An exploration of the ideas, groupings and the social tensions that shaped the transformation of life caused by the changes of modernity in art, science, politics and philosophy
‘The funniest book I have read this year’ Daily Telegraph
A collection of the finest short stories from our best loved authors, including Samuel Beckett, Graham Greene, William Golding, Kingsley Amis, Doris... Læs mere
A master not only of language and comedy but of feeling too' Sunday Times
It is funny, exact - and pretty bloody serious' Observer
‘The funniest book ever written’ Auberon Waugh
Malcolm Bradbury's hilarious satire of academic life in the 1970s, republished as part of the Picador Collection.
A witty and intellectual lambast of the academic world, from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The History Man.
A wickedly funny satire from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The History Man and Doctor Criminale.
A superbly funny and entertaining novel from a master of modern literature.