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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In their teens, Jim Willard and Bob Ford share a moment of sexual intimacy and Jim spends years searching for the recreation of that moment. When the opportunity occurs, it explodes with violence and pain. This was one of the first pieces of explicitly gay fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349106571
ISBN
9780349106571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Vidal's historical novel set in the 5th century BC and narrated by Cyrus Spitama, son of a Persian prince and Greek sorceress, grandson of the prophet Zoroaster, and ambassador to the courts of India, China and Greece. Pericles, Thucydides, Sophocles and Confucius are among the book's characters. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 44. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349104751
ISBN
9780349104751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.92

Paperback. * The magnificent concluding volume of Vidal's epic NARRATIVES OF EMPIRE, embodying the passage of American history. Series: Narratives of Empire. Num Pages: 480 pages, genealogical table. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349114279
ISBN
9780349114279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Gore Vidal's fictional recreation of the Roman Empire teetering on the crux of Christianity and ruled by an emperor who was an inveterate dabbler in arcane hocus-pocus, a prig, a bigot, and a dazzling and brilliant leader. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group London
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349104737
ISBN
9780349104737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Sunstone Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632930163
ISBN
9781632930163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 7.27

Paperback. A novel about the way news is made, and the way the media creates and manipulates the stories we see before us. It makes us think again about the stories we are fed by the media around us. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 183. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Edition
Main
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0200944
ISBN
9780571240265
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel about the way news is made, and the way the media creates and manipulates the stories we see before us. It makes us think again about the stories we are fed by the media around us. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 183. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Edition
Main
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0200943
ISBN
9780571240265
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel about the way news is made, and the way the media creates and manipulates the stories we see before us. It makes us think again about the stories we are fed by the media around us. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 183. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Edition
Main
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0200942
ISBN
9780571240265
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel about the way news is made, and the way the media creates and manipulates the stories we see before us. It makes us think again about the stories we are fed by the media around us. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 183. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Edition
Main
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0200941
ISBN
9780571240265
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Years after the end of the conflict that tore about the country of Yugoslavia, a man goes in search of this father's true identity. A hard-hitting examination of a generation from the former Yugoslavia that escaped the bullets but not the war. Translator(s): Charney, Noah. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Istros Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908236272
ISBN
9781908236272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Joan-Marc's out of work, he's alone, he has a heart condition, his mother's addicted to pills, he can't stand his sister. Otherwise, life is beautiful. And there's a lot that his estranged second wife doesn't know about him. In this book, he sets out to tell her. Translator(s): McDowell, Megan. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 248 x 28. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846558757
ISBN
9781846558757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.25

paperback. Born in a small Sicilian village and orphaned at age nine, Modesta spends her childhood in a convent raised by nuns. Through sheer cunning, she manages to escape, and eventually becomes a princess. Sensual, proud, and determined, Modesta wants to discover the infinite richness of life. Translator(s): Appel, Anne Milano. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141198477
ISBN
9780141198477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. "Carries the flavor of the old world, its underlying ferocity leavened by a lyrical mysticism.. Her prose is transcendent."-Washington Post Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350234
ISBN
9780393350234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. An artist at heart, Trystan Morgan grows up in his grandmother's valley mining cottage, duty-bound by her deep wish for him to be a preacher. Trystan's journey through the conflicting cultural, social and political values of his country in the mid-twentieth century is bewildering but finally liberating. This novel tells his story. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998134
ISBN
9781906998134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552168496
ISBN
9780552168496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

Paperback. 169pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Belfast
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
9780856408090
ISBN
9780856408090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.27

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd Belfast
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856408106
ISBN
9780856408106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.08

Paperback. Belfast, 1970s: Craig, St John and Mazine meet while at secondary school. Three very different people, they each come from testing backgrounds, and become friends just as life gets exciting and adulthood beckons. The years pass, and they try to live with themselves and the darker deeds of their hometown as honestly as they can. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571305230
ISBN
9780571305230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. A fictionalised account of the the development of the Delorean gull-wing car. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784971779
ISBN
9781784971779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. A terrifying secret. A shocking discovery has been made deep within Rome's ancient catacombs. One that the Vatican is determined must never be made public - for the sake of all mankind. A deadly conspiracy. But there are others who want to keep the truth hidden for far more sinister reasons. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 326. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0023433
ISBN
9780099545736
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A terrifying secret. A shocking discovery has been made deep within Rome's ancient catacombs. One that the Vatican is determined must never be made public - for the sake of all mankind. A deadly conspiracy. But there are others who want to keep the truth hidden for far more sinister reasons. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 326. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KTM0004788
ISBN
9780099545736
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The characters who inhabit Blake's haunting landscape-awash in their own worlds, adrift in their own lives-struggle to salvage what they can of their hopes and dreams from the encroaching tides. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421032
ISBN
9781421421032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.19

Hardback. Magnolias, water, mescal, stars, and fire return again and again in these seven sparse-yet tightly written-vignettes. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894312
ISBN
9780801894312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.92

Hardcover. Beautiful widow Joan D'Silva is at Howrah Station, fleeing Calcutta with her 11-year-old son Errol. Also on the same train is Laxhimi, a notorious hijira prostitute: charismatic, sensual and powerful. They are both running away to Lucknow to escape danger, but soon their lives will become entangled in a web of corruption and blackmail. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908946904
ISBN
9781908946904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

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