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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Presents the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted - not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the 1960s, he and his wife must rely on 'Vatican roulette' to avoid a fourth child. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554226
- ISBN
- 9780099554226
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. Once the grandest music-hall south of the river, now its peeling foyer is home to stale popcorn, a depressed manager, and a cast of disparate picture goers who touch and shape each other's destinies. Amongst them is Mark, the cynical intellectual who seeks sensuality and finds spirituality; Clare, his girlfriend, who loses faith and.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784702694
- ISBN
- 9781784702694
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. A successful sitcom writer with plenty of money, a stable marraige, a platonic mistress and a flash car, Laurence 'Tubby' Passmore has more reason than most to be happy. Yet neither physiotherapy nor aromatherapy, cognitive-behaviour therapy or acupuncture can cure his puzzling knee pain or his equally inexplicable mid-life angst. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554196
- ISBN
- 9780099554196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
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Paperback. Beginning in the late 60s Changing Places follows the undistinguished English lecturer Philip Swallow and hotshot American professor Morris Zapp as they exchange jobs, habitats and eventually wives. Small World sees Swallow, Zapp, Persse McGarrigle and the beautiful Angelica Pabst jet-set about the international conference scene. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Combined
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529132
- ISBN
- 9780099529132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784704681
- ISBN
- 9781784704681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
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€ 14.23
Paperback. Philip Swallow, Morris Zapp, Persse McGarrigle and the lovely Angelica are the jet-propelled academics who are on the move, in the air and on the make in David Lodge's satirical Small World. It is a world of glamorous travel and high excitement, where stuffy lecture rooms are swapped for lush corners of the globe, and romance is in the air.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554165
- ISBN
- 9780099554165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
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Paperback. The restrictions of a wartime childhood in London and subsequent post-war shortages have done little to enrich Timothy's early youth. But everything changes when his glamorous older sister, Kath, invites him to spend the summer at Heidelberg. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554158
- ISBN
- 9780099554158
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
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Paperback. When Vic Wilcox (MD of Pringle's engineering works) meets English lecturer Dr Robyn Penrose, sparks fly as their lifestyles and ideologies collide head on. What, after all, are they supposed to learn from each other? But in time both parties make some surprising discoveries about each other's worlds - and about themselves. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554189
- ISBN
- 9780099554189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. When it isn't prison, it's hell. Or at least that's the heartfelt belief of conscripts Jonathan Browne and Mike 'Ginger' Brady. For this is the British Army in the days of National Service, a grimy deposit of post-war gloom. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554134
- ISBN
- 9780099554134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
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Paperback. When Philip Swallow and Professor Morris Zapp participate in their universities' Anglo-American exchange scheme, the Fates play a hand, and each academic finds himself enmeshed in the life of his counterpart on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554172
- ISBN
- 9780099554172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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€ 11.08
Paperback. A man of contradictions. A man of passion. A man of the future. Sequestered in his blitz-battered Regent's Park house in 1944, the ailing Herbert George Wells, 'H G' to his family and friends, looks back on a life crowded with incident, books, and women. This title is a novel of passion, ambition and controversy. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099556084
- ISBN
- 9780099556084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
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Paperback. Polly, Dennis, Angela, Adrian and the rest are bound to lose their spiritual innocence as well as their virginities on the journey between university in the 1950s and the marriages, families, careers and deaths that follow. On the one hand there's Sex and then the Pill, on the other there is the traditional Catholic Church. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099554141
- ISBN
- 9780099554141
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.38
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Paperback. Series: Carnegie Mellon Series in Short Fiction. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887483783
- ISBN
- 9780887483783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.39
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Paperback. Ten fascinating fictions featuring Joyce, Swift, O'Casey, Lady Gregory, Behan, and others Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Minor creasing on the cover but in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KAK0000098
- ISBN
- 9781874675662
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062510259
- ISBN
- 9780062510259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.53
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€ 19.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KEX0219858
- ISBN
- 9781902011042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300. Good to very good copy, some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KRS0019784
- ISBN
- 9781902011042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220187
- ISBN
- 9781902011042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220336
- ISBN
- 9781902011042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220337
- ISBN
- 9781902011042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220338
- ISBN
- 9781902011042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220339
- ISBN
- 9781902011042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220379
- ISBN
- 9781902011042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
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Paperback. For when Noe orders his sons to build an ark, he can't tell them where the wood will come from, just that God will provide. When he sends his daughter-in-law out to gather the animals, he can offer no directions, money, or protection. But once the rain starts, they all come to realise that the harshest test of their faith is just beginning. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782114338
- ISBN
- 9781782114338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78