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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Daniel 'Skippy' Juster is his roommate. In the grand old Dublin institution that is Seabrook College for Boys, nobody pays either of them much attention. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 458.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141009957
ISBN
9780141009957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Tells the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. This title features drinking, greyhound racing, vanishing furniture, more drinking, old movies, assorted Dublin lowlife, eviction and the perils of community theatre. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955895
ISBN
9780241955895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. While marooned at his banking job in the bewilderingly damp and insular realm known as Ireland, Claude Martingale is approached by a down-on-his-luck author, Paul, looking for his next great subject. Claude finds that his life gets steadily more exciting under Paul's fictionalizing influence; he even falls in love with a beautiful waitress. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953860
ISBN
9780241953860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. 'My first mistake was to be heterosexual'. Such is one of the complaints in conversations between Henry Hart - who is a father of two young girls - and his friend, Darius Saddler - who is gay and unattached. This book relates the attempts of Hart and Saddler to knit their lives, and to extricate Hart from the problems he has brought upon himself. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846551499
ISBN
9781846551499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. The 50th anniversary edition of Metcalf's extraordinary novel, a reckoning with Columbus, America, myth, and his great-grandfather Herman Melville. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Edition
Anniversary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566893923
ISBN
9781566893923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408862292
ISBN
9781408862292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Hardback. Drawn with exquisite detail and told in a voice that recalls the stylish gossip of the Flapper, Paul Levitt's debut novel will entertain readers with its uncanny evocation of an era when the fangster held a place of celebrity and a teenage girl could be his unwitting collaborator. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart Publishers United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570984044
ISBN
9781570984044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.85

Hardback. New Jersey-based Jewish gangsters wanted the U.S. to boycott the 1936 Berlin Olympics. When a young woman in the employ of Abner "Longie" Zwillman, the Don of New Jersey, goes missing, Jay Klug and his friend T-Bone Searle try to find her before she falls victim to a brutal Nazi killer. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781630760786
ISBN
9781630760786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.52

Paperback. When his byre - and the forty-three cows within it - goes up in flames, Barnabas Kane asks the rural community for help to get his family back on their feet, yet all his requests yield are suspicion and sanctimony. Humiliated, Barnabas grows ever more indignant. Before long this anger makes its mark on an innocent, and toil turns to tragedy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
riverrun
Condition
New
SKU
9781782062073
ISBN
9781782062073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Ireland, 1832 - a hunted farmer is forced to swap dew-drenched Donegal for the sun-soaked American northeast, while his cruel pursuer vows a bloody revenge.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781780879192
ISBN
9781780879192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 134 pages, 1 B/W. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264530
ISBN
9788086264530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. A Novel of Decline. 189 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 194 x 140 x 17. Weight: 232. Translator(s): Klima, Cynthia.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264233
ISBN
9788086264233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629630380
ISBN
9781629630380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
AuthorHouse Milton Keynes
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781438901909
ISBN
9781438901909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 6.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 20. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Empire Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901746662
ISBN
9781901746662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Chilvers, Alex. Num Pages: 126 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Honest Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957142701
ISBN
9780957142701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a vast and desolate place - a place without joy or hope. Most of its occupants were taken there as boys and for years have endured the brutal regime of the Lord Redeemers whose cruelty and violence have one singular purpose - to serve in the name of the One True Faith. Series: The Left Hand of God. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0011580
ISBN
9780141042374
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers the third and final instalment in the epic Paul Hoffman trilogy following Cale and the Sanctuary of the Redeemers. Following The Left Hand of God and The Last Four Things, this title reveals the fate of the angel of death. Series: The Left Hand of God. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042404
ISBN
9780141042404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413777041
ISBN
9780413777041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. 'Tinkers' is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation to the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184 191pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099538042
ISBN
9780099538042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

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