×


 x 

Shopping cart

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Results 1581 - 1600 of 14828

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 5AF; FA; FYB; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68. Series: Dover Thrift S. 80 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 5AF; FA; FYB; YFA. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 5. Weight: 72.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298573
ISBN
9780486298573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

Paperback. Returning to Belfast, to attend her father's funeral. Catherine McKenna - a young composer - remembers why she left: the claustrophobic intimacies of the Catholic enclave, her fastidious, nagging mother, and the pervading tensions of a city at war with itself. This is a novel, about coming to terms with the past and the healing power of music. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099778011
ISBN
9780099778011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, this book includes tales that attend to life's big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561583
ISBN
9780099561583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980's, this book tells the story of a young Catholic man living in a Protestant area. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, it is a haunting love story that unfolds in a land where tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark. Num Pages: 176 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KKD0006536
ISBN
9780099767114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 11.35

Paperback. Martin Brenna is a troubled boy living in troubled times, a boy who knows all of the questions but none of the answers. Before he can become and adult, Martin must unravel the sacred and contradictory mysteries of religion, science and sex; he must learn the value of friendship; but most of all he must pass his exams - at any cost. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 259. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
First Thus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0021146
ISBN
9780099428466
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 9.39

Paperback. Martin Brenna is a troubled boy living in troubled times, a boy who knows all of the questions but none of the answers. Before he can become and adult, Martin must unravel the sacred and contradictory mysteries of religion, science and sex; he must learn the value of friendship; but most of all he must pass his exams - at any cost. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428466
ISBN
9780099428466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.39

Paperback. Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980's, this book tells the story of a young Catholic man living in a Protestant area. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, it is a haunting love story that unfolds in a land where tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark. Num Pages: 176 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 148 154pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780099767114
ISBN
9780099767114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.35

Paperback. On a promontory jutting out into the Atlantic wind stands the home run by Brother Benedict, where boys are taught a little of God and a lot of fear. To Michael Lamb, one of the Brothers, the regime is without hope, and when he inherits a small legacy he runs away, taking a 12-year-old boy with him. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120 152pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099284598
ISBN
9780099284598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 8.05

Paperback. On August 20, 1940, Marxist philosopher, politician, and revolutionary Leon Trotsky was attacked with an ice axe in his home in Coyoacan, Mexico. He died the next day. The author offers his account of Trotsky's assassination as witnessed through the eyes of an array of characters: the young American student, the Mexican police chief, and more. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260648
ISBN
9780226260648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.24

Hardback. From the author of the acclaimed Unexpected Lessons in Love - shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel of the Year. 'It is impossible to recommend Bernardine Bishop more highly' Guardian Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444789829
ISBN
9781444789829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.10

Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed Unexpected Lessons in Love - 'impossible to recommend more highly' Guardian Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444789249
ISBN
9781444789249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. With the wit of Marina Lewycka, the piercing observation of Jane Gardam, and the bittersweet charm of Mary Wesley, Unexpected Lessons in Love will appeal to all who love Penelope Fitzgerald. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547841
ISBN
9781848547841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed UNEXPECTED LESSONS IN LOVE - 'impossible to recommend more highly' Guardian Num Pages: 384 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444789270
ISBN
9781444789270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. French Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241145784
ISBN
9780241145784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Presents an imaginative inversion of the transatlantic slave trade - in which 'whytes' are enslaved by black people. This title brings the shackles and cries of long-ago barbarity uncomfortably close and raises questions about the society. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141031521
ISBN
9780141031521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Through bustling, hustling city, its slum tenements and sumptuous villas, this book follows Zuleika the daughter of Sudanese immigrants. Married to a fat, rich absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day, Septimus Severus, Emperor himself, comes to town, bringing with him not just love - but danger.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140297812
ISBN
9780140297812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140297829
ISBN
9780140297829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A semi-autobiographical novel-in-verse based on the author's own childhood and family history. It explores the lives of those who leave one country in search of a better life elsewhere, but who end up struggling to be accepted even as they lay the foundations for their children and future generations. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781852248314
ISBN
9781852248314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. A contemporary saga in the bestselling tradition of Lesley Pearse Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 35. Weight in Grams: 286. Clean copy
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0224853
ISBN
9780747266464
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A contemporary drama in the bestselling tradition of Lesley Pearse from the author of MY SISTERS' KEEPER, CHAIN OF DECEPTION, TAKEN and OLD SCORES Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472220707
ISBN
9781472220707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!