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All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go

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Malcolm Bradbury's humorous look at Britain's transition to midcentury modernityAfter spending a year teaching in an American university in the 1950s, Malcolm Bradbury returned to England only to realize that his native country had become nearly as mystifying to him as the American Midwest. As Britain marched toward a new decade, much of the country was changing inexorably, its agrarian past paved ... Read more

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Malcolm Bradbury's humorous look at Britain's transition to midcentury modernityAfter spending a year teaching in an American university in the 1950s, Malcolm Bradbury returned to England only to realize that his native country had become nearly as mystifying to him as the American Midwest. As Britain marched toward a new decade, much of the country was changing inexorably, its agrarian past paved
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Stepping Westward

A Novel

by Malcolm Bradbury ...

At the height of the 1960s, a British writer accepts an academic post in America for a year that he'll never forgetEnglish author James Walker has three books to his name, each greeted with middling success and then promptly forgotten. But his résumé is significant enough to earn him a yearlong appointment at Benedict Arnold University as the American college's writer in residence.At Benedict ... Read more

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At the height of the 1960s, a British writer accepts an academic post in America for a year that he'll never forgetEnglish author James Walker has three books to his name, each greeted with middling success and then promptly forgotten. But his résumé is significant enough to earn him a yearlong appointment at Benedict Arnold University as the American college's writer in residence.At Benedict
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The Collected Works Volume One

Rates of Exchange, The History Man, and Stepping Westward

by Malcolm Bradbury ...

Three satires of academia by the beloved British critic, teacher, and novelist—including his "outstanding" comic masterpiece, The History Man ( The Guardian)."A satirist of great assurance and accomplishment," Malcolm Bradbury remains one of the sharpest comic novelists of the twentieth century ( The Observer). In Rates of Exchange and Stepping Westward, as "in almost all of Bradbury's novels, the ... Read more

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Three satires of academia by the beloved British critic, teacher, and novelist—including his "outstanding" comic masterpiece, The History Man ( The Guardian)."A satirist of great assurance and accomplishment," Malcolm Bradbury remains one of the sharpest comic novelists of the twentieth century ( The Observer). In Rates of Exchange and Stepping Westward, as "in almost all of Bradbury's novels, the
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The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories

by Malcolm Bradbury ...

This anthology is in many was a ‘best of the best’, containing gems from thirty-four of Britain's outstanding contemporary writers. It is a book to dip into, to read from cover to cover, to lend to friends and read again. It includes stories of love and crime, stories touched with comedy and the supernatural, stories set in London, Los Angeles, Bucharest and Tokyo. Above all, as you will discover, ... Read more

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This anthology is in many was a ‘best of the best’, containing gems from thirty-four of Britain's outstanding contemporary writers. It is a book to dip into, to read from cover to cover, to lend to friends and read again. It includes stories of love and crime, stories touched with comedy and the supernatural, stories set in London, Los Angeles, Bucharest and Tokyo. Above all, as you will discover,
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Rates of Exchange

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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: In this comedic novel, an English professor collides with disaster at the peak of the Cold WarShortly after his plane first grazes the tarmac in the eastern European nation of Slaka, Dr. Angus Petworth is beset by a cavalcade of misadventures. A university lecturer and seasoned international traveler, Petworth is nevertheless unprepared for the oddities of ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: In this comedic novel, an English professor collides with disaster at the peak of the Cold WarShortly after his plane first grazes the tarmac in the eastern European nation of Slaka, Dr. Angus Petworth is beset by a cavalcade of misadventures. A university lecturer and seasoned international traveler, Petworth is nevertheless unprepared for the oddities of
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The History Man

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Malcolm Bradbury's classic skewering of 1970s academia, hailed by the New York Times as "an encyclopedia of radical chic as well as a genuinely comic novel"Among the painfully hip students and teachers at the liberal University of Watermouth, Howard Kirk appears to be the most stylish of them all. With his carefully manicured mustache and easygoing radicalism, Kirk prides himself on being among ... Read more

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Malcolm Bradbury's classic skewering of 1970s academia, hailed by the New York Times as "an encyclopedia of radical chic as well as a genuinely comic novel"Among the painfully hip students and teachers at the liberal University of Watermouth, Howard Kirk appears to be the most stylish of them all. With his carefully manicured mustache and easygoing radicalism, Kirk prides himself on being among
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Doctor Criminale

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by Malcolm Bradbury ...

