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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. 'You're beautiful,' Johnny told her. So, full of hope, seventeen-year-old Felicia crosses the Irish Sea to England to find her lover and tell him she is pregnant. Desperately searching for Johnny in the bleak post-industrial Midlands, she is instead found by Mr Hilditch, a strange and lonely man, a collector and befriender of homeless young girls. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044620
ISBN
9780141044620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. The Quintons have lived in the old house in Cork for hundreds of years. Though Anglo-Irish Protestant, they sympathize with the cause of independence and secretly fund Michael Collins' fighters. But one of their workers is an informer, and when he's murdered on their land, though they know nothing of it, the Black and Tans come seeking revenge. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969496
ISBN
9780241969496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. It is a story of language and love. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079740
ISBN
9781785079740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.98

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780999944
ISBN
9781780999944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.18

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981207
ISBN
9780241981207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

paperback. Stingo, an inexperienced 22 year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There, he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic. Ultimately, he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland, and her choice. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099470441
ISBN
9780099470441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Hardcover. Includes stories that are set in the gruelling camps and sweltering training fields that marked the limbo point between civilian life and the horrors of war. This collection focuses on young men who, always conscious of the imminence of action, try to maintain their sanity in the wake of their abrupt removalfrom normal life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0003677
ISBN
9780224087384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. This novel is Turner's confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. It encompasses the betrayals, cruelties and humiliations that made up slavery. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285564
ISBN
9780099285564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.32

Leather / fine binding. Series: Leather-Bound Classics. Num Pages: 1392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DDS; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 237 x 74. Weight in Grams: 1924.
Publisher
Canterbury Classics
Publication date
2014
Edition
Lea
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626860988
ISBN
9781626860988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621909
ISBN
9781909621909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621923
ISBN
9781909621923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621893
ISBN
9781909621893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Series: New Directions Bibelot. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811212823
ISBN
9780811212823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.83

Paperback. Relates the addict's life: from initial heroin bliss to an unabated hunger for the needle, and the horrors of cold turkey and back again. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 86.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241956786
ISBN
9780241956786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

Hardback. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 206 x 29. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780241284636
ISBN
9780241284636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, this title follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189918
ISBN
9780141189918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Portrays the development of Burroughs' mature writing style by presenting a selection of pieces from the mid-1950s. This book tells how his outrageous tone of voice represents the exorcism of four decades of oppressive sexual and social conditioning. Editor(s): Grauerholz, James. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189871
ISBN
9780141189871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A surreal fable that features a cast of notorious characters: The Crying Gun, who breaks into tears at the sight of his opponent; The Priest, who goes into gunfights giving his adversaries the last rites; and The Nihilistic Kid, Kim Carson, who sets out to challenge the morality of small-town America and fight for intergalactic freedom. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189796
ISBN
9780141189796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Presents a surreal novel. It is based on orgiastic wasteland of drugs, depravity, political plots, paranoia, sadistic medical experiments and endless, gnawing addiction. It also features authors notes on the text and alternate drafts. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189765
ISBN
9780141189765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A man, dispirited by ageing, endeavours to steal a younger man's face; a doctor yearns for a virus that might eliminate his discomfort by turning everyone else into doubles of himself; a Colonel lays out the precepts of the life of DE (Do Easy); and conspirators posthumously succeed in blowing up a train full of nerve gas. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189840
ISBN
9780141189840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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