Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. The award-winning debut from the critically-acclaimed author of A Brief History of Seven Killings Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780748498
- ISBN
- 9781780748498
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897142455
- ISBN
- 9781897142455
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.75
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Paperback. Justine's attachment to virtue attracts nothing but misfortune, and she is subjected to an unending catalogue of sexual abuse. Sade's best-known novel, it overturns all religious, moral, and political norms, and still has the power to shock. This new translation of the 1791version is the first for over 40 years, and the first critical edition. Translator(s): Phillips, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FP; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199572847
- ISBN
- 9780199572847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.62
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Paperback. For the inhabitants of the damp little Irish town of Ballinacroagh, the repertoire of gastronomic delights has never extended farther than the limp meals of the local inn's carvery. But things are about to change when the beautiful Aminpour sisters - Marjan, Bahar and Layla - arrive, determined to share the magic of their kitchen with the locals. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478928
- ISBN
- 9780099478928
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
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Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Chapter Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937559144
- ISBN
- 9781937559144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.17
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Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Zaffre Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785762901
- ISBN
- 9781785762901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.21
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Paperback. Follows a journalist who returns to Prague after its annexation and finds her efforts to obtain help for the refugees and to convey the shocking state of the country both frustrating and futile. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226286969
- ISBN
- 9780226286969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.30
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Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 202 x 34. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781101883082
- ISBN
- 9781101883082
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.09
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Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781101883075
- ISBN
- 9781101883075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.53
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Paperback. Lilly and Ceily Carney are only seven and twelve when their mother is cruelly taken from them, leaving them at the mercy of the Church and the authorities. This is a terrifying prospect in 1950s Dublin, where it is likely that the girls will end up in one of Ireland's notorious Magdalen laundries - a fate they are determined to escape. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848272101
- ISBN
- 9781848272101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.79
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Paperback. Gregory leads an existence of formidable foppishness, his days and nights a series of effortless, titillating conquests. His foster brother, Terry, has to make do with the leavings as he trawls through life in a miasma of grief. But roles are reversed with both lives dramatically changed. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099461852
- ISBN
- 9780099461852
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Condition: New
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Paperback. The story of a life told backwards. Its narrator, Doctor Tod T. Friendly, trapped and hurtling towards a terrible secret, moves "out of the blackest sleep" to find himself surrounded by doctors and on the deathbed of a man in whose body he is imprisoned. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099455356
- ISBN
- 9780099455356
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. The narrator, Samson Young, enters the Black Cross, a thoroughly undesirable public house, and finds the main players of his drama assembled, just waiting to begin. It's a gift of a story from real life.. all Samson has to do is to write it as it happens. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099748618
- ISBN
- 9780099748618
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
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Paperback. A collection of short stories, including "Heavy Water"; "Straight Fiction"; "Career Moves"; "The Janitor on Mars"; "Let Me Count the Times"; and others. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099272663
- ISBN
- 9780099272663
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
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Paperback. Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn't come off quite as Charles expects. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 193 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099503873
- ISBN
- 9780099503873
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. When she awakes and realizes she is all right, that Time is starting again, it seems fitting that she should lie on a spindly white trolley in a white room. A nearby voice tells she is on her own now and to be good. Was she not good before? This story unfolds a metaphysical thriller where jealously guarded secrets jostle with startling insights. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099769019
- ISBN
- 9780099769019
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn't come off quite as Charles expects. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099455424
- ISBN
- 9780099455424
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. An Italian poolside, Summer, 1970. Sex is very much on everyone's mind. The girls are acting like boys and the boys are going on acting like boys. Keith Nearing - a bookish twenty year old, in that much disputed territory between five foot six and five foot seven - is struggling to twist feminism towards his own ends. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099488736
- ISBN
- 9780099488736
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
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Paperback. Blitzed on uppers, downers, blue movies and bellinis, the bacchanalia bent bon-vivants ensconced at Appleseed Rectory for the weekend are reeling in an hallucinatory haze of sex and seduction. But as Friday melts into Saturday and Saturday spirals into Sunday and sobriety sets in, the orgiastic romp descends to disastrous depths. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437338
- ISBN
- 9780099437338
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
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Paperback. This is the story of John Self, consumer extraordinaire. Rolling around New York and London, he makes deals, spends wildly and does reckless movie-world business, all the while grabbing everything he can to sate his massive appetites: alcohol, tobacco, pills, pornography, a mountain of junk food and more. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099461883
- ISBN
- 9780099461883
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. Lionel Asbo - a very violent but not very successful criminal - has always looked out for his nephew, Desmond Pepperdine. He gives him fatherly advice and introduces him to the joys of Internet porn. Des, on the other hand, desires nothing more than books, a girl to love and to steer clear Uncle Li's psychotic pitbulls, Joe and Jeff. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099565680
- ISBN
- 9780099565680
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Novelists have noticed that contemporary reality keeps outdoing their imaginations. Yet there is still the obligation to attempt a reading of the present and the very near future. This work serves as an example of how the novel, or more particularly the comic novel, can respond to this transformation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099267591
- ISBN
- 9780099267591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. There was an old story about a king who asked his favourite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn't show you your reflection. Instead, it showed you your soul, it showed you who you really were. But the king couldn't look into the mirror without turning away, and nor could his courtiers. What happens when we discover who we really are? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099593683
- ISBN
- 9780099593683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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Hardcover. Everyone is always out there searching for someone and something, usually for a lover, usually for love. But the murderee - Nicola Six - is searching for something and someone else: her murderer. She knows the time, she knows the place, she knows the motive, she knows the means. She just doesn't know the man. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 34. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593623
- ISBN
- 9781841593623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.69
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€ 11.69