The History Man

The History Man
First edition
AuthorMalcolm Bradbury
Cover artistFrancisco Goya
Dog Buried in Sand[1]
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSecker & Warburg
Publication date
1975
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint & Audio
Pages240
ISBN0-436-06502-9

The History Man is a campus novel by Malcolm Bradbury published in 1975. His best-known novel, it is a satire of academic life in the "glass and steel" universities, the ones established in the 1960s which followed the "redbricks". In 1981 the book was made into a successful BBC television serial.