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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. An account of a young English undergraduate from the provinces, this portrait of Oxford during the war is now regarded by many critics as a classic of its kind. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225828
ISBN
9780571225828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
McBooks Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590130681
ISBN
9781590130681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

hardcover. Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. Num Pages: 1144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 134 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1008.
Publisher
Everyman Paperback Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Special edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593425
ISBN
9781841593425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.93

paperback. From the quests and romance of classics such as "Rapunzel", "Snow White" and "Cinderella" to the danger and wit of such lesser-known tales as "The Three Snake Leaves", "Hans-my-Hedgehog" and "Godfather Death", the author brings the heart of each timeless tale to the fore, following with a commentary on the story's background and history. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141442228
ISBN
9780141442228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.57

Paperback. In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 318. In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 211 x 136 x 22. Weight: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857860071
ISBN
9780857860071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.68

Paperback. Peter is a gifted young writer, and Maureen Tarnopol is the woman who wants to be his muse but who instead is his nemesis. Their union is based on fraud and shored up by moral blackmail, but it is so perversely durable that, long after Maureen's death, Peter is still trying - and failing - to write his way free of it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515319
ISBN
9780099515319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. When she was still a child, Lucy Nelson had her alcoholic failure of a father thrown in jail. Ever since then she has been trying to reform the men around her, even if that ultimately means destroying herself in the process. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099484998
ISBN
9780099484998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Collects the interviews, essays and articles that span a quarter of a century of Philip Roth's distinguished career and 'reveal a preoccupation with the relationship between the written and the unwritten world.' Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099485025
ISBN
9780099485025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. It's Summer, 1944. In the 'stifling heat of equatorial Newark', a terrifying epidemic is raging. Vigorous, decent, twenty-three year old playground director Bucky Cantor is devoted to his charges and disappointed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in the war. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542261
ISBN
9780099542261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Everything is over for Simon Axler. One of the leading American stage actors of his generation, now in his sixties, he has lost his magic, his talent and his assurance. When he goes on stage he feels like a lunatic and looks like an idiot. His wife has gone, his audience has left him, his agent can't persuade him to make a comeback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099535652
ISBN
9780099535652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A political satire, this work is an indignant response to the phenomenon of Richard M Nixon. In the character of Trick E. Dixon, it show us a man who outdoes the severest cynic, a peace-loving Quaker and believer in the sanctity of human life who doesn't have a problem with killing unarmed women and children in self-defence. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099389118
ISBN
9780099389118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A famous writer and his mistress meet in a room without a bed. They talk, they play games with each other, they have sex, they tell lies. This work since "Complaint", explores adultery and the unmasking of illicit lovers in a novel that exposes the tenderness and uncertainty underlying all affairs of the heart. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099801900
ISBN
9780099801900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. David Kepesh, an adventurous man of intelligence and feeling, tries to make his way to both pleasure and dignity through a world of sensual possibilities. Temptation comes to him in both its ordinary and spectacular forms. This book explores in all its painful ramifications, the pursuit and loss of erotic happiness. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099389019
ISBN
9780099389019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A story that tells about the confession of Alexander Portnoy who is thrust through life by his unappeasable sexuality, yet held back at the same time by the iron grip of his unforgettable childhood. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099399018
ISBN
9780099399018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Gill Gamesh, John Baal, Rupert Mundys: If you've never heard of them, it's because of the Communist plot, and the capitalist scandal, that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory. This novel turns baseball's status as national passtime and myth into an occasion for unfettered picturesque heroism and perfidy, and ebullient wordplay. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099889403
ISBN
9780099889403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he here and not at a local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523420
ISBN
9780099523420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Like Rip Van Winkle returning to his hometown to find that all has changed, Nathan Zuckerman comes back to New York, the city he left 11 years before. Alone on his New England mountain, Zuckerman has been nothing but a writer: no voices, no media, no terrorist threats, no women, no news, no tasks other than his work and the enduring of old age. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage Books / Random House
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Trade Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099516088
ISBN
9780099516088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. Phillip Roth confronts his double, an imposter whose self-appointed task is to lead the jews out of Israel and back to Europe, a moses in reverse and a monstrous nemesis to the 'real' Philip Roth. This work is at once a spy story, a political thriller, a meditation on identity, and a confession. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099307914
ISBN
9780099307914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka's protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of this fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast. What follows is a funny exploration of the implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099477518
ISBN
9780099477518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Set in 1998, with the backdrop of the impeachment of a president, this book shows us an America where conflicting moralities and ideological divisions result in public denunciations and houndings, and where innocence is not always a good enough excuse. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282198
ISBN
9780099282198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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