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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Imbued with a comic nostalgia and overlaid with Dovlatov's characteristically dark-edged humour and wry power of observation, The Suitcase is a profoundly human, delightfully ironic novel from one of the finest satirists of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Bouis, Antonina W. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492791
- ISBN
- 9781847492791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Unfortunately, Real Life isn't working that way for The Temp. She's managed the university bit, but the job, the dough and the happily-ever-after seem harder than anybody ever told her. Living in Stockwell while she moves through a series of jobs, she realises that something isn't right. Who cares about a boss who trusts you? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KTM0006208
- ISBN
- 9780099409878
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Schenck, Linda. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Norvik Pr
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870041928
- ISBN
- 9781870041928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.42
€ 16.99
€ 15.42
Moving from Palestine to London to the Gulf, this unique novel brilliantly depicts modern-day family life in Gaza Translator(s): Amr, Kholood. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. 320 pages. Moving from Palestine to London to the Gulf, this unique novel brilliantly depicts modern-day family life in Gaza. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight: 222.
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408822036
- ISBN
- 9781408822036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Why did Tsuneo's shy wife end up stone dead in a boutique in a louche Tokyo neighborhood? He discovers she's been having an affair, and, in a moment of panic, kills her lover. No apparent motive, no witnesses, a faltering investigation. But the pressure builds and Tsuneo starts making mistakes. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Bitter Lemon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908524638
- ISBN
- 9781908524638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. A rich, fearless novel from the winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Some light shelf wear, else as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- SKU
- KRA0011645
- ISBN
- 9780007536108
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. During the WWI, five French soldiers are bundled into no-man's land and certain death. The families are notified that the men died in the line of duty. After the war, the fiance of one of the men receives a letter which hints at what might have happened. Mathilde Donnay determines to discover the fate of her beloved amid the carnage of battle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449294
- ISBN
- 9780099449294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
paperback. America, 1959. With two young children she adores, loving parents back in London, and an admired husband, Charlie, working at the British embassy in Washington, the world seems an effervescent place of parties, jazz and family happiness to Mary van der Linden. But the Eisenhower years are ending.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001449
- ISBN
- 9780099275831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Mike Engleby says things that others dare not even think. In the 1970s, he is a university student, having survived a 'traditional' school. A man devoid of scruple or self-pity, Engleby provides an account of English education. Yet, beneath the disturbing surface of his observations lies an unfolding mystery of gripping power. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0011917
- ISBN
- 9780099458272
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young scottish woman, goes to Occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and to search for her lover, an English airman who has gone missing in action. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003233
- ISBN
- 9780099394310
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 177 x 30. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099599883
- ISBN
- 9780099599883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 5.80
€ 8.99
€ 5.80
Paperback. In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young scottish woman, goes to Occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and to search for her lover, an English airman who has gone missing in action. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on edges and endpapers with minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KSS0008120
- ISBN
- 9780099394310
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Jacques Rebiere and Thomas Midwinter, both sixteen when this story starts in 1876, come from different countries and contrasting families. They are united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay for being human. This work explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really are. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 580. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KKD0000118
- ISBN
- 9780099458265
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Paperback. Bertie Wooster is staying at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in Dorset. He is more than familiar with the country-house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to Jeeves, his gentleman's personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressed. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099588979
- ISBN
- 9780099588979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
CD-Audio. On a small island off the south coast of France, Robert Hendricks, an English doctor who has seen the best and the worst the twentieth century had to offer, is forced to confront the events that made up his life. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Random House Audiobooks
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846574306
- ISBN
- 9781846574306
CD
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.41
€ 27.99
€ 19.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Myrmidon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905802128
- ISBN
- 9781905802128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. Mark did what people aren't supposed to do. He left his home, his job, his wife, his friends, his seven month old baby.. everything. He set out with only two things. One was a flyer advertising a nightclub. The other was a small, hard bag of the sort that photographers carry their lenses in. It contained GBP40,000 in cash. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Myrmidon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Export e.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905802272
- ISBN
- 9781905802272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over the weeks leading up to this upheaval, she talks often with her psychiatrist Dr Grene, and their relationship intensifies and complicates. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003166
- ISBN
- 9780571323951
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 13.99€ 9.94
€ 13.99
€ 9.94
Hardback. Opens as Lilly Bere mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Dublin, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is clear and remains a fine copy. Signed by the author.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0027444
- ISBN
- 9780571226535
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
Paperback. Jack McNulty, a former UN observer, has worked around the world and seen extraordinary things but, as he contemplates his return to Ireland after many years, his memories are dominated by his tumultuous marriage to Mai Kirwan. A great beauty with a vivid mind, Mai was also an elusive and troubled soul, stuck in a marriage that couldn't last. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571276998
- ISBN
- 9780571276998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.94
€ 12.99
€ 9.94
Paperback. When Eneas McNulty joined the British-led Royal Irish Constabulary, it proved to be the defining decision of his life. Having witnessed the murder of a fellow RIC policeman, he is wrongly accused of identifying the executioners. He is forced to flee, and what follows is the story of this flight and his subsequent wanderings. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240 308pp
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230143
- ISBN
- 9780571230143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.99
€ 13.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over the weeks leading up to this upheaval, she talks often with her psychiatrist Dr Grene, and their relationship intensifies and complicates. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.. Signed by the author.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571323951
- ISBN
- 9780571323951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.94
€ 13.99
€ 9.94
Paperback. Annie Dunne and her cousin Sarah live and work on a small farm in a remote and beautiful part of Wicklow in late 1950s Ireland. All about them the old green roads are being tarred, cars are being purchased, a way of life is about to disappear. Like two old rooks, they hold to their hill in Kelsha, cherishing everything. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571216444
- ISBN
- 9780571216444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.94
€ 11.99
€ 9.94
Paperback. A novel that opens as the narrator Lilly Bere mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. It then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Dublin, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210. Signed by the author.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571226542
- ISBN
- 9780571226542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.59
€ 11.99
€ 9.59