Quotes from book
The History Man

The History Man

The History Man is a campus novel by the British author Malcolm Bradbury, set in the fictional seaside town of Watermouth in southern England in 1972.


“Everyone exploits somebody.”

Malcolm Bradbury book The History Man

Page 70.
The History Man (1975)

“All action leads to suffering, someone else's, or one's own.”

Malcolm Bradbury book The History Man

Page 117.
The History Man (1975)

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