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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. For Mary, her son has been lost to the world, and now, living in exile and in fear, she tries to piece together the memories of the events that led to her son's brutal death. To her he was a vulnerable figure, surrounded by men who could not be trusted, living in a time of turmoil and change. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241962978
ISBN
9780241962978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. From the young Pakistani immigrant who seeks some kind of permanence in a strange town to the Irish woman reluctantly returning to Dublin and discovering a city that refuses to acknowledge her long absence. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141041773
ISBN
9780141041773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. . Very good copy in bright and clean dustwrapper. First edition.

Includes neat newsclippings on the author.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
SKU
KEX0303152
ISBN
9780241257685
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. She is fiercely intelligent, at times difficult and impatient, at times kind, but she is trapped by her circumstances, and waiting for any chance which will lift her beyond them. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141041759
ISBN
9780141041759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141041742
ISBN
9780141041742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241972700
ISBN
9780241972700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004, a remarkable novel about Henry James, the American-born novelist and a connoisseur of exile. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266. Signed on title page. Good clean copy. Covers sunned to spine, showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031524
ISBN
9780330485661
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. The marvellously inventive, genre-bending, noir-inflected debut novel from the author of The Underground Railroad. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Fleet
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708898475
ISBN
9780708898475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841155708
ISBN
9781841155708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Fleet
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708898406
ISBN
9780708898406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

paperback. It's the summer of 1985 and Benji is determined that this is the summer when things will change and he'll fit in. For starters, he'll be reinvented as 'Ben'. When that doesn't catch on, it's another summer of the perpetual mortification that is teenage existence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099531883
ISBN
9780099531883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. fine in a fine dustjacket, signed by the author
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTK0095991
ISBN
9781408829370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408841280
ISBN
9781408841280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. At the turn of the twentieth century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country: digging the tunnel far beneath the Hudson that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In the bowels of the riverbed, the workers - black, white, Irish and Italian - dig together, the darkness erasing all differences. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214. 256 pages. At the turn of the twentieth century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country: digging the tunnel far beneath the Hudson that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In the bowels of the riverbed, the workers - black, white, Irish and Italian - dig together, the darkness erasing all differences. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight: 182.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408805916
ISBN
9781408805916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. Winner of the National Book Award and a New York Times bestseller Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9781408801185
ISBN
9781408801185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. 'Excellent, a very powerful and moving piece of work' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks & creases, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0018622
ISBN
9780753811207
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, which also has an important role in understanding 21st century. China 'And remember: Heaven's blessing will cease forever if there's despair and poverty in your lands.' This book deals with this topic. Translator(s): Palmer, Martin. Num Pages: 256 pages, throughout. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197463
ISBN
9780141197463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061436918
ISBN
9780061436918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780920897850
ISBN
9780920897850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. A frightened girl bangs on a door. A man answers. From the moment he invites her in, his world will never be the same again. She will tell him about her family, and their strange life in the show home of an abandoned housing estate. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784161460
ISBN
9781784161460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. A novel in verse tells of one man's self-induced tragedy and his search for happiness. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848664371
ISBN
9781848664371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Set against a Tyneside background, this novel features an illegitimate girl who made a rich and powerful impression on all the men and women around her, forging an empire for herself amidst the coalmines and shipyards, founding a dynasty in defiance of social conventions. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006351
ISBN
9780552140928
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. As far as Bliss Edwards can tell, she's the last virgin standing, certainly amongst her friends. And she's determined to deal with the 'problem' as quickly and simply as possible. But her plan for a no-strings one night stand turns out to be anything but simple. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 204. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KHN0000901
ISBN
9780091953386
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Two Americans held hostage on their yacht by Somalis in the Indian Ocean.. an epic drama of conflict, redemption and common humanity. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848663138
ISBN
9781848663138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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