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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. The first collection of short stories published by Peter Carey, whose other books include "Bliss", "Illywhacker" and "Oscar and Lucinda", which was awarded the 1988 Booker Prize. The stories, set in an ominous near-future that has a feel of contemporary life, are by turn bizarre and funny. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571144389
- ISBN
- 9780571144389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. When Gaby Baillieux, a young woman from suburban Melbourne, releases the Angel Worm into the computers of Australias prison system, hundreds of asylum seekers walk free. Worse: the system is run by an American corporation, so some 5,000 US prisons are also infected. Doors spring open. Both countries' secrets threaten to pour out. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571311224
- ISBN
- 9780571311224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Features vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch, Herbert Badgery who travels across the Australian continent. This novel is full of outlandish encounters and dangerous characters. It is overflowing with magic, jokes and inventions. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 201 x 36. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571311569
- ISBN
- 9780571311569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.52
€ 14.99
€ 11.52
Paperback. To the authorities in pursuit of him, outlaw Ned Kelly is a horse thief, bank robber and police-killer. But to his fellow ordinary Australians, Kelly is their own Robin Hood. In an act of ventriloquism, the author brings the famous bushranger wildly and passionately to life. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270156
- ISBN
- 9780571270156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. A love story and a historical tour de force set in Victorian times, which deals with the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier. Made for each other, the two are gamblers - one obsessive, the other compulsive - incapable of winning at the game of love. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270163
- ISBN
- 9780571270163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.48
€ 14.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. London,1837. Jack Maggs, raised and deported as a criminal, has returned from Australia, in secret and at great risk. What does he want after all these years, and why is he so interested in the comings and goings at a plush townhouse in Great Queen Street? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270170
- ISBN
- 9780571270170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Melbourne, the late 1940s. A young conservative Australian poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach his country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submits for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571216208
- ISBN
- 9780571216208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.24
€ 10.99
€ 9.24
Paperback. Translator(s): Reeder, Jonathan. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782270713
- ISBN
- 9781782270713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.01
€ 11.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. What if John Milton, Cromwell's secretary, anticipating the King's return to London, had decided to flee England in order to avoid imprisonment or death? What if he had crossed the ocean and joined the Puritans recently settled in New England? From this idea Peter Ackroyd creates an enthralling story of conflict, treachery, hypocrisy and greed. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0001345
- ISBN
- 9780749386252
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn in the secluded village of Headington, near Oxford. The coroner's office provides the corpses he needs - but they have often died by violent means and are damaged and putrifying. Victor moves his coils and jars and electrical fluids to a deserted pottery manufactury in Limehouse. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099524137
- ISBN
- 9780099524137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 6.44
€ 9.99
€ 6.44
Hardcover. Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn in the village of Headington, near Oxford. The coroner's office in Clarendon Street provides corpses - but they have often died of violence and drowning: they are damaged and putrifying. Victor moves his coils and jars and electrical fluids to a deserted pottery manufactury in Limehouse. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition - Second Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780701182953
- ISBN
- 9780701182953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. In this novel the light and the dark sides of 19th-century London flow into each other, attracting the attention of famous names such as Marx and Gissing, but also of less well-known characters, who play a significant role in a tale that is a mixture of fable, adventure and Gothic comedy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749396596
- ISBN
- 9780749396596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099566038
- ISBN
- 9780099566038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. Nicholas Dyer, assistant to Sir Christopher Wren plans to conceal a dark secret at the heart of each church - to create a forbidding architecture that will survive for eternity. Two hundred and fifty years later, London detective Nicholas Hawksmoor is investigating a series of gruesome murders on the sites of certain eighteenth-century churches. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141042015
- ISBN
- 9780141042015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. First published in 1946, this novel exposed the condition of black South Africans under a white regime. It presents a portrait of labour discrimination, appalling housing conditions and one man's humanitarian act of defiance. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435905620
- ISBN
- 9780435905620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.26
€ 17.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Karpinsky, Peter. Translator(s): Livingstone, Janet; Mullek, Magdalena; Dobrovoda, Denis. Series: Dedalus European Anthologies. Num Pages: 337 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910213049
- ISBN
- 9781910213049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.48
€ 16.99
€ 15.48
Paperback. Italia '90 - Gazza cried and football changed forever. Once you could ignore football, avoid the back pages, turn the telly over, leave the pub. Now that's not possible because on 4 July 1990 in Turin's Stadium of the Alps Gazza cried, England lost and football changed forever. This book gives the inside story of this show. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224083348
- ISBN
- 9780224083348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714530598
- ISBN
- 9780714530598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Paperback. For years Gerald lived for his twin passions, acting and sex. And as a young actor, he found plenty of opportunities to perform in both arenas. No longer young or in demand, Gerald is waiting to die. He has drawn up a last will and testament, a living will, assigned a health care proxy, and arranged his own cremation. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786717651
- ISBN
- 9780786717651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.16
€ 25.99
€ 18.16
Paperback. Igi Heitmann is being stalked. In the suburb of Oslo where she lives with her cross-dressing husband and their daughter, someone is spray-painting the walls of the houses. Heitmann = Child Killer, the graffiti says. Who would think this, and how do they know where she lives? Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449133
- ISBN
- 9780099449133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.70
€ 9.99
€ 8.70
Paperback. Training horses is dangerous - a head-to-head confrontation with 1,000 pounds of muscle takes courage. It is these same qualities that allow John and his uncle Gus to live in the beautiful high desert of Wyoming. This novel explores a divided America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571232451
- ISBN
- 9780571232451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.77
€ 13.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman - will change his life forever. Translator(s): Born, Anne. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000468
- ISBN
- 9780099506133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Tommy's mother has gone. She walked out into the snow one night, leaving him and his sisters with their violent father. Without his best friend Jim, Tommy would be in trouble. But Jim has challenges of his own which will disrupt their precious friendship. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007733
- ISBN
- 9780099584551
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. It is 1989 and all over Europe Communism is crumbling. Arvid Jansen is in the throes of a divorce. At the same time, his mother is diagnosed with cancer. Over a few intense autumn days, we follow Arvid as he struggles to find a new footing in his life, while everything around him is changing at staggering speed. Translator(s): Barslund, Charlotte. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099536024
- ISBN
- 9780099536024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87