Stepping Westward - Softcover
The Benedict Arnold University in America's Midwest perfectly fulfils all the criteria of an excellent academic institution: a bookstore well stocked with ring binders, good parking facilities and efficient air conditioning. Since the beginning of the year the English Department has even boasted a genuine Englishman, James Walker, teacher of creative writing.
Once hailed as an angry young man, Walker is, in fact, a mildly irritated man in his thirties with three 'promising' novels to his credit. Socially inadequate, a dedicated liberal short on commitment and drive, Walker is not, perhaps, an ideal candidate for the post he was summoned so auspiciously to fill...
Once hailed as an angry young man, Walker is, in fact, a mildly irritated man in his thirties with three 'promising' novels to his credit. Socially inadequate, a dedicated liberal short on commitment and drive, Walker is not, perhaps, an ideal candidate for the post he was summoned so auspiciously to fill...
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Malcolm Bradbury (1932-2000) was a well-known novelist, critic, and academic, as well as founder of the creative writing department at the University of East Anglia. He was the author of seven novels, including The History Man and Rates of Exchange, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He was knighted in 2000 for services to literature and died the same year.
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“Mr. Bradbury’s observations, nestled into the dialogue and roosting on the transitional asides, are devastatingly quotable.” —Kirkus Reviews
“[Stepping Westward] neatly captures the cultural preoccupations of its day.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A satirist of great assurance and accomplishment.” —The Observer
“Malcolm Bradbury is a satirist of great assurance and accomplishment.” —The Observer
“Highly entertaining.” —Margaret Drabble
“[Stepping Westward] neatly captures the cultural preoccupations of its day.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A satirist of great assurance and accomplishment.” —The Observer
“Malcolm Bradbury is a satirist of great assurance and accomplishment.” —The Observer
“Highly entertaining.” —Margaret Drabble
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 014002865X
- ISBN 13 9780140028652
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