Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
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€ 9.30
€ 10.99
€ 9.30
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€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05
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€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
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€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099566038
- ISBN
- 9780099566038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
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€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
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
€ 17.37
€ 17.37
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€ 15.58
€ 16.99
€ 15.58
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€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
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
€ 12.45
€ 12.45
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€ 18.25
€ 25.99
€ 18.25
Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 102 x 25. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Kensington
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617733710
- ISBN
- 9781617733710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.97
€ 9.97
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€ 8.72
€ 9.99
€ 8.72
Paperback. The portrait of a New Orleans stockbroker, Binx Bolling, turning thirty and caught between ennui and a need for redemption through women, family or personal revelation, 'The Moviegoer' won the National Book Award in the USA on its first publication in 1961. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780413773272
- ISBN
- 9780413773272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.00
€ 19.99
€ 14.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555977191
- ISBN
- 9781555977191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.42
€ 18.99
€ 16.42
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. 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. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099506133
- ISBN
- 9780099506133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09