Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- PULP Faction
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899571062
- ISBN
- 9781899571062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 4.34
€ 9.99
€ 4.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854113337
- ISBN
- 9781854113337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.16
€ 18.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Goodman, Roger B. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 21. Weight in Grams: 159. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Small markings to the edge of pages but remanis very good
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Bantam Books Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KCW0001412
- ISBN
- 9780553251418
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: American Literature S. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564781451
- ISBN
- 9781564781451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.07
€ 15.99
€ 15.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press New York
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRS0004549
- ISBN
- 9780802140326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'We're the minority,' says our narrator, 'but at least I say what I want.' All Dogs are Blue is an extraordinary autobiographical fiction that speaks of mental illness and its controversial treatment, revealing the illumi- nation of the ill in a troubled society. Translator(s): Tobler, Stefan; Perry, Zoe. Num Pages: 117 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Number of pages
- 117
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276209
- ISBN
- 9781908276209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.47
€ 17.99
€ 15.47
paperback. Henry is returning to Ireland for the first time since his escape in 1922. With him are the stars of Ford's latest film, John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and the famous director himself, who has tried to suck the soul out of Henry and turn it into Hollywood gold-dust. Ten years later Henry is in Dublin, working in Ratheen as a school caretaker. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000656
- ISBN
- 9780099546894
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Jimmy Rabbitte is unemployed and rapidly running out of money. His best friend Bimbo has been made redundant at the company where he has worked for many years. The two old friends are out of luck and out of options. That is, until Bimbo finds a dilapidated 'chipper van' and the pair decide to go into business. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216. Signed by the author to the previous owner. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0023461
- ISBN
- 9780749399900
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902602158
- ISBN
- 9781902602158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.95
€ 8.95
Paperback. Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel describes the world of ten-year-old Paddy Clarke, growing up in Barrytown, north Dublin. From fun and adventure on the streets, boredom in the classroom to increasing isolation at home, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is the story of a boy who sees everything but understands less and less. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749397357
- ISBN
- 9780749397357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. It's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe. Henry Smart, on the run from Dublin, falls on his feet. He is a handsome man with a sandwich board, behind that he stashes hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. He catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district and soon there are eyes on his back and men in the shadows. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000706
- ISBN
- 9780099477655
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
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. First edition. Signed by author. Clean copy. Lightly toned. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0003522
- ISBN
- 9780224074360
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
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. Very good clean copy with light shelf wear. Light creases, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0003649
- ISBN
- 9780749395995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
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. 226pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749395995
- ISBN
- 9780749395995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 120 Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - Authors, A-Z - D - Doyle, Roddy,Subjects - Fiction - General,Subjects - Fiction - Contemporary Fiction: 1970 Onwards - Lad Lit"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New Island
- Edition
- Irish Language Edn.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781905494637
- ISBN
- 9781905494637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.73
€ 7.73
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 copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0009745
- 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
Paperback. Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth 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. This work shows the inner life of this battered house-cleaner. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501374
- ISBN
- 9780099501374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
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€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
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
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
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