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 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.
General
| Imprint: |
Picador
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Picador Classic |
| Release date: |
June 2017 |
| Authors: |
Malcolm Bradbury
|
| Dimensions: |
197 x 130 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
253 |
| Edition: |
Main Market Ed. |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5098-2339-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-5098-2339-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781509823390 |
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