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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Explores the personal relationship between Burroughs and cats. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189901
ISBN
9780141189901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A novel that offers an account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures and relapses. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189826
ISBN
9780141189826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A novel that sees wild boys engage in vigorous, ritualistic sex and drug taking, as well as pranksterish guerrilla warfare and open combat with a confused and outmatched army. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189833
ISBN
9780141189833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Intends to satirize modern society in a poetic story of sex, drugs, disease and adventure. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189932
ISBN
9780141189932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Offers a mix of autobiographical episodes and Egyptian theology. This novel blends war films and pornography. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189949
ISBN
9780141189949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.66

Paperback. A book of dreams that cover themes from the mundane and ordinary - conversations with the author's friends Allen Ginsberg or Ian Sommerville, feeding his cats, procuring drugs or sex - to the erotic, bizarre and visionary. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189895
ISBN
9780141189895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Fires the reader into a textual outer space to show us our burning planet and to reveal the operations of the Nova Mob in all their ugliness. This book reveals how Nova Express was cut from a wealth of typescripts to create startling new forms of poetic possibility. Editor(s): Harris, Oliver. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396064
ISBN
9780141396064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A man, dispirited by ageing, endeavours to steal a younger man's face; a doctor yearns for a virus that might eliminate his discomfort by turning everyone else into doubles of himself; a Colonel lays out the precepts of the life of DE (Do Easy); and conspirators posthumously succeed in blowing up a train full of nerve gas. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189840
ISBN
9780141189840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Presents a surreal novel. It is based on orgiastic wasteland of drugs, depravity, political plots, paranoia, sadistic medical experiments and endless, gnawing addiction. It also features authors notes on the text and alternate drafts. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189765
ISBN
9780141189765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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
€ 11.05

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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
€ 11.00

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
€ 12.83

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
€ 10.86

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
€ 11.00

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
€ 11.00

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

€ 38.62

Paperback. In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. This novel is Turner's confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. It encompasses the betrayals, cruelties and humiliations that made up slavery. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285564
ISBN
9780099285564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.32

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