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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Reissue of hilarious cult classic - an extraterrestrial Don Quixote bumbling through modern-day Barcelona - by celebrated Spanish novelist, Eduardo Mendoza. A delirious and hilarious satire of our society's mores. Translator(s): Caistor, Nick. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590160
ISBN
9781846590160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.62

Paperback. Editor(s): Lago, Eduardo. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564788603
ISBN
9781564788603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.04

Paperback. Parable, paradox, anecdote, dream, and autobiography blend into an exuberant world view and affirmation of human possibility. Translator(s): Belfrage, Cedric. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393308556
ISBN
9780393308556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Translator(s): Steyn, Jan. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564781956
ISBN
9781564781956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.94

Paperback. Olavo Bettencourt is an important man, a man of spin. Loathed by his trophy wife and mired in a web of political corruption that spreads from Sao Paolo to Switzerland, Israel and New York, Olavo is an obvious target for extortion. And what better leverage can there be but the kidnapping of his only son. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778862
ISBN
9780552778862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. If I close my eyes now, I can still feel her blood on my fingers. If only I had closed my eyes then, or kept my mouth shut, not told anyone about our discovery by the swimming hole, we could have gone back to dreaming about spaceships. A horrifying discovery by two young boys while playing in a mango plantation marks the end of their childhood. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778855
ISBN
9780552778855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Separated from her husband and with her young son away, Ellen leaves behind the loneliness of London for a new life of excitement and sexual freedom. But she soon discovers that independence isn't quite so straightforward. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571330553
ISBN
9780571330553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Lying on a four-poster bed, unable to sleep, Mary Hooligan recounts (mis)adventures, courtships, and sexual encounters of the most transgressive kind, in a narrative voice of blistering originality. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571270293
ISBN
9780571270293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. When a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small, west-coast Irish village, the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans. One woman in particular, Fidelma McBride, becomes enthralled in a fatal attraction that leads to unimaginable consequences. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 206 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316311
ISBN
9780571316311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. A collection in which, a woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on, amidst the grandeur and cacophony of the cityscape; and a young Irish girl and her mother are thrilled to be invited to visit the glamorous Coughlan's but find they leave disappointed. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571270323
ISBN
9780571270323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Features stories of families, feuds, enchantment, disenchantment and the manifold bonds of love. These stories are about the tension between country and city life, the instinct towards escape and nostalgia for home; and always in shimmering prose. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571282951
ISBN
9780571282951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571270309
ISBN
9780571270309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. A middle-aged American works out in a Paris gym - an ordinary day, except that he catches the eye of a stranger, Julien, a young French architect with a gleam in his eye. Slowly, life takes on the colour of romance. But there is sadness in Julien's past and a grim cloud on the horizon. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
1st Vintage Book Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001898
ISBN
9780099285144
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509813865
ISBN
9781509813865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408858967
ISBN
9781408858967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.70

hardcover. Gives us Edmund Burke a new, vividly depicting his dazzling intellect, imagination and empathy against the rich tapestry of 18th century Europe. Editor(s): Norman, Jesse. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 213 x 54. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593654
ISBN
9781841593654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 16.53

paperback. Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
New
SKU
9781853262104
ISBN
9781853262104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 83.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486266909
ISBN
9780486266909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.40

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298030
ISBN
9780486298030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.76

Hardcover. Wharton's antiwar masterpiece, now once again available, probes the devastation of World War I on the home front. Interweaving her own experiences of the Great War with themes of parental and filial love, art and self-sacrifice, national loyalties and class privilege, Wharton tells an intimate and captivating story of war behind the lines. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802039
ISBN
9780875802039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

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