Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Fires the reader into a textual outer space to show us our burning planet and to reveal the operations of the Nova Mob in all their ugliness. This book reveals how Nova Express was cut from a wealth of typescripts to create startling new forms of poetic possibility. Editor(s): Harris, Oliver. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141396064
- ISBN
- 9780141396064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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Paperback. A book of dreams that cover themes from the mundane and ordinary - conversations with the author's friends Allen Ginsberg or Ian Sommerville, feeding his cats, procuring drugs or sex - to the erotic, bizarre and visionary. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189895
- ISBN
- 9780141189895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.77
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€ 11.77
Paperback. Offers a mix of autobiographical episodes and Egyptian theology. This novel blends war films and pornography. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189949
- ISBN
- 9780141189949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.66
€ 16.99
€ 12.66
Paperback. Intends to satirize modern society in a poetic story of sex, drugs, disease and adventure. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189932
- ISBN
- 9780141189932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.62
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Paperback. A novel that sees wild boys engage in vigorous, ritualistic sex and drug taking, as well as pranksterish guerrilla warfare and open combat with a confused and outmatched army. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189833
- ISBN
- 9780141189833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A novel that offers an account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures and relapses. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189826
- ISBN
- 9780141189826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
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€ 10.29
Paperback. Explores the personal relationship between Burroughs and cats. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189901
- ISBN
- 9780141189901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007341931
- ISBN
- 9780007341931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.70
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Paperback. The first novel in William Burroughs' anarchic 'Cut-Up Trilogy'. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007341917
- ISBN
- 9780007341917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.38
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Paperback. Set in 1956, this is the story of three women: Mrs Covington, her widowed daughter Evelyn, and her grand-daughter eighteen-year-old Julia. She has decided that the girl is to be kept in a state of 'innocence'. But with the arrival of her son Roland, and her eighteen-year-old grandson, James, their fragile paradise is about to be changed forever. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001417
- ISBN
- 9780099469612
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. It is 1792 and a group of English gentlemen is recruiting settlers for a new world. Anti-slavers, they foresee the shining vision of a free colony in Africa where all races and classes can live together in harmony. More than a hundred men, women and children set sail from London bound for Muranda, an island off the west coat of Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572688
- ISBN
- 9780099572688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875650289
- ISBN
- 9780875650289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.32
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Paperback. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 95.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875650265
- ISBN
- 9780875650265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.54
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€ 12.54
Paperback. Belinda wistfully reflects how much better at sex she is now than when she was in her twenties. She's thought about taking a lover, but ultimately could never do that to her husband Tom. So imagine her despair when she discovers he's having an affair.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 143 x 37. Weight in Grams: 324. Good clean copy with some minor wear to the cover.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0009431
- ISBN
- 9781849163903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Maggie and Andrew are lovers who live apart - Maggie in the country, Andrew in town. When Andrew is offered a job close to Maggie, moving in with her is the obvious next step. Or is it? Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 35. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0015736
- ISBN
- 9781849163934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Set during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, Reckless is a compelling novel of life in the shadow of impending nuclear war. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782066422
- ISBN
- 9781782066422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A love triangle plays out against the backdrop of WWII, as Motherland explores the profound impact of historical events on individual lives. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 197 x 39. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780876238
- ISBN
- 9781780876238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Laura is content enough with her marriage, two children and part-time job. That is, until a lover from her past comes back into her life. Suddenly passion and excitement are rekindled, and she realises how stagnant her life has become. But how much happiness has she a right to expect? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849161954
- ISBN
- 9781849161954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
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€ 13.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747573333
- ISBN
- 9780747573333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
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€ 14.23
Paperback. A mesmerising tale of Empire, wild daring, love and conquest in Lawrence's Arabia Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809808
- ISBN
- 9781408809808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35