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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Pak Jun Do knows he is special. He knows he must be the son of the master of the orphanage, not some kid dumped by his parents - it was obvious from the way his father singled him out for beatings. He knows he is special when he is picked as a spy and kidnapper for his country, the glorious Democratic Republic of North Korea. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778251
- ISBN
- 9780552778251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. 'An enthralling, lucid and superbly confident work of art that grips from the first page - This is a big novel and a masterful debut by a writer whose talent is equal to his project, and whose project could not be more timely.' Chris Cleave Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 305. 320 pages. 'An enthralling, lucid and superbly confident work of art that grips from the first page - This is a big novel and a masterful debut by a writer whose talent is equal to his project, and whose project could not be more timely.' Chris Cleave. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 200 x 133 x 30. Weight: 305.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848874992
- ISBN
- 9781848874992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241972885
- ISBN
- 9780241972885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Nine stories make up Haslett's first collection. They are set in Los Angeles, the Midwest, New England and England, but each summons its own distinctive world. The characters include a widower, a young couple, middle-aged siblings and an orphaned boy who finds solace in a classmate's violence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099443643
- ISBN
- 9780099443643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. A brilliant, touching and funny debut about an extraordinary friendship, a kidnapping, memory championships and a Russian bride Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753824092
- ISBN
- 9780753824092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. After a lifetime's struggle with alcohol, critical neglect and depression, in 1840 the nature poet John Clare is incarcerated. The asylum, in London's Epping Forest, is run on the reformist principles of occupational therapy. At the same time, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and became entangled in the life of the asylum. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532446
- ISBN
- 9780099532446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Fighting for the Allies are Will Walker, an ambitious English Field Security Officer and Ray Marfione, a wide-eyed Italian-American infantryman who dreams of home and the movies. Meanwhile in Sicily, Angilu, a young shepherd caught up in corruption and Ciro Albanese, a sinister Mafioso, are fighting their own battles with devastating consequences. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099586869
- ISBN
- 9780099586869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Galley Beggar Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910296684
- ISBN
- 9781910296684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Triple Point Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992972424
- ISBN
- 9780992972424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1HFMS; FA; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Triple Point Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992972400
- ISBN
- 9780992972400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218. 256 pages. A coalition government. A widely mistrusted ruling elite. Riots in the streets and heavy-handed police tactics. Welcome to West Berlin, 1967. Undercover agent Peter Urbach is tasked with infiltrating a group of radical students. Soon, high-minded political activism will move to the terrorism of Baader, Meinhoff and the Red Army Faction. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 135 x 17. Weight: 216.
- Publisher
- Route
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901927481
- ISBN
- 9781901927481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 'Dangor's writing, and the world he creates with it, exude a vibrant physicality.. Dangor's vivid prose, narrative fluency and facility for literary experiment make Bitter Fruit a considerable achievement.'Shomit Dutta, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Edition
- Main - Print on Demand
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843542643
- ISBN
- 9781843542643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cassava Republic Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911115007
- ISBN
- 9781911115007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.62
€ 16.99
€ 15.62
Paperback. African Titanics tells the tale of the African boat people, their perilous journey north and he 'migration bug' stealing slyly into their villages and homes. Translator(s): Bredin, Charis. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 6. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Darf Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850772736
- ISBN
- 9781850772736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.75
€ 10.99
€ 9.75
Paperback. Marion and Shiva Stone, born in a mission hospital in Ethiopia in the 1950s, are twin sons of an illicit union between an Indian nun and British doctor. Bound by birth but with widely different temperaments they grow up together, in a country on the brink of revolution, until a betrayal splits them apart. But fate has not finished with them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 404 541pp
- Edition
- First Vintage Books Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099443636
- ISBN
- 9780099443636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Offers fiction intended for both Western and Middle Eastern readers. The stories in this volume deal with issues both traditional and modern, including relations between parents and children, between husbands and wives, and between citizens of independent Morocco and its nationalist representative government. Translator(s): Abouzeid, Leila. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 127 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBM; FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 127
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712652
- ISBN
- 9780292712652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.40
€ 15.99
€ 15.40
Hardcover. Translator(s): Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 310 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: DSB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 191 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1284.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934211536
- ISBN
- 9780934211536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.44€ 46.84
€ 59.44
€ 46.84
Paperback. When Victorio learns that his home is about to be demolished he leaves his job, burns his possessions and takes to the streets. Wandering the city, he meets 2 people who change his life: Salma, a young prostitute, and Don, an enigmatic old man who performs as a clown. This is a novel about human resilience and joy in the face of crushing odds. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099468660
- ISBN
- 9780099468660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.51
€ 10.99
€ 9.51
Paperback. Going nowhere is easy .. it's falling in love that's hard. The first novel from the author of GOLDEN BOY, FLICK is 'a slow-burn cult classic' (GQ). Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780225173
- ISBN
- 9781780225173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. Abigail Tarttelin 'is a natural storyteller' (Matt Haig, METRO), and she has written 'a poignant, brave and important book' (S.J. Watson) about a young boy coming to terms with being intersex. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780224596
- ISBN
- 9781780224596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76