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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. A tale of sex, death and reproduction, by the author of "The Portable Virgin". When Stephen arrives on her doorstep and asks for a cup of tea, Grace's life is transfigured. He committed suicide in 1934, but now, nostalgically, he spends his nights hanging by the neck in Grace's shower. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749397159
ISBN
9780749397159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Irishwoman Eliza Lynch became briefly, in the 1860s, the richest woman in the world. The book opens in Paris with Eliza in bed with Francisco Solano Lopez - heir to the untold wealth of Paraguay. The fruit of their congress will be extraordinary, and will send her across the Atlantic on the regal voyage to claim her glorious future in Ascuncion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099436942
ISBN
9780099436942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband's past - and instead discovering unsettling truths about a total stranger. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099820604
ISBN
9780099820604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Includes stories that focus through single events or sudden memories which bring the past bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Edition
1st Vintage Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422747
ISBN
9780099422747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Features stories that explore varieties and degrees of love - filial, platonic, sexual, parental and imagined - in the lives of apparently ordinary folk. In this title, the author's characters pulse with idiosyncratic life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099741312
ISBN
9780099741312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The Man Booker prize-winning author's critically acclaimed selection of the best Irish short stories of the last sixty years, following Richard Ford's best-selling Granta Book of the American Short Story. Editor(s): Enright, Anne. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082558
ISBN
9781847082558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 179 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage Publishing GB
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578642
ISBN
9780099578642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Featuring an early collection of stories, this book presents the works of a well known fiction writer. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700898
ISBN
9781784700898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. When her father marries his second wife, Chrissy gets a new step sister. Three years older than her, Queenie is beautiful and kind, someone everybody wants to be friends with. Chrissy worships her. But when Queenie runs away at eighteen, their lives quietly diverge. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 106 x 5. Weight in Grams: 44.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781253175
ISBN
9781781253175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.73

Paperback. Catching frogs, grazing knees, singing songs to save England from Hitler - that was childhood for Del Jordan, and now she's impatient for more. More than she can find in the encyclopedias sold by her mother, or in the half-understood innuendos dispensed by best friend Naomi, or in the whispers of boys during Friday night dances. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700881
ISBN
9781784700881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Includes stories that deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099273776
ISBN
9780099273776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Four Courts Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846823602
ISBN
9781846823602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.00
€ 42.31

Paperback. Written by the winner of the 1994 W H Smith Award, this book contains a selection of stories, from the earliest published work in 1968 to the works in 1994. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099732419
ISBN
9780099732419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002043
ISBN
9781853714405
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KIN0008411
ISBN
9781853714405
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KKD0002044
ISBN
9781853714047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002041
ISBN
9781853714405
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KRA0013040
ISBN
9781853714047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172. Clean copy, good to very good some very light shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KST0016910
ISBN
9781853713255
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KIN0008149
ISBN
9781853713255
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

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