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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee. With intense feeling and compassion, this book explores the frustrations and failed dreams of the two brothers - one a natural storyteller, the other an artist - and renders perfectly the sense of entrapment they feel. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315598
ISBN
9780571315598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, but finds herself haunted by the mistakes of her past, and lacking any self-belief. Her only comfort seems to come from the imaginary conversations she has with her hero, Paul Newman. This book presents a portrait of small-town America and an emotional tour de force. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235711
ISBN
9780571235711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home and some structure to his life. But as the son of a single father working at warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, he's been pretty much on his own for some time. This book opens as he and his father arrive in Portland, Oregon and Charley takes a stables job, illegally, at the local race track. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003244
ISBN
9780571235735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. 112 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 206 x 137 x 10. Weight: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231644
ISBN
9781845231644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.95

Paperback. A warm-hearted satire, first published in 1931, by the author of SOUTH RIDING. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087907
ISBN
9781844087907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.17

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155660
ISBN
9781903155660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.47

Paperback. By the author of SOUTH RIDING. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087921
ISBN
9781844087921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The first novel by the author of SOUTH RIDING. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 208 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087914
ISBN
9781844087914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155622
ISBN
9781903155622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.27

Paperback. Series: Persephone Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906462024
ISBN
9781906462024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.88

Paperback. Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, sixteen-year-old Amber St Clare uses her wits, beauty and courage to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England - that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch himself, Charles II. Num Pages: 992 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 678. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005368
ISBN
9780141009827
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; FA; FT; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621503
ISBN
9781909621503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

perfect. At 6'6", 240 pounds, Forrest Gump is a difficult man to ignore, so follow Forrest from the football dynasties of Bear Bryant to the Vietnam War, from encounters with Presidents Johnson and Nixon to powwows with Chairman Mao. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552996099
ISBN
9780552996099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; FA; FT; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621510
ISBN
9781909621510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. The classic novel of post-Civil War Charleston life, a portrayal of the process of healing the wounds of war through reconciliation between Northerners and Southerners on a personal, not political, level. Southern Classics Series. Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 431 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
J S Sanders and Company Incorporated United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879941137
ISBN
9781879941137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.51

Paperback. A brilliant, semiautobiographical satirical novel from one of the foremost figures in twentieth-century Polish literature, now in a new English translation Translator(s): Borchardt, Danuta. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300175301
ISBN
9780300175301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. A series of short and comic autobiographical vignettes about life among the emigres in the explosive multi-cultural atmosphere of '90s Berlin. It speaks about the offbeat personal events of author's own life but captures something universal about our disjointed times. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091886691
ISBN
9780091886691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. This second novel from Wm Paul Young, author of international bestseller THE SHACK, is an inspiring and provocative story of a man who only realises how bad his life has been when it's too late - yet is miraculously given a chance to put things right. Will he take it? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444745993
ISBN
9781444745993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 737 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 35. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589881075
ISBN
9781589881075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.47

Paperback. Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628970500
ISBN
9781628970500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.80

Paperback. Covers a cast ranging from Italian partisans to KGB agents, from American Mafiosi to Parisian lowlifes, and features appearances by Alfred Hitchcock, Marshal Tito and the Emperor of Indochina. This work paints a picture of a past age while commenting on our own. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472339
ISBN
9780099472339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.22

Paperback. On the island of Wayo Wayo, every second son must leave on the day he turns fifteen as a sacrifice to the Sea God. Atile'i is one such boy, but as the strongest swimmer and best sailor, he is determined to defy destiny and become the first to survive. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575627
ISBN
9780099575627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardback. Translator(s): Berry, Michael. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166003
ISBN
9780231166003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.69
€ 76.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, David M. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551523446
ISBN
9781551523446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.96

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