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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A warm-hearted satire, first published in 1931, by the author of SOUTH RIDING. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087907
ISBN
9781844087907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.97

paperback. Editor(s): Gates, Alphonse Fletcher University Professor Henry Louis, Jr (Harvard University); Ellis, Associate Professor of Political Science Richard J (Willamette University, USA Willamette University Willamette University Willamette University Willamette University, USA Willamette University, USA Willamette University, USA Willamette University, USA Willamette University Willamette University, USA). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group India
Condition
New
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780307477453
ISBN
9780307477453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. 112 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 206 x 137 x 10. Weight: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231644
ISBN
9781845231644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.82

Paperback. Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home and some structure to his life. But as the son of a single father working at warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, he's been pretty much on his own for some time. This book opens as he and his father arrive in Portland, Oregon and Charley takes a stables job, illegally, at the local race track. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003244
ISBN
9780571235735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, but finds herself haunted by the mistakes of her past, and lacking any self-belief. Her only comfort seems to come from the imaginary conversations she has with her hero, Paul Newman. This book presents a portrait of small-town America and an emotional tour de force. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235711
ISBN
9780571235711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee. With intense feeling and compassion, this book explores the frustrations and failed dreams of the two brothers - one a natural storyteller, the other an artist - and renders perfectly the sense of entrapment they feel. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315598
ISBN
9780571315598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Severely wounded in the Iraq war, Leroy has lived a half-life in a group home for eight years. Unable to bear it any longer, he commits a desperate act which helps him to disappear to another place. Freddie is the night porter at the home, who works two jobs yet can't make ends meet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571300303
ISBN
9780571300303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a northern town. Until, on the banks of the Rochdale Canal, the flytrapping craze begins and, for Raymond, nothing is ever quite so normal again. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552996457
ISBN
9780552996457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563686030
ISBN
9781563686030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America's most revered authors of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007457984
ISBN
9780007457984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. . Clean copy with slight shelf wear and minor damage to corner of cover but remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvill Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKE0000376
ISBN
9780002710213
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. A startling light is cast into Ireland's darker corners in the new Booker-longlisted novel by the author of THE MAP OF TENDERNESS Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Sceptre
Condition
New
SKU
9780340822166
ISBN
9780340822166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 406 Paperback, black spine (worn). Signed on ffep 'To Kevin, wishing you an enjoyable read, Tom Foote'. 351pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Salmon Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KON0821151
ISBN
9781897648933
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pinnacle
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786040636
ISBN
9780786040636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.25

Paperback. Series: Sixkiller, U.S. Marshal. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 105 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pinnacle
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786038183
ISBN
9780786038183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.41

Paperback. Series: Those Jensen Boys!. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 105 x 31. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pinnacle
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786035755
ISBN
9780786035755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 105. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pinnacle
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786040421
ISBN
9780786040421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.46

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pinnacle
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786040322
ISBN
9780786040322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.61

paperback. Three people are frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love's consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a movie part heals her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid terrible beauty of Ireland after Rebellion; and in title story, a man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on family farm. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031526
ISBN
9780140294699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.00

Paperback. Features the awkward, lonely, curious teenager Timothy Gedge as he wanders around the bland seaside town of Dynmouth. Timothy takes a prurient interest in the lives of the adults there, who only realise the sinister purpose to which he seeks to put his knowledge too late. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241971833
ISBN
9780241971833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.33

Paperback. Suitable for those who enjoyed "The Story of Lucy Gault" and "Love and Summer", this title deals with themes of missed opportunities, the inevitability of change and the powerful but fragmentary quality of our memories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168 231pp. The paperback edition of the latest excellent collection of short stories from one of the great Masters of the genre.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Condition
New
SKU
9780141032450
ISBN
9780141032450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. It is summer and a stranger has come to quiet Rathmoye. He is noticed by Ellie, the young convent girl, who is married to Dillahan, a farmer still mourning his first wife. Over the long and warm days, Ellie and the stranger form an illicit attachment. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042190
ISBN
9780141042190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
1
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140957860
ISBN
9780140957860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 54.12

Paperback. An Irish country girl is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man, but finds release through secret meetings with a man who shares her passion for Russian novels. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044613
ISBN
9780141044613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

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