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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida - even L - all are women obsessed with Bill Cosey. He shapes their yearnings for a father, husband, lover, guardian, and friend. This novel ultimately comes full circle to that indelible, overwhelming first love that marks us forever. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455493
ISBN
9780099455493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. It is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an end, Sethe is haunted by the violent trauma it wrought on her former enslaved life at Sweet Home, Kentucky. Her dead baby daughter, whose tombstone bears the single word, Beloved, returns as a spectre to punish her mother, but also to elicit her love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
9780099760115
ISBN
9780099760115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A novel that immerses us in the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family - Pauline, Cholly, Sam and Pecola - in post-Depression 1940s Ohio. Unlovely and unloved, Pecola prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged white schoolfellows. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099759911
ISBN
9780099759911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099511656
ISBN
9780099511656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.99

Paperback. Begins in 1930s America with Macon Dead Jr, the son of a wealthy black property owner, who has been brought up to revere the white world. Macon learns about the tyranny of white society from his friend Guitar. So while Guitar joins a terrorist group of poor blacks, Macon goes home to the South, lured by tales of buried family treasure. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780099768418
ISBN
9780099768418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. A story set in the mid-19th century, when moves to abolish slavery are at their height, and one man's world of love turns to violence when his daughter dies at the hands of her mother. From the author of EN-GENDERING and NOBEL SPEECH. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099273936
ISBN
9780099273936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. As young girls, Nel and Sula shared each other's secrets and dreams in the poor black mid-West of their childhood. Then Sula ran away to live her dreams and Nel got married. Ten years later Sula returns and no one, least of all Nel, trusts her. This is a story of fear - the fear that traps us, justifying itself through perpetual myth and legend. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099760016
ISBN
9780099760016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Translator(s): Cullen, Adam. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 42. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628970081
ISBN
9781628970081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897339230
ISBN
9780897339230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 231 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854115447
ISBN
9781854115447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. Harry Selwyn is a master of detachment - from the realities of the past, from his own ageing body, and from his conscience. Even the sudden death of his wife is not allowed to interfere with the daily routine. He must prepare for tomorrow's race. He must return his ill-fitting trousers to the shop. And death will have to wait. Translator(s): Bianchi, Tony. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 202 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409695
ISBN
9781910409695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
ECW Press,Canada Canada
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550229349
ISBN
9781550229349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. Translator(s): Kreiden, Purdey Lord; Taren, Michael Thomas. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351771
ISBN
9781584351771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.81

Paperback. Now in English, Duvert's shocking novel about a sexual adventurer among a tribe of adolescent boys in Northern Africa. Translator(s): Benderson, Bruce. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350774
ISBN
9781584350774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.42

Hardcover. The highly anticipated return of Tony Earley, celebrated author of Jim the Boy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316246125
ISBN
9780316246125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. A Washington Post Top 50 Fiction Book for 2014 Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316246149
ISBN
9780316246149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. "Throws all its chips in the air like a dazzling Nabokovian trick."-Daphne Merkin, Los Angeles Times Book Review Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393327229
ISBN
9780393327229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. Jeffrey has nowhere to go when Bill, his sugar-daddy boyfriend, croaks. But before he sets off into the bright glare of LA, he's sure to grab a few parting mementos: cash, a gun, some drugs, and one ancient, metal film canister that contains a treasure greater than all the rest combined. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 116 x 28. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061789748
ISBN
9780061789748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.38

Paperback. Harry Silver returns to face life in the "blended family." A wonderful new novel about modern times, which can be read as a sequel to the million selling Man and Boy, or completely on its own. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KIN0008068
ISBN
9780006514824
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. New novel about men, love and relationships by the author of the Book of the Year, Man and Boy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780006514817
ISBN
9780006514817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The world-wide, mega selling author of Man and Boy is back with a sizzling, Shanghai tale of sex, romance and second wives Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KNH0012136
ISBN
9780007226498
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. New novel about men, love and relationships by the author of the Book of the Year, Man and Boy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282. In good condition. A well read copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRS0010913
ISBN
9780006514817
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A fabulously engaging and exciting novel about a man who has to learn about life and love the hard way. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 276. Some minor shelf wear, but remains good.
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
Harper
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTJ0008185
ISBN
9780006512134
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. The world-wide, mega selling author of Man and Boy is back with a sizzling, Shanghai tale of sex, romance and second wives Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTJ0007132
ISBN
9780007226498
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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