Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Mariano, who has lived in the city from an early age, is summoned back to his village to attend his grandfather's funeral. But, when he arrives, he discovers two things: firstly, that he has been nominated by his grandfather to take over the running of the family affairs, secondly that his grandfather has not died completely. Translator(s): Brookshaw, David. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686719
- ISBN
- 9781846686719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.09
€ 18.99
€ 18.09
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686764
- ISBN
- 9781846686764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.67
€ 19.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 227 x 40. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848405066
- ISBN
- 9781848405066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.19
€ 16.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Newest Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927063651
- ISBN
- 9781927063651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.78
€ 21.99
€ 15.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSC; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946744
- ISBN
- 9781908946744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. A half-poem, half-narrative, this is a nomadic history whose main character is the fleetingness of information itself. This novel's title figure, the word "was," marks that instant of utterance outside the present; neither past nor future but rather the interstitial space of any telling. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573661379
- ISBN
- 9781573661379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. Award-winning, bestselling author Michael Arditti's ninth novel, set in the UK. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910050644
- ISBN
- 9781910050644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. High Church ritual, evangelical revivalism and the ancestor-worship of the English gentry are all subjected to merciless scrutiny. This book is both a devastating portrait of Church of England and a reworking of the central myth of Western culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 416. 400 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 32. Weight: 416.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905147939
- ISBN
- 9781905147939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.72
€ 9.99
€ 8.72
Paperback. After a nervous collapse while serving at the altar, his college principal sends him on a placement to London where he enters an unfamiliar world of outcasts, down-and-outs, rent boys, religious fundamentalists and people with AIDS. In increasing despair, he embarks on a journey through the world of Jack the Ripper. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906413224
- ISBN
- 9781906413224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 6.73
€ 11.99
€ 6.73
Paperback. A young boy discovers the ambiguity of adult affection. A camp comedian cracks up on stage. A picture-restorer learns to accept her husband's true nature. A honeymoon couple take an unconventional route to love . This collection of stories employs a host of characters and a range of voices. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Maia Press
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904559085
- ISBN
- 9781904559085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. Michael Arditti explores the personalities and politics involved in the making of a 1970s German film about the relationship between Unity Mitford and Hitler in this meditation on the nature of evil. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Maia Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904559122
- ISBN
- 9781904559122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
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€ 10.18
Paperback. More than 2500 authors entered the Bristol Short Story Prize 2014/15. These are the 20 shortlisted stories published in the eighth volume of the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 291 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Tangent Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910089231
- ISBN
- 9781910089231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
€ 13.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Haven is fiercely protective of her little brother, Chase, spiriting him away when their father's temper is about to flare yet again. She hides the bread away so he'll have something for lunch, and she teaches him to hide himself. But when that's no longer enough to keep him safe, she steals the car and takes them both away to their aunt. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Coach House Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552452035
- ISBN
- 9781552452035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.33
€ 19.99
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Paperback. The stories in 'The Coast of Good Intentions' evoke the landscape of the Pacific Northwest with impressive ease - crab factories, cranberry bogs, the fog-shrouded shore, the Seattle skyline. Here are ordinary lives in all their messy, unresolved glory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136. 163pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KNW0007114
- ISBN
- 9781862076495
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. A pacy, page-turning thriller centred around the discovery of some mysterious ancient human remains in a hidden crypt beneath Jerusalem's Temple Mount Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 48. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847390127
- ISBN
- 9781847390127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.70
€ 13.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. A brilliant reworking of the detective story by the much-acclaimed Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & KLAY. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007196036
- ISBN
- 9780007196036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. The first novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340936269
- ISBN
- 9780340936269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. A spellbinding yarn set a thousand years ago along the ancient Silk Road, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 b&w. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340953556
- ISBN
- 9780340953556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. From the bestselling author of 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'; his first novel in 5 years is a lovingly painted pop-culture epic. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 448. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTG0016119
- ISBN
- 9780007288762
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Focuses on unpublished manuscripts and closely examines Dos Passos's first novels. This book reveals how his practical aesthetics and use of myth come together in a triumph of form that presents an important vision of America. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941664189
- ISBN
- 9780941664189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.88
€ 116.88
Paperback. A tale of murder and literary ambition set on an American university campus from a master of the dark side of human nature Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324. Good clean copy with some minor shelf and reading wear. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KTG0012075
- ISBN
- 9780753820605
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Two families living the dream in small town America are forced to confront their guilty secrets in the aftermath of a shocking death. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784974961
- ISBN
- 9781784974961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 7.00
€ 9.99
€ 7.00
Paperback. A tale of murder and literary ambition set on an American university campus from a master of the dark side of human nature Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007736
- ISBN
- 9780753820605
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The bestselling mystery of murder, love and obsession Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 3rd Impession
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719568374
- ISBN
- 9780719568374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89