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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss. They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids' pets, their football teams and - this being Ireland in 2011-12 - about the euro, the crash, the presidential election, the Queen's visit. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224097819
- ISBN
- 9780224097819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.07
€ 13.99
€ 11.07
Paperback. Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne. Paula still works as a cleaner. This work shows the inner life of this battered house-cleaner. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501374
- ISBN
- 9780099501374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Series: Open Door Series V. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004190
- ISBN
- 9781905494040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A historical tale marking a new turn in Doyle's writing. Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. He eventually becomes a Fenian, a rebel, a republican legend - one of Michael Collins's boys, an assassin on a stolen bike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 250. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0009745
- ISBN
- 9780099284482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 10.33
€ 11.99
€ 10.33
paperback. The Rabbitte family, motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the family are forced to rally together and discover the strangeness of intimacy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164. Good clean copy with light wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Edition
- Gift Inscription on Fep, Cover Torn
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCD0041962
- ISBN
- 9780749391256
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.12
€ 6.12
paperback. The Rabbitte family, motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the family are forced to rally together and discover the strangeness of intimacy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164. some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Edition
- Gift Inscription on Fep, Cover Torn
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTK0092052
- ISBN
- 9780749391256
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.12
€ 6.12
Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 120 Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - Authors, A-Z - D - Doyle, Roddy,Subjects - Fiction - General,Subjects - Fiction - Contemporary Fiction: 1970 Onwards - Lad Lit"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New Island
- Edition
- Irish Language Edn.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781905494637
- ISBN
- 9781905494637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.73
€ 7.73
Paperback. The story of a woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after a violent, abusive marriage and a worsening drink problem. Paula Spencer recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her powerless. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. 226pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749395995
- ISBN
- 9780749395995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. The story of a woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after a violent, abusive marriage and a worsening drink problem. Paula Spencer recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her powerless. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Very good clean copy with light shelf wear. Light creases, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0003649
- ISBN
- 9780749395995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Hardcover. It's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe. Henry falls on his feet, as a handsome man with a sandwich board, and behind his sandwich board a stash of hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. When he starts hiring kids to carry boards for him, he catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700. First edition. Signed by author. Clean copy. Lightly toned. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0003522
- ISBN
- 9780224074360
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. It's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe. Henry Smart, on the run from Dublin, falls on his feet. He is a handsome man with a sandwich board, behind that he stashes hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. He catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district and soon there are eyes on his back and men in the shadows. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000706
- ISBN
- 9780099477655
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel describes the world of ten-year-old Paddy Clarke, growing up in Barrytown, north Dublin. From fun and adventure on the streets, boredom in the classroom to increasing isolation at home, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is the story of a boy who sees everything but understands less and less. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749397357
- ISBN
- 9780749397357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902602158
- ISBN
- 9781902602158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.95
€ 8.95
paperback. Jimmy Rabbitte is unemployed and rapidly running out of money. His best friend Bimbo has been made redundant at the company where he has worked for many years. The two old friends are out of luck and out of options. That is, until Bimbo finds a dilapidated 'chipper van' and the pair decide to go into business. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216. Signed by the author to the previous owner. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0023461
- ISBN
- 9780749399900
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
paperback. Henry is returning to Ireland for the first time since his escape in 1922. With him are the stars of Ford's latest film, John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and the famous director himself, who has tried to suck the soul out of Henry and turn it into Hollywood gold-dust. Ten years later Henry is in Dublin, working in Ratheen as a school caretaker. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000656
- ISBN
- 9780099546894
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press New York
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRS0004549
- ISBN
- 9780802140326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Goodman, Roger B. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 21. Weight in Grams: 159. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Small markings to the edge of pages but remanis very good
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Bantam Books Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KCW0001412
- ISBN
- 9780553251418
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- PULP Faction
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899571062
- ISBN
- 9781899571062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 4.34
€ 9.99
€ 4.34
Paperback. Editor(s): Wilsher, James. Series: Decadence from Dedalus. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Dedalus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517260
- ISBN
- 9781903517260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
Paperback. In 1914 they had been eleven years old; three little girls at St Agatha's, a day school on the South Coast. Fifty years later, Dinah, beautiful as ever, advertises in the national newspapers to find the other two - Clare, now established with a successful business, and Sheila, a married woman, glossy, chic and correct. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287780
- ISBN
- 9780099287780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75
paperback. Divorce shatters a young mother's dreams in Nora Kay's enthralling story of heartache and discovery. 'In the tradition of Catherine Cookson.' Liverpool Post Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 31. Weight in Grams: 259. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0021188
- ISBN
- 9780340768310
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. * A hilarious & heartwarming comedy of urban versus rural life that brims over with warmth & fizzes over with humour & charm. 'Maeve Haran writes with wit, perception & a refreshingly light touch' - D. MAIL Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006346
- ISBN
- 9780751532845
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Translation of: Hamamatsu Chaunagon monogatari / Sugawara no Takasue no Musume. Translator(s): Rohlich, Thomas H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613581
- ISBN
- 9780691613581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.09
€ 52.99
€ 38.09
paperback. Editor(s): Cropper, Anthony; Daley, Ian. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Route United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901927245
- ISBN
- 9781901927245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41