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Paperback. Inspired by Gogol's surreal tales, Dostoevsky's hilarious story has been interpreted by some as a vitriolic piece of social criticism and a veiled attack on the revolutionary philosopher Nikolai Chernyshevsky. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496812
ISBN
9781847496812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.40

Paperback. Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of the author's own insignificance, this book tells the story of his tortured life. It describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140455120
ISBN
9780140455120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial school teacher Peredonov torments his students and has hallucinatory fantasies about acts of savagery and degradation, yet to everyone else he is an upstanding member of society. As he pursues the idea of marrying to gain promotion, he descends into paranoia, arson, torture and murder. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141392936
ISBN
9780141392936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Father Brown first made his appearance in "The Innocence of Father Brown" in 1911. This collection contains all of the Father Brown stories, showing thr quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Hertfordshire
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised & enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853260032
ISBN
9781853260032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. Combining terror and nostalgia, surreal comedy and the poetry of the commonplace, this book is a triumph of storytelling by our writer. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 201 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968659
ISBN
9780241968659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

paperback. Drenched by rain, the town has been decaying ever since the banana company left. Its people are sullen and bitter, so when the doctor - a foreigner who ended up the most hated man in town - dies, there is no one to mourn him. But also living in the town is the Colonel, who is bound to honour a promise made many years ago. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968765
ISBN
9780241968765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 9.99

paperback. Introducing you to a host of extraordinary characters and communities, this book includes a collection of short stories written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968758
ISBN
9780241968758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Like Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art, seeking beauty and flouting the rules of morality and social interaction along the way. In his aristocratic circles in Rome, he is a serial seducer. But there are two women who command his special regard: the young widow Elena, and the pure, virgin-like Maria. Translator(s): Raffaelli, Lara Gochin. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106746
ISBN
9780143106746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

paperback. An elegiac and poetic sequence of stories following the progress of a young girl through childhood and adolescence on the fringes of the Badlands in Alberta, Canada. Series: Parthian Shots S. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 141.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638102
ISBN
9781902638102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.30

Paperback. The very best of the year's science fiction short stories and novellas Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 720 pages, no internal images. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 53. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472137685
ISBN
9781472137685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 183 pages, 80 b/w illus. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press (Red Crane Books) United States
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9781878610676
ISBN
9781878610676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.78

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Publication date
2018
Edition
new edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213278
ISBN
9781910213278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Features stories that contain the author's earliest studies of what became enduring themes in her novels: the impact of religious controversy and social change in provincial life, and the power of love to transform the lives of individual men and women. Editor(s): Gribble, Jennifer. Num Pages: 416 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436389
ISBN
9780140436389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.18

Paperback. Features three novels that come together in the humorous parable of greed, religion and slum youth that is The Boy Who Wanted Peace; in the fate of old and disturbed Miss Partridge who is obsessed with the innocence of young Grace; and in the mental collapse of Mr Alfred, a middle-aged schoolteacher who is in love with one of this pupils. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Number of pages
616
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862418854
ISBN
9780862418854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.31

Paperback. Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback. George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO's hit series Game of Thrones. Editor(s): Martin, George R. R.; Dozois, Gardner. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007549429
ISBN
9780007549429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.50

Paperback. Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback. George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO's hit series GAME OF THRONES. Editor(s): Martin, George R. R.; Dozois, Gardner. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007549436
ISBN
9780007549436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. This thrilling collection of twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. George Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale. Also featuring stories from Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, and more! Editor(s): Martin, George R. R.; Dozois, Gardner. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 54. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783297214
ISBN
9781783297214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. The first translation in over one hundred years of The Countess von Rudolstadt brings to contemporary readers one of George Sand's most ambitious and engaging novels, hailed by many scholars of French literature as her masterpiece. Translator(s): van Slyke, Gretchen. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220148
ISBN
9780812220148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. Taking you on a trip to the shopping malls and theme parks and enviromental hazards that lie just around the chronological corner, this book introduces you to a gang of misfits and losers struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781784871291
ISBN
9781784871291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Presents depiction of a young man's sexual initiation and corruption by his mother, where the profane becomes sacred, and intense experience is shown as the only way to transcend the boundaries of society and morality. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195551
ISBN
9780141195551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

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