The History Man
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact.
Set against the turbulent backdrop of a British university campus in the early 1970s, The History Man chronicles the life of Howard Kirk, a radical sociologist whose Marxist convictions and relentless manipulation of those around him expose the hollow heart of progressive idealism. Kirk hosts parties, seduces students, and engineers the downfall of anyone who dares challenge his worldview, all while convincing himself — and others — that he is on the right side of history. Malcolm Bradbury constructs a savage and wickedly comic portrait of academic life, skewering the self-serving moralising of the liberal intelligentsia with surgical precision. Bradbury's novel stands as one of the defining works of British campus fiction, earning comparisons to the work of Kingsley Amis and David Lodge for its sharp social satire and precise, ironic prose. Published in 1975 and later adapted for a celebrated BBC television series, the novel remains a razor-sharp critique of ideological certainty and its corrosive consequences. Readers who believe that politics and principle can coexist will find Howard Kirk a deeply unsettling challenge to that assumption.
Author: Malcolm Bradbury
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Secker & Warburg
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact.
Set against the turbulent backdrop of a British university campus in the early 1970s, The History Man chronicles the life of Howard Kirk, a radical sociologist whose Marxist convictions and relentless manipulation of those around him expose the hollow heart of progressive idealism. Kirk hosts parties, seduces students, and engineers the downfall of anyone who dares challenge his worldview, all while convincing himself — and others — that he is on the right side of history. Malcolm Bradbury constructs a savage and wickedly comic portrait of academic life, skewering the self-serving moralising of the liberal intelligentsia with surgical precision. Bradbury's novel stands as one of the defining works of British campus fiction, earning comparisons to the work of Kingsley Amis and David Lodge for its sharp social satire and precise, ironic prose. Published in 1975 and later adapted for a celebrated BBC television series, the novel remains a razor-sharp critique of ideological certainty and its corrosive consequences. Readers who believe that politics and principle can coexist will find Howard Kirk a deeply unsettling challenge to that assumption.