Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Marie-Constance loves reading and possesses a beautiful voice. So, one day she decides to put an ad in the local paper offering her services as a paid reader. Her first client, a paralysed teenager, is transformed by her reading of a Maupassant short story. Her fame spreads and soon the rich, the creative and the famous clamour for her services. Translator(s): Hunter, Adriana. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Peirene Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908670229
- ISBN
- 9781908670229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.35
€ 16.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Danny is in trouble. A wannabe animal rights activist and modern day hero, none of this was supposed to happen. It's treble or nothing time, and the circus is coming to town. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908373724
- ISBN
- 9781908373724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, over 150 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 840. Story of Hanns Joachim Scharff Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe. 352 pages, 150ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; FA. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight: 846.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764302619
- ISBN
- 9780764302619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.00
€ 35.99
€ 28.00
Paperback.
- Edition
- Reissue
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam USA
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553564945
- ISBN
- 9780553564945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.50
€ 10.50
Paperback. Often imitated but never bettered, it is in Marlowe's long shadow that every fictional detective must stand - and under the influence of Raymond Chandler's addictive prose that every crime author must write. Marlowe's entanglement with the Sternwood family - and an attendant cast of colourful underworld figures. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182612
- ISBN
- 9780141182612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.53
€ 16.99
€ 12.53
Hardcover. Creator of the famous Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler elevated the American hard-boiled detective genre to an art form. His last four novels, published here in one volume, offer ample opportunity to savour the unique and compelling fictional world that made his works modern classics. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 46. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152562
- ISBN
- 9781857152562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.60
€ 26.99
€ 18.60
Hardcover. Raymond Chandler turned to writing at the age of forty-five, he began by publishing in pulp magazines such as Black Mask before later writing his famous novels. In these stories Chandler honed his art and developed his uniquely vivid underworld, peopled with good cops and bad cops. This book focuses on his life and work. Num Pages: 1336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152579
- ISBN
- 9781857152579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.67
€ 33.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. A collection of stories, set in the mid-West among the lonely men and women who drink, fish and play cards to ease the passing of time. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099530329
- ISBN
- 9780099530329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
paperback. A collection of stories. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540328
- ISBN
- 9780099540328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. This anthology presents five previously unpublished stories by Raymond Carver, in addition to five early stories, part of an unfinished novel, and all his non-fiction prose. The works are introduced by his partner. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860468469
- ISBN
- 9781860468469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.49
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€ 17.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860460395
- ISBN
- 9781860460395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.42
€ 21.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860460401
- ISBN
- 9781860460401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
paperback. Covers seven stories including "Errand", in which the author imagines the death of Chekhov, a writer whom the author hugely admired and to whose work his own was often compared. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530350
- ISBN
- 9780099530350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. Bawdy and sometimes horrifying, hilarious on the way to being tragic, Raymond Andrews's Muskhogean County novels tell of black life in the Deep South from the end of the First World War to the beginning of the 1960s, from the days of mules and white men with bullwhips to the moment when the pendulum began to swing. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820310695
- ISBN
- 9780820310695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.29
€ 26.99
€ 24.29
Paperback. If CanLit is a steamy boudoir, then Cape Breton is a pair of torn yellow fishnets glowing under the bed. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
- Publisher
- Biblioasis
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771960274
- ISBN
- 9781771960274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.43
€ 17.99
€ 16.43
Paperback. Electricity is now a film starring Agyness Deyn. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRA0009180
- ISBN
- 9781447274940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Santa Fe Writers Project United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Santa Fe Writers Project Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977679904
- ISBN
- 9780977679904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.49
€ 12.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881376459
- ISBN
- 9789881376459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Hardcover. Includes tales such as 'Sound of Thunder', 'The Veldt', and 'The Fog Horn'. This title also contains the Irish stories, the Martian stories and the Mexican stories. Num Pages: 1176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 138 x 51. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593265
- ISBN
- 9781841593265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.50
€ 24.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. A poignant and brilliant sequel to Dandelion Wine from the author of Fahrenheit 451 Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007284757
- ISBN
- 9780007284757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.57
€ 13.99
€ 10.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Old Street
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KRF0024417
- ISBN
- 9781905847389
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Old Street
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KRF0038532
- ISBN
- 9781905847389
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Old Street
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTM0005699
- ISBN
- 9781905847389
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 137 x 210 x 30. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- MOTILAL PENGUIN INDIA
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143423027
- ISBN
- 9780143423027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.59
€ 15.99
€ 14.59