Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. 'Do the Irish have, in relation to anybody else, any special capacity for the short story?'. Collecting short stories that cover many generations and moods of Irish writing, this title answers the question. It features the stories that range from Lady Gregory's retelling of an ancient love story through to the prolific William Trevor. Editor(s): Kiely, Benedict. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- 9780241955451
- ISBN
- 9780241955451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.68
€ 23.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gazelle Book Services
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120740167
- ISBN
- 9788120740167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.38
€ 10.99
€ 9.38
Paperback. Dramatic and utterly compelling, this is a heartwarming story about despair and hope, passion and heartache, and the strength of true friendship, set in turn-of-the-century Victorian Newcastle Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747266181
- ISBN
- 9780747266181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. In this gripping and deeply evocative crime novel, Benjamin Black returns us to the dark, mesmerising world of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye and his singular detective Philip Marlowe; one of the most iconic detectives in crime fiction. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402. Very minor wear, but remains excellent
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Air Iri OME
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- 9781447238041
- ISBN
- 9781447238041
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 15.99€ 6.75
€ 15.99
€ 6.75
Paperback. This story of the Texas frontier dramatizes the capture by a Comanche band of a ten-year-old white girl and her five-year-old sister from the upper reaches of the Brazos River a decade before the Civil War. Series: Texas Tradition Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875651958
- ISBN
- 9780875651958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.57
€ 19.99
€ 19.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509830312
- ISBN
- 9781509830312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Interlink Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566569279
- ISBN
- 9781566569279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.12
€ 15.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956240125
- ISBN
- 9780956240125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.64
€ 16.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. Ten years out of Yale and drifting through a teaching career, Greg Marnier heads for his college reunion, jetlagged and drunk. There he bumps into an old friend, Robert James, now wealthy and influential from dotcom success. He has a plan: to buy up several abandoned neighbourhoods in Detroit and build a new America from their ruins. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571313426
- ISBN
- 9780571313426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. Presents a story-within-a-story that turns on questions about childhood and sexual awakening, innocence and attraction, while exploring the lives of three very different writers and their brushes with success and failure in both literature and life. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571233373
- ISBN
- 9780571233373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 387.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571217915
- ISBN
- 9780571217915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.15
€ 10.99
€ 9.15
Paperback. Fresh out of college, the narrator finds himself drifting towards a career that once obsessed his father - professional basketball. But then he meets Anke, a young single mother who happens to be the former wife of one of his teammates; and their relationship becomes as significant and as life changing as the game itself. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571253173
- ISBN
- 9780571253173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.16
€ 10.99
€ 9.16
Paperback. Captures a city in microcosm through a series of character portraits, and forms a picture of people whose lives are inextricably linked by circumstance and community - but above all by a need to be loved. This novel features wry humour and the subtle shades of Manhattan moods. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571226665
- ISBN
- 9780571226665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber London
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228096
- ISBN
- 9780571223398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A Spanish family torn apart by the Civil War. A story of exile, love, and loss in Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and Mexico. A marriage embittered by disappointment, a boy struck by lightning and a young woman running headlong into a personal hell. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber London
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228233
- ISBN
- 9780571209019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A tale of heartbreak and Hollywood, perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Nick Hornby, from a leading US entertainment journalist. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780225135
- ISBN
- 9781780225135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.41
€ 10.99
€ 9.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJ; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408865064
- ISBN
- 9781408865064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 622
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915864775
- ISBN
- 9780915864775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.38
€ 21.38
Paperback. In this harrowing novel, a young Moroccan bookseller is falsely accused of being involved in jihadist activities. Drugged and carried off the street, Hamuda is "extraordinarily rendered" to a prison camp in an unknown location where he is interrogated and subjected to various methods of torture. Translator(s): Allen, Roger. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610472
- ISBN
- 9780815610472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.89
€ 19.99
€ 19.89
paperback. Translator(s): Schwartz, Marian. Series: New Directions Classic. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New Directions United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811214735
- ISBN
- 9780811214735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.66
€ 15.99
€ 15.66
Paperback. Patty Murphy is facing that pivotal point in a woman's life when her biological clock ticks as insistently as a beating heart. Will she find Mr Right and start a family? But Patty is in love - with a man who is not only attractive and financially sound, but sensitive and warmhearted. There's just one small problem: He is also gay. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KRF0037829
- ISBN
- 9780099451761
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 271 pages, printed music items. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Frederick Fell United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780883912799
- ISBN
- 9780883912799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.42
€ 16.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. A novel set in post-9/11 New York City about a supermodel and the ultimate Broadway blockbuster. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350309
- ISBN
- 9781584350309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.39
€ 20.99
€ 15.39
Paperback. Every woman has thought it. Cat O'Connor is no different. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751542295
- ISBN
- 9780751542295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.62
€ 9.99
€ 8.62