Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Ben Marcus's highly anticipated new short story collection - his first since his extraordinary debut The Age of Wire and String Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086365
- ISBN
- 9781847086365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
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Paperback. In The Flame Alphabet, the most maniacally gifted writer of our generation delivers a work of heartbreak and horror, a novel about how far we will go, and the sorrows we will endure, in order to protect our families Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086242
- ISBN
- 9781847086242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.61
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Paperback. Veering between the comic and tragic, the self-contemptuous and the inspired, Leaving the Atocha Station is a dazzling introduction to one of the smartest, funniest and most audacious writers of a generation Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086914
- ISBN
- 9781847086914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.61
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847088932
- ISBN
- 9781847088932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
€ 11.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. 213 BC. Syracuse. Under the merciless Sicilian sun, a city is at war. Outside the walls, a vast Roman army waits. Yet the city's incredible defences, designed by Archimedes, mean that Syracuse will not be taken easily. A veteran of the bitter war since its beginning, Quintus is ready to give his life in the service of the Republic. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099580768
- ISBN
- 9780099580768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. The original hardcover "Superbad" was a collection of two dozen pieces ranging from postmodern satire to more serious fiction. The lot of it has been remixed--much like popular music--and reprinted in trade paper, the result a challenging novel with a clear set of themes and characters, tightly constructed and intricately interwoven. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Counterpoint New York
- Number of pages
- 156
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228313
- ISBN
- 9781932360134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. To be adapted into a major motion picture directed by Oscar-winning director Ang Lee Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857864406
- ISBN
- 9780857864406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.57
€ 13.99
€ 10.57
Paperback. From the slums of Haiti to a golf course in Myanmar, and from the Colombian jungle to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, this title stories describe a world in political and social upheaval, and the lives caught in the balance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857867117
- ISBN
- 9780857867117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.61
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Paperback. Perfect for fans of Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada and The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Simon Mawer - tightly plotted, emotionally gripping and a brilliant sense of place and period. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139760
- ISBN
- 9780349139760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
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Paperback. When Elena falls in love with Riccardo, she also falls in love with the idea of a bigger world beyond her sheltered life in rural Italy. And when she loses him, she gives up her hopes for the future and her expectations of happiness, filling the sudden void in her life with her son and brother-in-law. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846270826
- ISBN
- 9781846270826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.16
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Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bantam Press London
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780593049396
- ISBN
- 9780593049396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
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€ 27.53
Paperback. For amiable City trader Jimmy Corby money was the new Rock n' Roll. His whole life was a party, adrenalin charged and cocaine fuelled. If he hadn't met Monica he would probably have ended up either dead or in rehab. But Jimmy was as lucky in love as he was at betting on dodgy derivatives, so instead of burning out, his star just burned brighter. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552775106
- ISBN
- 9780552775106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
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Paperback. Chart Throb is the ultimate pop quest. There are ninety five thousand hopefuls, three judges, just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers, he has no idea that the rules are changing. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0011018
- ISBN
- 9780552773768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The war on drugs has been lost, but for want of the courage to face that fact, the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime and this story takes us through the landscape it has created. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270. The war on drugs has been lost, but for want of the courage to face that fact, the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime and this story takes us through the landscape it has created. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy showing some shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0009525
- ISBN
- 9780552999953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Chart Throb is the ultimate pop quest. There are ninety five thousand hopefuls, three judges, just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers, he has no idea that the rules are changing. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KRA0006591
- ISBN
- 9780552773768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552771238
- ISBN
- 9780552771238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
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Paperback. Gridlock is when a city dies. Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of oil and steel. Chocked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fluffy dice. How did it come to this? How did the ultimate freedom machine end up paralysing us all? How did we end up driving to our own funeral, in somebody else's gravy train? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552773560
- ISBN
- 9780552773560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
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€ 11.73
Paperback. Lucy desperately wants a baby. Sam is determined to write a hit movie. The problem is that both their efforts seem to be unfruitful. What Sam and Lucy are about to go through is absolutely inconceivable. The question is, can their love survive? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KEX0245537
- ISBN
- 9780552146982
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Stark is a secret consortium with more money than God, and the social conscience of a dog on a lawn. What's more, it knows the Earth is dying. Deep in Western Australia where the Aboriginals used to milk the trees, a planet-sized plot is taking shape. Aboriginals who have lost their land, not much against a conspiracy that controls society. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552773553
- ISBN
- 9780552773553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. It's the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth. No one he has ever known or loved has been born yet. Perhaps now they never will be. Stanton knows that a great and terrible war is coming. A war that will begin with a single bullet. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552779999
- ISBN
- 9780552779999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.69
€ 14.99
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Paperback. The war on drugs has been lost, but for want of the courage to face that fact, the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime and this story takes us through the landscape it has created. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KRF0021697
- ISBN
- 9780552999953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. One house, 10 contestants, 30 cameras. Another group of people submit themselves to the exposure of the televised real-life soap opera. But this time it's different. Who is the murderer? How did they manage to kill under the constant gaze of 30 cameras? How did they do it? And who will be next? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KRF0024333
- ISBN
- 9780552999458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. If the end of the world is nigh, then surely it's only sensible to make alternative arrangements. There are those who say that's planetary treason, but who cares what the weirdos and terrorists think? Not Nathan. All he cares is that his movie gets made and that there's somebody left to see it. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552771832
- ISBN
- 9780552771832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. One house, 10 contestants, 30 cameras. Another group of people submit themselves to the exposure of the televised real-life soap opera. But this time it's different. Who is the murderer? How did they manage to kill under the constant gaze of 30 cameras? How did they do it? And who will be next? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274. Clean copy with very light shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KST0017547
- ISBN
- 9780552999458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99