Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. The story of a woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after a violent, abusive marriage and a worsening drink problem. Paula Spencer recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her powerless. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KYB0000645
- ISBN
- 9780749395995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 9.76
€ 9.76
paperback. The Rabbitte family, motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the family are forced to rally together and discover the strangeness of intimacy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164. some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Edition
- Gift Inscription on Fep, Cover Torn
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTK0092052
- ISBN
- 9780749391256
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.12
€ 6.12
Paperback. A historical tale marking a new turn in Doyle's writing. Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. He eventually becomes a Fenian, a rebel, a republican legend - one of Michael Collins's boys, an assassin on a stolen bike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KAK0004185
- ISBN
- 9780099284482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 10.33
€ 11.99
€ 10.33
paperback. The Rabbitte family, motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the family are forced to rally together and discover the strangeness of intimacy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164. 216pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Gift Inscription on Fep, Cover Torn
- SKU
- 9780749391256
- ISBN
- 9780749391256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.12
€ 6.12
Paperback. Series: Open Door Series V. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004190
- ISBN
- 9781905494040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss. They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids' pets, their football teams and - this being Ireland in 2011-12 - about the euro, the crash, the presidential election, the Queen's visit. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224097819
- ISBN
- 9780224097819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.07
€ 13.99
€ 11.07
Paperback. Barrytown, Dublin, has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel of the soul. Ably managed by Jimmy Rabbitte, brilliantly coached by Joey 'The Lips' Fagan, their twin assault on Motown and Barrytown takes them by leaps and bounds from the parish hall to the steps of the studio door. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749391683
- ISBN
- 9780749391683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. A collection of stories which range from 'Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner', where a father who prides himself on his open-mindedness when his daughters talk about sex, is forced to confront his feelings when one of them brings home a black fella, to a ghost story, 'The Pram', about a Polish nanny who scares her charge's older sisters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507055
- ISBN
- 9780099507055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.30
€ 21.99
€ 17.30
Paperback. Paddy Clarke is ten years old. Paddy Clarke lights fires. Paddy Clarke's name is written in wet cement all over Barrytown, north Dublin. Paddy Clarke's heroes are Father Damien (and the lepers), Geronimo and George Best. Paddy Clarke has a brother called Francis, but Paddy calls him Sinbad and hates him because that's the rule. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099530398
- ISBN
- 9780099530398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. A historical tale marking a new turn in Doyle's writing. Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. He eventually becomes a Fenian, a rebel, a republican legend - one of Michael Collins's boys, an assassin on a stolen bike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 250. 343pp
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099284482
- ISBN
- 9780099284482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.33
€ 11.99
€ 10.33
paperback. The Rabbitte family, motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the family are forced to rally together and discover the strangeness of intimacy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164. Some shelf wear, but remains very good
- Edition
- Gift Inscription on Fep, Cover Torn
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ0006666
- ISBN
- 9780749391256
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.12
€ 6.12
Hardcover. It's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe. Henry falls on his feet, as a handsome man with a sandwich board, and behind his sandwich board a stash of hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. When he starts hiring kids to carry boards for him, he catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700. Good clean copy. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KOC0002218
- ISBN
- 9780224074360
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 23.11
€ 23.11
CD-Audio. Begins on the eve of Paula's forty-ninth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne. Paula still works as a cleaner, but all the others doing the job now seem to come from Eastern Europe. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846570360
- ISBN
- 9781846570360
CD
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.87
€ 23.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. Features stories that present a new vision of contemporary Ireland, of its woes and triumphs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First printing of this edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099555629
- ISBN
- 9780099555629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments in the eighties is now forty-seven, with a loving wife, four kids .. and bowel cancer. He isn't dying, he thinks, but he might be. On his path through Dublin he meets two of the Commitments - Outspan, whose own illness is probably terminal, and Imelda Quirk, still as gorgeous as ever. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099587132
- ISBN
- 9780099587132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Series: Open Door Series. Num Pages: 123 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848404106
- ISBN
- 9781848404106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.95
€ 8.95
Paperback. Deals with the Rabbitte family from Barrytown, Dublin. In this title, we follow the rapid rise of Jimmy Rabbitte's soul band, the Commitments, and their equally rapid fall; and Sharon Rabbitte's attempts to keep the identity of her unborn child's father a secret, amid intense speculation from her family and friends. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 48. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099590521
- ISBN
- 9780099590521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.36
€ 24.99
€ 18.36
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907869778
- ISBN
- 9781907869778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.24
€ 12.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 32. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Lake Union Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612184432
- ISBN
- 9781612184432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.78
€ 15.99
€ 14.78
Paperback. Ever wished life was like the movies? Wish again.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Orion
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752883892
- ISBN
- 9780752883892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 5.04
€ 16.99
€ 5.04
Paperback. A collection of stories in which a federal agent quits his job after his warning about a terrorist attack goes unheeded; a woman fleeing her abusive lover realizes her safety will forever be out of reach; and, an American visitor to Ireland learns that he will always be too much of an outsider to understand the country's politics and cultures. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404622
- ISBN
- 9781421404622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.73
€ 14.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250125903
- ISBN
- 9781250125903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.93
€ 18.99
€ 16.93
Paperback. A shocking, gripping thriller, Girls on Fire stands alongside The Virgin Suicides in its brilliant portrayal of female adolescence, but with a power and assurance all its own. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349141312
- ISBN
- 9780349141312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.21
€ 11.99
€ 10.21
Paperback. A New York Times bestseller, Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore is an entirely charming and lovable first novel of mysterious books and dusty bookshops; it is a witty and delightful love-letter to both the old book world and the new. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782391210
- ISBN
- 9781782391210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67