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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

€ 24.99
€ 17.15

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

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

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
€ 11.09

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

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907869778
ISBN
9781907869778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

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

€ 16.99
€ 14.96

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
€ 5.05

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
€ 13.88

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
€ 17.17

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
€ 10.23

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602822344
ISBN
9781602822344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.89

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
€ 10.71

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602826762
ISBN
9781602826762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. A compelling and contemporary love story of family relationships and human nature. An unputdownable, compulsive read. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Warner Book Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0024387
ISBN
9780751523898
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A compelling and contemporary love story of family relationships and human nature. An unputdownable, compulsive read. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Warner Book Edition
SKU
KI20003245
ISBN
9780751523898
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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