Author | Malcolm Bradbury |
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Cover artist | Francisco Goya Dog Buried in Sand[1] |
Language | English |
Publisher | Secker & Warburg |
Publication date | 1975 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print & Audio |
Pages | 240 |
ISBN | 0-436-06502-9 |
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.