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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. The hilarious tale of Timothy Dunphy's coming-of-age in the 1970s. His widowed father exploits some shady connections to win his son a place at a posh Connecticut school from which point Timothy struggles to reconcile his school friends with those at home, and battles with relationships in general. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571207558
- ISBN
- 9780571207558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.47
€ 9.99
€ 8.47
Hardcover. The Writers : a sense of Ireland : new works by 44 Irish writers / selected and edited by Andrew Carpenter and Peter Fallon; with photographs of the writers by Mike Bunn Editor(s): Carpenter, Andrew; Fallon, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages, 45 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 176 x 24. .
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905140766
- ISBN
- 9780905140766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.38
€ 17.99
€ 13.38
Paperback. Seattle, with its natural beauty and rough frontier history, has inspired writers from its earliest days. This anthology includes fiction, memoirs, histories, and journalism that define the city or use it as a setting. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983950
- ISBN
- 9780295983950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Follows the interactions of a socially insecure, pun-loving family man, an officious lady caseworker from an adoption agency, and a chauvinist pig - all suburban neighbors who know far too much about one another's private lives in this goofy and gently hilarious tale of marital quibbles. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226170565
- ISBN
- 9780226170565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.22
€ 25.99
€ 21.22
Paperback. Follows the interactions of a socially insecure, pun-loving family man, an officious lady caseworker from an adoption agency, and a chauvinist pig - all suburban neighbors who know far too much about one another's private lives in this goofy and gently hilarious tale of marital quibbles. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226173474
- ISBN
- 9780226173474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.22
€ 23.99
€ 19.22
Paperback. Follows the interactions of a socially insecure, pun-loving family man, an officious lady caseworker from an adoption agency, and a chauvinist pig - all suburban neighbors who know far too much about one another's private lives in this goofy and gently hilarious tale of marital quibbles. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226171067
- ISBN
- 9780226171067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.25
€ 24.99
€ 20.25
Paperback. With a new Foreword by Derek De Vries It is 1963 in an unnamed town in North Dakota, and Anthony Thrasher is languishing for a second year in eighth grade. Prematurely sophisticated, young Anthony spends too much time reading Joyce, Eliot, and Dylan Thomas but not enough time studying the War of 1812 or obtuse triangles. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143897
- ISBN
- 9780226143897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.45
€ 18.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. With a new Foreword by Jeffrey Frank The most poignant of all De Vries's novels, The Blood of the Lamb is also the most autobiographical. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143880
- ISBN
- 9780226143880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.39
€ 18.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. When factory worker Pinquean Smallcreep, who has slotted a certain type of slot into a certain type of pulley for many years, packs his sandwiches and sets out on a journey to investigate what it is he is producing, his discoveries become increasingly more bizarre and disturbing. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Pinter & Martin Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905177158
- ISBN
- 9781905177158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.73
€ 10.99
€ 9.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Burnet Media South Africa
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781928230243
- ISBN
- 9781928230243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
€ 13.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062513090
- ISBN
- 9780062513090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Olivier is an aristocrat, the traumatized child of survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot the son of an itinerant printer who always wanted to be an artist but has ended up a servant. Born on different sides of history, their lives will be brought together by their travels in America. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 464. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0001170
- ISBN
- 9780571253326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 13.99€ 10.59
€ 13.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. London 2011. Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the Swinburne museum, learns of the unexpected death of her lover of thirteen years. Her employer at the museum, gives her a special project - to piece together the mechanics and the story of an extraordinary automaton, commissioned in the nineteenth century by Henry Brandling to amuse his dying son. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224. ****THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE SHIPPED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DATE IN AUGUST 2022****
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571280018
- ISBN
- 9780571280018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. If you are not a citizen of Voorstand, you may not be familiar with the strange case of Tristan Smith and his illegal appropriation of Bruder Mouse. Even if you are a citizen of Efica, you will only have heard rumours about the juggling, the Burro Plasse tunnel, and the border motel. Num Pages: 432 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571174935
- ISBN
- 9780571174935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.70
€ 11.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. The day Benny Catchprice was fired from the spare-parts department of Catchprice Motors by his aunt Cathy, was also the day that tax inspector Maria Takis arrived to begin her overdue audit of the family business. From the author of "Oscar and Lucinda" which won the 1988 Booker Prize. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571166329
- ISBN
- 9780571166329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
€ 10.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via Tokyo, this is a moving exploration of art, fraud, friendship and redemption. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. ***THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DATE IN JUNE 2022***
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571231508
- ISBN
- 9780571231508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.08
€ 12.99
€ 11.08
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571253296
- ISBN
- 9780571253296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 4.99
€ 11.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A novel, about a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260. ******THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN FEBRUARY 2022****
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571225910
- ISBN
- 9780571225910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11
Paperback. Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included the Booker Prize-winning titles Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. He is also a dazzling writer of short stories. This volume collects together all the stories from The Fat Man in History and War Crimes as well as three other stories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258. ******THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN FEBRUARY 2022****
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571175864
- ISBN
- 9780571175864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.98
€ 17.99
€ 12.98
Paperback. The day Benny Catchprice was fired from the spare-parts department of Catchprice Motors by his aunt Cathy, was also the day that tax inspector Maria Takis arrived to begin her overdue audit of the family business. From the author of "Oscar and Lucinda" which won the 1988 Booker Prize. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 261. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0000182
- ISBN
- 9780571166329
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 9.70
€ 10.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. Olivier is an aristocrat, the traumatized child of survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot the son of an itinerant printer who always wanted to be an artist but has ended up a servant. Born on different sides of history, their lives will be brought together by their travels in America. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571253326
- ISBN
- 9780571253326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.00
€ 13.99
€ 6.00
Hardback. Seven-year-old Che was abandoned by his radical Havard-student parents during the upheaval of the 1960s, and since then has been raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. He yearns to see or hear news of his famous outlaw parents, but his grandmother refuses to tell him anything. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KSG0015513
- ISBN
- 9780571231515
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Seven-year-old Che was abandoned by his radical Harvard-student parents during the upheaval of the 1960s, and since then has been raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. He yearns to see or hear news of his famous outlaw parents, but his grandmother refuses to tell him anything. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236. T
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTJ0004092
- ISBN
- 9780571231546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.82
€ 4.82
Paperback. Seven-year-old Che was abandoned by his radical Harvard-student parents during the upheaval of the 1960s, and since then has been raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. He yearns to see or hear news of his famous outlaw parents, but his grandmother refuses to tell him anything. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KSG0010419
- ISBN
- 9780571231546
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.82
€ 4.82