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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Allah is not obliged to be fair about all things he does here on earth. After his mother's death he travels to Liberia to find his aunt but on the way gets caught up in rebel fighting and ends up with a Kalashnikov in his hands. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099433927
- ISBN
- 9780099433927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905583720
- ISBN
- 9781905583720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.42
€ 15.99
€ 14.42
paperback. The author narrates the political career of Dr Salman Khan who, from his position as Minister of Education in the South African Cabinet, is transferred to the Prison Services Portfolio. This 'fall' sets in motion a train of events. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Picador Africa South Africa
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780958470865
- ISBN
- 9780958470865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Paperback. A dark, seductive and existential page-turner from one of Turkey's bestselling and most significant writers Translator(s): Dawe, Alexander Amadeus. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Canongate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782112617
- ISBN
- 9781782112617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. Tells the story of the misadventures of Hayri Irdals, an unforgettable antihero who, along with an eccentric cast of characters (a television mystic, a pharmacist who dabbles in alchemy, a dignitary from the lost Ottoman empire, the "life-artist" Halit), founds The Time Regulation Institute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141195759
- ISBN
- 9780141195759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.95
€ 12.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. A tragic love story set against the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, and a major film from the director of House of Flying Daggers Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 118 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087037
- ISBN
- 9781844087037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781786695208
- ISBN
- 9781786695208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.58
€ 12.99
€ 10.58
Hardcover. These twelve masterful short stories are by one of Ireland's leading practitioners of the art. This gathering marks a welcome return of a major voice in Irish literature, unpublished since the 1990s. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Ireland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843516415
- ISBN
- 9781843516415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (LA) ELT advanced. Dimension: 113 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 126. 151pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848401006
- ISBN
- 9781848401006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.61
€ 9.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851320479
- ISBN
- 9781851320479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370. Greetings, Hero is the ironic, smart and tender debut of Irish writer Aiden O'Reilly. Features love, betrayal, alienation and DIY
- Publisher
- Honest Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780957142756
- ISBN
- 9780957142756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 13.01
€ 15.00
€ 13.01
Paperback. When Mona Gray is ten, her father contracts a mysterious illness. When she becomes a maths teacher, Mona delights her pupils by encouraging them to find objects that take the form of numbers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Windmill Books London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KEX0245656
- ISBN
- 9780099558521
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. On the eve of her ninth birthday, Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. All at once her cheerful, can-do mother tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes perilous. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099538264
- ISBN
- 9780099538264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Ram Karan, a corrupt official in the Delhi school system, lives in one of the city's slums with his widowed daughter and his eight-year-old granddaughter. Bumbling, contradictory, sad, Ram is a man corroded by a guilty secret. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571313594
- ISBN
- 9780571313594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. For eight-year-old Ajay and his older brother Birju, life in Dehli in the late 1970s follows a comfortable, predictable routine: bathing on the roof, queuing for milk, playing cricket in the street. Yet, everything changes when their father finds a job in America - a land of carpets and elevators, swimsuits and hot water on tap. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571224548
- ISBN
- 9780571224548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.19
€ 13.99
€ 12.19
Paperback. Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been destroyed. Japan is in ruins and occupied by the Americans. Takuya, an ex-officer in the Imperial Army, has returned to his native village only to learn that the Occupation authorities are intensifying their efforts to apprehend suspected war criminals. And those who are found guilty are being sentenced to death. Translator(s): Ealey, Mark. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 203.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Edinburgh
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841954790
- ISBN
- 9781841954790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. An evocative historical novel with a sting in the tail, Shipwrecks is a powerful and deeply moving Japanese classic Translator(s): Ealey, Mark. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 160
- SKU
- KKD0006098
- ISBN
- 9781841952215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A hugely original anthology of imaginative fiction edited by bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755336623
- ISBN
- 9780755336623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Translator(s): Shalaby, Amany. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Blue Dome Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935295600
- ISBN
- 9781935295600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. The new book from Alaa Al Aswany, author of the international bestseller 'The Yacoubian Building' and 'Chicago'. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 121 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007314515
- ISBN
- 9780007314515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life 'Among the best writers in the Middle East today .. Al Aswany has his own magic' Guardian Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857862204
- ISBN
- 9780857862204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 14.77
€ 21.99
€ 14.77
Paperback. This exceptional Egyptian novel - as mesmerising as it is controversial - caused an unprecedented stir when it was first published in Arabic. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007243624
- ISBN
- 9780007243624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 2. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857862211
- ISBN
- 9780857862211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564784810
- ISBN
- 9781564784810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 6.23
€ 9.99
€ 6.23