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Fiction: special features
Paperback. Born to drunken parents in the slums of Paris, Nana lives in squalor until she is discovered at the Theatre des Varietes. She soon rises from the streets to set the city alight as the most famous high-class prostitute of her day. Nana's hedonistic appetite for luxury and decadent pleasures knows no bounds - until, eventually, it consumes her. Translator(s): Holden, George. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342. Good copy with light shelf wear. Large cut to the edge of cover. Ex-Libris with stamps, remains good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0006453
- ISBN
- 9780140442632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Born to drunken parents in the slums of Paris, Nana lives in squalor until she is discovered at the Theatre des Varietes. She soon rises from the streets to set the city alight as the most famous high-class prostitute of her day. Nana's hedonistic appetite for luxury and decadent pleasures knows no bounds - until, eventually, it consumes her. Translator(s): Holden, George. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0007511
- ISBN
- 9780140442632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Juxtaposing reality and fantasy, nightmares and dark laughter, this title presents a collection of largely autobiographical stories based on Herta Muller's childhood in the Romanian countryside. Translator(s): Lug, Sieglinde. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803282544
- ISBN
- 9780803282544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241302484
- ISBN
- 9780241302484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. In the Cite, a seedy neighborhood where criminals gather, Rodolphe encounters a young prostitute of breathtaking purity who goes by the name Songbird. He saves her from an attack by a ruffian called the Slasher, setting off the dominoes of an epic narrative traversing the ranks of French society. Num Pages: 1392 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107125
- ISBN
- 9780143107125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.17
€ 37.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. A riot of confession, complaint, and sensual detail, this novel charts the first year alone of a man who has abandoned his wife, life, family, and homeland, seeking an impossible ideal: freedom. Translator(s): Snook, Jean M. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564788443
- ISBN
- 9781564788443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.68
€ 15.99
€ 14.68
paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kwela Books South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780795700866
- ISBN
- 9780795700866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
paperback. A collection of short stories. This story depicts the relationship between an older man, an HIV/Aids educator, and the younger Hennie, a rent-boy who is picked up hitchhiking. Their relationship is tested when Hennie begins to delve into the depths of darkness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 20. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jacana Media South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770090309
- ISBN
- 9781770090309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
paperback. The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother's undivided attention, and finds himself in a constant struggle to win back her affections. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284. Good copy showing minimal aging and shelf wear. Light bumping to edges. Ownership details to half title, text is scored and highlighted throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics England
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024988
- ISBN
- 9780141187877
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486490908
- ISBN
- 9780486490908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.77
€ 11.99
€ 9.77
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
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. Editor(s): Eugenides, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0014916
- ISBN
- 9780007291106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909232310
- ISBN
- 9781909232310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.32
€ 11.32
paperback. Steve Almond's stunning first collection of short stories explores the lives of young men in their twenties and thirties, their confusions, their obsessions, their emotional complexities, taking a clear-eyed view of relationships between young men and women who have come of age in an era without innocence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099443629
- ISBN
- 9780099443629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.57
€ 8.99
€ 8.57
Paperback. The hilarious, heart-breaking novel by the author of the international bestseller A MAN CALLED OVE. Translator(s): Koch, Henning. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444775853
- ISBN
- 9781444775853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. One of the last artistic expressions of life under communism, this novel captures the atmosphere in Prague between 1983 and 1987, where a dance could be broken up by the secret police, a traffic offence could lead to surveillance and where contraband books were the currency of the underworld. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Publisher
- Granta UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint, Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862071032
- ISBN
- 9781862071032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241206393
- ISBN
- 9780241206393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. When Jesus Christ arrives uninvited at your flat, and gently but firmly advises you to clean up your life, well, naturally, you do as you're told - Translator(s): Petersen, Mette. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846272103
- ISBN
- 9781846272103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
paperback. A collection of stories from the author's final years. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Newspaper clipping pasted to half-title page by previous owner. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022712
- ISBN
- 9780141042596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.96
€ 5.96
Paperback. Translator(s): Holmes, Richard. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DQ; FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172711
- ISBN
- 9781590172711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.22
€ 23.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. The Michael Moorcock Collection presents, for the first time, definitive editions of Moorcock's most influential work, fully revised and updated by the author. Series: The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780575115057
- ISBN
- 9780575115057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. My Documents is the latest work from Alejandro Zambra, the award-winning Chilean writer whose first novel was heralded as the dawn of a new era in Chilean literature. My Documents is unflinchingly human and essential evidence of a sublimely talented writer working at the height of his powers. Translator(s): McDowell, Megan. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992974787
- ISBN
- 9780992974787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Drawing inspiration from traditional horror movies to the sophistication of Japanese works in this genre, this title brings together the literary and the popular in a Black British mix. It is a collection of stories where there is a delight in the dark, the grotesque, and the uncanny. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845230401
- ISBN
- 9781845230401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.45
€ 20.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer, this work offers insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice. It also features six short stories and seven 'conversational portraits' including one of Marilyn Monroe, the 'beautiful child' and a dope-smoking cleaning lady doing her rounds in New York. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184616
- ISBN
- 9780141184616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04