Doctor Criminale

Malcolm Bradbury

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Picador
13 January 2026

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Picador Collection

Francis Jay is a man of the '90s. Street-wise but eco-friendly, smart yet charmingly naive, when his journalism career falls on the rocks he sets out to salvage it by embarking on a quest to write about one of the greatest philosophers of the modern age for a TV documentary. The myth of Doctor Bazlo Criminale proves almost impossible to penetrate, but Jay doggedly pursues the doctor from congress to congress, from woman to woman and from muse to muse: just who is the mysterious Criminale?

Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.

By: Malcolm Bradbury
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 242g
ISBN: 9781035086498
ISBN 10: 1035086492
Series: Picador Collection
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 13 January 2026
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Malcolm Bradbury was a well-known novelist, critic and academic, and 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 Booker Prize. He was awarded a knighthood in 2000 and died the same year.

Reviews for Doctor Criminale

‘Eminently readable . . . perceptive and poignant’ Time Out 'Playful, smart and entertaining.' New York Times Book Review A playful, smart and entertaining work of art with deadly serious underpinnings * New York Times *