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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It is midsummer in Sweden - when the light lingers through dawn and the long winter comes to an end. Now, in this magical time, a brutal killer has chosen to strike, and the murder of a female priest sends shockwaves through the community. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956458
ISBN
9780241956458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.66

Paperback. 'They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.' Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260. 339pp. Bailiúchán den Alt Rialta "Ceart nó Mícheart a scríobh Seán Ó Ruadhain agus a d'fhoilsiogh I bFeasta idir 1960-65
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780006550686
ISBN
9780006550686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.57

Paperback. Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 123 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006551096
ISBN
9780006551096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.36

Paperback. The second 'Captain Alatriste' novel, from a series which has sold 4 million copies worldwide Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000729
ISBN
9780753821190
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In this fourth instalment, Captain Alatriste becomes involved in a mission to save the King of Spain's gold.. Swashbuckling adventure and high octane action. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753826218
ISBN
9780753826218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. WINNER OF THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2014 Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753829288
ISBN
9780753829288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Lucas Corso, a gin-swilling book hunter and an expert in Napoleonic war games, is hired to authenticate an Alexandre Dumas manuscript. At the same time a Spanish bookseller asks him to investigate two other editions of the book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448594
ISBN
9780099448594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 1160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1350.
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
1160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310311805
ISBN
9780310311805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 47.21

Paperback. Translator(s): Watt, Norman. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572410749
ISBN
9781572410749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.67

hardcover. Reinforces the Viennese author's remarkable achievement as literary modernist, depth psychologist, and prose stylist. Translator(s): Schaefer, Margret. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9781566633864
ISBN
9781566633864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

Hardback. Young or old, they are all bachelors - a young officer (Lieutenant Gustl), a socially desirable lawyer (The Murderer), a middle-aged physician (Doctor Graesler), an aging rou (Casanova's Homecoming). This book focuses an eye on the minds of men who desire, fantasize about, and try to relate to women. Translator(s): Schaefer, Margret. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636117
ISBN
9781566636117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.00

Paperback. A novella that tells how through a simple sexual admission a husband and wife ware driven apart into rival worlds of erotic revenge. Translator(s): Davies, J.M.Q. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182247
ISBN
9780141182247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Modern Library Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812970159
ISBN
9780812970159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.28

Paperback. Julian Donahue is in love with his iPod. Each song triggers a memory - there's one for the day when he met his wife-to-be, and another for the day his son was born. But when a tragedy tears his family apart, even music loses its hold on him. Then, one night, he stumbles into a bar where an Irish woman sings with a voice that demands his attention. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 186.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KEX0302719
ISBN
9780715638736
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531113
ISBN
9780714531113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

Paperback.
Publisher
MTV/Pocket Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780671027636
ISBN
9780671027636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.46

Paperback. Offers an exercise in the bizarre leaving you disoriented and on edge. From the first page, the author turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, "there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed'" setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
1
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105596
ISBN
9780143105596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Darkness at Noon is set in an unnamed country ruled by a totalitarian government. Rubashov, once a powerful player in the regime, finds the tables turned on him when he is arrested and tried for treason. His reflections on his previous life and his experiences in prison form the heart of this moving and though-provoking masterpiece. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004956
ISBN
9780099424918
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Peter Slavek starts out as a brave young revolutionary, but suffers a breakdown. On the analyst's couch he is made to discover that his crusading zeal was derived from unconscious guilt. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515418
ISBN
9780099515418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Tells of Arthur Koestler's travels through Russia and remote parts of Soviet Central Asia and of his life as an exile. This book puts in perspective his experiences in Franco's prisons under sentence of death and in concentration camps in Occupied France, and ends with his escape from there in 1940 to England, where he found stability and a home. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage Classics London
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099490685
ISBN
9780099490685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. In 1837, two young African princes arrive at the court of Willem I in the Netherlands. Treated as curiosities by white people, their friendship suffers and their paths diverge. Years later, as the 20th century dawns, the elderly Kwasi sits down to write his autobiography. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287872
ISBN
9780099287872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Random House
Condition
New
Edition
Limited Ed
Number of pages
464
SKU
9780091887193
ISBN
9780099497028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 7.50

paperback. Summoning up more than 20 years of Japan's most dramatic history, the geisha's story uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. It moves from a small fishing village in 1929 to the glamorous and decadent Kyoto of the 30s and on to postwar New York. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with some light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KTK0080838
ISBN
9780099771517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Summoning up more than 20 years of Japan's most dramatic history, the geisha's story uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. It moves from a small fishing village in 1929 to the glamorous and decadent Kyoto of the 30s and on to postwar New York. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 356. Well read, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KST0009345
ISBN
9780099771517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

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