Synopsis
50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
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.
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?
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Details
03 April 2025272 pages
9781035061150Imprint: Picador
Reviews
The funniest and best-written novel I have seen for a very long timeAuberon Waugh
Grim wit, chill comedy and a fictional energy which is as imaginative as the tale is shockingA. S. Byatt
Malcolm Bradbury has come up with a novel that simply must be readElizabeth Berridge, The Daily Telegraph
Extremely witty . . . Bradbury writes brilliantlyThe New York Times
