The History Man
Malcolm Bradbury
The History Man
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976.
First American edition.
230 pages. Small closed tear to top edge of DJ spine. Fading to DJ spine, otherwise a bright, clean collectable copy of the critically acclaimed British author's fourth book.
It's a new academic year at the English University of Watermouth, and new styles and ideas are "in".
Nobody, however, is quite so new or so "in" as the Kirks; with a determinedly open marriage, they have become the most trendy couple on the campus.
Howard has his affairs with his students and random faculty wives; Barbara has her love interest in London - and together, they hold parties that become locally famous.
Anthony Burgess names this one of the best 99 novels since 1939.
Hardcover.