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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A surreal fable that features a cast of notorious characters: The Crying Gun, who breaks into tears at the sight of his opponent; The Priest, who goes into gunfights giving his adversaries the last rites; and The Nihilistic Kid, Kim Carson, who sets out to challenge the morality of small-town America and fight for intergalactic freedom. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189796
ISBN
9780141189796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Portrays the development of Burroughs' mature writing style by presenting a selection of pieces from the mid-1950s. This book tells how his outrageous tone of voice represents the exorcism of four decades of oppressive sexual and social conditioning. Editor(s): Grauerholz, James. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189871
ISBN
9780141189871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, this title follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189918
ISBN
9780141189918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Hardback. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 206 x 29. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780241284636
ISBN
9780241284636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Relates the addict's life: from initial heroin bliss to an unabated hunger for the needle, and the horrors of cold turkey and back again. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 86.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241956786
ISBN
9780241956786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Series: New Directions Bibelot. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811212823
ISBN
9780811212823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621893
ISBN
9781909621893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621923
ISBN
9781909621923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621909
ISBN
9781909621909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Leather / fine binding. Series: Leather-Bound Classics. Num Pages: 1392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DDS; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 237 x 74. Weight in Grams: 1924.
Publisher
Canterbury Classics
Publication date
2014
Edition
Lea
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626860988
ISBN
9781626860988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.85

paperback. Stingo, an inexperienced 22 year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There, he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic. Ultimately, he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland, and her choice. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099470441
ISBN
9780099470441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. Includes stories that are set in the gruelling camps and sweltering training fields that marked the limbo point between civilian life and the horrors of war. This collection focuses on young men who, always conscious of the imminence of action, try to maintain their sanity in the wake of their abrupt removalfrom normal life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0003677
ISBN
9780224087384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981207
ISBN
9780241981207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780999944
ISBN
9781780999944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.30

Paperback. It is a story of language and love. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079740
ISBN
9781785079740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. The Quintons have lived in the old house in Cork for hundreds of years. Though Anglo-Irish Protestant, they sympathize with the cause of independence and secretly fund Michael Collins' fighters. But one of their workers is an informer, and when he's murdered on their land, though they know nothing of it, the Black and Tans come seeking revenge. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969496
ISBN
9780241969496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. 'You're beautiful,' Johnny told her. So, full of hope, seventeen-year-old Felicia crosses the Irish Sea to England to find her lover and tell him she is pregnant. Desperately searching for Johnny in the bleak post-industrial Midlands, she is instead found by Mr Hilditch, a strange and lonely man, a collector and befriender of homeless young girls. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044620
ISBN
9780141044620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.64

paperback. From the offices of her Love Department, Lady Dolores cures the heartaches of the lonely wives of Wimbledon with inimitable flourish and finesse. When her newest protege, the somewhat naive Edward Blakeston-Smith, is sent on a mission - to learn the secrets of seductive, scheming Septimus Tuam and stop him in his tracks. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969298
ISBN
9780241969298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Jaraby expects to get the job, but he reckons without the bitterness of Nox, who still remembers the humiliations of his school years. And when Jaraby's son gets into trouble with the law, Nox has the perfect stick with which to beat him. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969250
ISBN
9780241969250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Features the awkward, lonely, curious teenager Timothy Gedge as he wanders around the bland seaside town of Dynmouth. Timothy takes a prurient interest in the lives of the adults there, who only realise the sinister purpose to which he seeks to put his knowledge too late. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241971833
ISBN
9780241971833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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