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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 120 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Random House Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679600176
ISBN
9780679600176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his perverted God-fearing lover, it becomes inevitable that he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. Yet after the sacrifice, there is new life, a determined ray of light in the author's complex and tragic world. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283157
ISBN
9780099283157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress' baby. The mother, Temple Drake, knows the reason why. The night before the execution, a lawyer pleads with Temple to intercede, but will the past allow for justice or absolution in the present? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099585916
ISBN
9780099585916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375504525
ISBN
9780375504525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780679748144
ISBN
9780679748144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.77

Hardcover. This narrative chronicles the decline of the American South through the experiences of Benjy Compson, who struggles to articulate his vision of life. William Faulkner is the author of "As I Lay Dying" and "Sanctuary" and he won the Nobel Prize in 1949. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857150698
ISBN
9781857150698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.87

Paperback. An elderly, proud black farmer, Lucas Beauchamp, is wrongfully arrested for the murder of a white man. The lynch mob are baying for his blood. His sole hope lies with a young white boy, bent on repaying an old favour, who with the help of Lucas's cynical lawyer will work to find the truth and hatch a risky plot to prove his innocence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Inscription on ffep and writing on last page, remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KCW0001450
ISBN
9780099740315
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 10.05

paperback. Faulkner's final novel is a tale of three Mississippi travellers. Ned, Boon and young Lucius travel to Memphis in a stolen car to find love and fortune. Once there, Ned trades in the car for a racehorse, Lucius comes of age, and Boon sets about trying to win the heart of a prostitute named 'Miss Corrie'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099542360
ISBN
9780099542360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.60

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Strebor Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593094874
ISBN
9781593094874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. The Bloodworths come from Ackerman's Field, Tennessee. Theirs is a rough and violent past and Boyd Bloodworth - father of the hero, Fleming - is intent on continuing the tradition. The year is 1952 and E.F. Bloodworth, Boyd's father, has returned after 20 years of roaming. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571212149
ISBN
9780571212149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612191454
ISBN
9781612191454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Flynne Fisher lives in rural near-future America where jobs are scarce and veterans from the wars are finding it hard to recover. She scrapes a living doing some freelance online game-playing, participating in some pretty weird stuff. Wilf Netherton lives in London, seventy-some years later, on the far side of decades of slow-motion apocalypse. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241961001
ISBN
9780241961001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Cayce Pollard owes her living to her pathological sensitivity to logos. In London to consult for the world's coolest ad agency, she finds herself catapulted, via her addiction to a mysterious body of fragmentary film footage, uploaded to the Web by a shadowy auteur, into a global quest for this unknown 'garage Kubrick'. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953532
ISBN
9780241953532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. What happens when old spies come out to play one last game? In New York, a young Cuban called Tito is passing iPods to a mysterious old man. Such activities do not go unnoticed, however, in these early days of the War on Terror and across the city an ex-military man named Brown is tracking Tito's movements. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953549
ISBN
9780241953549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Rydell is on his way back to near-future San Francisco. A stint as a security man in an all-night Los Angeles convenience store has convinced him his career is going nowhere, but his friend Laney, phoning from Tokyo, says there's more interesting work for him in Northern California. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953518
ISBN
9780241953518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. After an attack of scruples, Colin Laney's skipped out on his former employer Slitscan - avoiding the rash of media lawyers sent his way - and taken a job for the outfit managing Japanese rock duo, Lo/Rez. Rez has announced he's going to marry an 'idoru' by the name of Rei Toi - she exists only in virtual reality. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953525
ISBN
9780241953525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. "The best literary present .. has a delicate sweetness that shows through at just the right moments."-Ron Charles, Washington Post Book World Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342932
ISBN
9780393342932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. When honest young Caleb Williams comes to work as a secretary for Squire Falkland, he soon begins to suspect that his new master is hiding a terrible secret. Editor(s): Hindle, Maurice. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441238
ISBN
9780141441238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. Clean copy in good condition.
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KRF0000847
ISBN
9780571116461
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. Drowning in the freezing North Atlantic, Christopher Hadley Martin, temporary lieutenant, happens upon a grotesque rock, an island that appears only on weather charts. To drink there is a pool of rain water; to eat there are weeds and sea anemones. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571298501
ISBN
9780571298501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

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