A headstrong young journalist goes on the adventure of a lifetime, traveling through Europe to find the world's most enigmatic philosopherBazlo Criminale is one of Europe's most legendary living men. A mysterious novelist and thinker known for his extreme elusiveness, the beloved Criminale is a cultural icon of the highest order. Seeking to find the man behind the myth, a London television-news ... Read more

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A headstrong young journalist goes on the adventure of a lifetime, traveling through Europe to find the world's most enigmatic philosopherBazlo Criminale is one of Europe's most legendary living men. A mysterious novelist and thinker known for his extreme elusiveness, the beloved Criminale is a cultural icon of the highest order. Seeking to find the man behind the myth, a London television-news
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The Collected Works Volume Two

Cuts, All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go, and Doctor Criminale

by Malcolm Bradbury ...

Sharp-witted novels and social commentary by the beloved British critic, teacher, and author of the "outstanding" comic masterpiece, The History Man ( The Guardian)."A satirist of great assurance and accomplishment," Malcolm Bradbury remains one of the sharpest comic minds of the twentieth century ( The Observer). Cuts and Doctor Criminale—like "all Bradbury's novels, for all their surface wit and ... Read more

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Sharp-witted novels and social commentary by the beloved British critic, teacher, and author of the "outstanding" comic masterpiece, The History Man ( The Guardian)."A satirist of great assurance and accomplishment," Malcolm Bradbury remains one of the sharpest comic minds of the twentieth century ( The Observer). Cuts and Doctor Criminale—like "all Bradbury's novels, for all their surface wit and
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A Room with a View

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E.M. Forster's beloved novel of forbidden love, culture clash, and the confines of Edwardian societyVisiting Florence with her prim and proper cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional, lower-class Mr. Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England, Lucy becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but she finds herself increasingly torn between the ... Read more

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E.M. Forster's beloved novel of forbidden love, culture clash, and the confines of Edwardian societyVisiting Florence with her prim and proper cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional, lower-class Mr. Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England, Lucy becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but she finds herself increasingly torn between the
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Cuts

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Looking to strike it rich with television gold, an English media tycoon enlists the help of an unassuming novelist to script his small-screen epic, to disastrous—and hilarious—effectThe year is 1986, and the cuts imposed by Margaret Thatcher's government have trickled down to university life, where departments are being forced to shave their payrolls to account for reduced public funding. ... Read more

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Looking to strike it rich with television gold, an English media tycoon enlists the help of an unassuming novelist to script his small-screen epic, to disastrous—and hilarious—effectThe year is 1986, and the cuts imposed by Margaret Thatcher's government have trickled down to university life, where departments are being forced to shave their payrolls to account for reduced public funding.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Determined that her baby son Tom shall not share her fate and remain in slavery, Roxy secretly exchanges him with his playmate Chambers, the son of her master. The two boys' lives in the quiet Missouri town of Dawson's Landing remain entwined even though they take very different directions. The indulged Tom (now heir to a fortune rightfully that of Chambers) goes to Yale, where he learns how to ... Read more

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Determined that her baby son Tom shall not share her fate and remain in slavery, Roxy secretly exchanges him with his playmate Chambers, the son of her master. The two boys' lives in the quiet Missouri town of Dawson's Landing remain entwined even though they take very different directions. The indulged Tom (now heir to a fortune rightfully that of Chambers) goes to Yale, where he learns how to
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From Puritanism to Postmodernism

A History of American Literature

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Widely acknowledged as a contemporary classic that has introduced thousands of readers to American literature, From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature brilliantly charts the fascinating story of American literature from the Puritan legacy to the advent of postmodernism. From realism and romanticism to modernism and postmodernism it examines and reflects on the work of a ... Read more

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Widely acknowledged as a contemporary classic that has introduced thousands of readers to American literature, From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature brilliantly charts the fascinating story of American literature from the Puritan legacy to the advent of postmodernism. From realism and romanticism to modernism and postmodernism it examines and reflects on the work of a
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