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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. Aaron Greidinger is an aspiring young writer and the son of a rabbi, who struggles to be true to his art when he is faced with the chance of riches and a passport to America. But as the Nazis threaten to invade Poland, Aaron rediscovers Shosha, his childhood sweetheart who has been waiting for him all these years. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 194 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics London
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KMK0026156
- ISBN
- 9780141197630
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Sicher, Efraim. Translator(s): McDuff, David. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449976
- ISBN
- 9780140449976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
Hardcover. A story of the Galactic Empire, crumbling after twelve thousand years of rule. Num Pages: 664 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 36. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593326
- ISBN
- 9781841593326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.34
€ 21.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 21. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Spectra
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Media Tie In
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553294385
- ISBN
- 9780553294385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.13
€ 11.99
€ 10.13
Paperback. This novel portrays the experiences of ordinary soldiers fighting World War II. Using the points of view of a perceptive young Nazi, a jaded American film producer, and a shy Jewish boy just married to the love of his life, Irwin Shaw conveys the scope, confusion and complexity of war. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 704 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 42. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226751290
- ISBN
- 9780226751290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.84
€ 32.99
€ 25.84
Paperback. A biographical novel of Michelangelo. Michelangelo Buonarotti lived in the time of the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the powerful Medici family, and the fanatic monk Savonarola. Working with a God-driven fury he created "David", painted the Sistine ceiling, and was the architect of the dome of St Peter's. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 34. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099416272
- ISBN
- 9780099416272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
paperback. A collection of five stories: "The Acid House", "Rattlesnakes", "The DOGS. of Lincoln Park", "Miss Arizona" and "The Kingdom of Fife". Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099483595
- ISBN
- 9780099483595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
paperback. A story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh schemes, and about the loyalties, the experiences - and the secrets - that hold them together into their thirties. What binds the four of them is the friendship formed by the scheme, their school, and their ambition to escape from both; their loyalty fused in street morality. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099285922
- ISBN
- 9780099285922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. This novel looks at life in the dark underside of Edinburgh, the AIDS capital of Europe, through the jaded eyes and harsh vernacular of heroin addict Mark Renton, who is sick of his friends, sick with the city and its deserted docklands, and above all sick with himself. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Minerva
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749336509
- ISBN
- 9780749336509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Roy Strang is engaged in a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. His mission is to eradicate the evil marabou stork before it drives away the flamingo from picturesque Lake Torto. Part of the 1995 Scottish Book Fortnight promotion. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- 9780099435112
- ISBN
- 9780099435112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 4.99
€ 9.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The characters in this collection by the author of "Trainspotting" are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Stereotypes are at once celebrated and destroyed, as the protagonists find themselves on unfamiliar ground. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099435013
- ISBN
- 9780099435013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
paperback. Ten years on from "Trainspotting", Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099422464
- ISBN
- 9780099422464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.00
€ 10.99
€ 8.00
Paperback. With the festive season almost upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is winding down at work and gearing up socially - kicking off Christmas with a week of sex and drugs in Amsterdam. There are irritating flies in the ointment, though, including a missing wife, a nagging cocaine habit, and a dramatic deterioration in his genital health. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006071
- ISBN
- 9780099591115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Ten years on from "Trainspotting", Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 346. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KKD0006069
- ISBN
- 9780099422464
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Ten years on from "Trainspotting", Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 346. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004420
- ISBN
- 9780099422464
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Three tales of the vicissitudes of love, by the author of "Trainspotting" and "Shallow Grave". "Lorraine Goes to Livingston" features an authoress who suffers a stroke; "Fortune's Always Hiding" is a corporate drug romance; "The Undefeated" is set in the grim backstreets of modern Edinburgh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099590910
- ISBN
- 9780099590910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life - and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A successful painter and sculptor, he lives quietly with his wife, Melanie, and their two young daughters, in an affluent beach town in California. But Francis has a very dark past, with another identity and a very different set of values. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784700553
- ISBN
- 9781784700553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Detective Inspector Ray Lennox is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a horrifying child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. On vacation in Florida, he meets two women in a seedy bar, ending up at their apartment for a coke binge interrupted by two menacing strangers. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099506980
- ISBN
- 9780099506980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. With a rampaging force of nature is wreaking havoc on the streets of Edinburgh, but has top shagger, drug-dealer, gonzo-porn-star and taxi-driver, 'Juice' Terry Lawson, finally met his match in Hurricane 'Bawbag'? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784700560
- ISBN
- 9781784700560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. An aggressive personal trainer who has just become a media hero after taking down a would-be gunman in Miami. The one witness to the daring rescue is Lena Sorensen - an overweight depressive who is becoming increasingly obsessed with Lucy.. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099535560
- ISBN
- 9780099535560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Troubled Environmental Health Officer Danny Skinner is engaged on a quest to uncover what he refers to as 'the bedroom secrets of the master chefs'. He regards the unravelling of this classified information as the key to learning genetic facts about himself and the crippling compulsions that threaten to wreck his young life. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099483588
- ISBN
- 9780099483588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. With the festive season almost upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is winding down at work and gearing up socially - kicking off Christmas with a week of sex and drugs in Amsterdam. There are irritating flies in the ointment, though, including a missing wife, a nagging cocaine habit, and a dramatic deterioration in his genital health. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KRA0012712
- ISBN
- 9780099591115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Suitable for persons of strong constitution, this title contains: Drug use; Perversion; Murder; Corruption; Sexism; Racism; Law; Enforcement; and a tapeworm. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Film Tie-In
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099583837
- ISBN
- 9780099583837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a bright future. But there's no room for him in the 1980s and when his family starts to fracture, Mark's life swings out of control. The way out is heroin. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 144 x 35. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099535584
- ISBN
- 9780099535584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08