{"product_id":"the-history-man-by-malcolm-bradbury-9781509823390","title":"The History Man","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by James Naughtie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTake 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHoward Kirk, product of the Swinging Sixties, radical university lecturer, and one half of a very modern marriage, is throwing a party. The night will have all sorts of repercussions: for Henry Beamish, Howard's desperate and easily neglected friend, and for Howard's wife Barbara, promiscuous '70s liberal and exhausted victim of motherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe History Man\u003c\/em\u003e is Malcolm Bradbury's masterpiece, the definitive campus novel and one of the most influential novels of the 1970s. Funny, disconcerting and provocative, Bradbury brilliantly satirises a world of academic power struggles as his anti-hero seduces his way around campus. But beneath the surface is an altogether more affecting portrait: it reveals a marriage in crisis and demonstrates the fragility of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45951866929388,"sku":"9781509823390","price":11.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509823390.jpg?v=1732846325","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-history-man-by-malcolm-bradbury-9781509823390","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}