, promiscuous '70s liberal and exhausted victim of motherhood.The History Man is Malcolm Bradbury's masterpiece, the definitive campus novel and one of the most influential novels of the 1970s. Funny, disconcerting and provocative, Bradbury brilliantly satirizes a world of academic power struggles as his anti-hero seduces his away around campus. But beneath the surface is an altogether more affecting portrait: it reveals a marriage in crisis and demonstrates the fragility of the human heart.

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A Picador Classic edition of Bradbury's masterpiece. 'The funniest and best-written novel I have seen for a very long time' Auberon Waugh

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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 Barbara, promiscuous '70s liberal and exhausted victim of motherhood. The History Man is Malcolm Bradbury's masterpiece, the definitive campus novel and one of the most influential novels of the 1970s. Funny, disconcerting and provocative, Bradbury brilliantly satirizes a world of academic power struggles as his anti-hero seduces his way around campus. But beneath the surface is an altogether more affecting portrait: it reveals a marriage in crisis and demonstrates the fragility of the human heart.'Exhilarating . . . A book which captures for all time the spirit of an age' Margaret Drabble'Grim wit, chill comedy and a fictional energy which is as imaginative as the tale is shocking' A. S. Byatt

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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 Barbara, promiscuous '70s liberal and exhausted victim of motherhood. The History Man is Malcolm Bradbury's masterpiece, the definitive campus novel and one of the most influential novels of the 1970s. Funny, disconcerting and provocative, Bradbury brilliantly satirizes a world of academic power struggles as his anti-hero seduces his way around campus. But beneath the surface is an altogether more affecting portrait: it reveals a marriage in crisis and demonstrates the fragility of the human heart. 'Exhilarating . . . A book which captures for all time the spirit of an age' Margaret Drabble 'Grim wit, chill comedy and a fictional energy which is as imaginative as the tale is shocking' A. S. Byatt

Author Biography

Malcolm Bradbury was a well-known novelist, critic and academic, and founder of the creative writing department at the University of East Anglia. He was the author of seven novels, including The History Man and Rates of Exchange, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He was awarded a knighthood in 2000 and died later the same year.

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The funniest and best-written novel I have seen for a very long time -- Auberon WaughGrim wit, chill comedy and a fictional energy which is as imaginative as the tale is shocking -- A. S. ByattMalcolm Bradbury has come up with a novel that simply must be read -- Elizabeth Berridge * Daily Telegraph *Extremely witty . . . Bradbury writes brilliantly * New York Times *Very funny . . . a quite ruthless satire * Evening Standard *Exhilarating . . . A book which captures for all time the spirit of an age -- Margaret Drabble

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Details ISBN1509823395 Author Malcolm Bradbury Pages 272 Publisher Pan Macmillan Series Picador Classic ISBN-10 1509823395 ISBN-13 9781509823390 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Picador Subtitle Picador Classic Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1932 Death 2000 DEWEY 823.914 Year 2017 Language English Publication Date 2017-06-01 UK Release Date 2017-06-01 Audience Age 18 Audience General AU Release Date 2017-05-29 NZ Release Date 2017-05-29 We've got this

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