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
Looks at the Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow as a leading figure in the development of contemporary fiction, one whose work has, however, been challenged by more... Læs mere
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.