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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141198064
- ISBN
- 9780141198064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
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Paperback. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. This title tells the story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence. Editor(s): Judt, Tony. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185132
- ISBN
- 9780141185132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
Paperback. Offers a portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, this novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - and our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141187945
- ISBN
- 9780141187945
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.97
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€ 8.97
Paperback. An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It also questions two events held sacred by the left wing, the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Translator(s): Bower, Anthony. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182018
- ISBN
- 9780141182018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 992
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188300
- ISBN
- 9780141188300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.90
€ 26.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. Translator(s): Goyen, William. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811218740
- ISBN
- 9780811218740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.19
€ 16.99
€ 15.19
Paperback. This creepy, paranoid and thrilling novel has become an international bestseller and cult classic Translator(s): Morgan, Cheryl Leah. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Canongate Canons
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main - Canons Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782117179
- ISBN
- 9781782117179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
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€ 10.74
Paperback. It is 1914. In the heart of the Belgian Congo, Garvey, a bedraggled British manservant, emerges from the jungle. He is the lone survivor of a mining expedition. With him, he carries two huge diamonds. From his prison cell in London, Garvey recounts his horrific and thrilling ordeal. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 300. 448 pages. It is 1914. In the heart of the Belgian Congo, Garvey, a bedraggled British manservant, emerges from the jungle. He is the lone survivor of a mining expedition. With him, he carries two huge diamonds. From his prison cell in London, Garvey recounts his horrific and thrilling ordeal. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight: 300. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847671240
- ISBN
- 9781847671240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
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Paperback. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 46. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publisher
- Galileo Multimedia Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903385555
- ISBN
- 9781903385555
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.00
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€ 16.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 140. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Huia Publishers New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781775500377
- ISBN
- 9781775500377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.79
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Paperback. With a playful nod to Robert Louis Stevenson's life and magnificent fictions, Manguel has woven a compelling tale among the palm trees of the South Pacific. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841955988
- ISBN
- 9781841955988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.97
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Paperback. Where can you find truth in a world that is so thoroughly ruled by lies? That is the question tackled by the investigation of a French journalist who endeavours to shed light on the enigma of an unexplained death: that of the Argentinian writer Alejandro Bevilacqua, found lying on the pavement underneath his balcony in Madrid in the mid-1970s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250. 288 pages. Where can you find truth in a world that is so thoroughly ruled by lies? That is the question tackled by the investigation of a French journalist who endeavours to shed light on the enigma of an unexplained death: that of the Argentinian writer Alejandro Bevilacqua, found lying on the pavement underneath his balcony in Madrid in the mid-1970s. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 145 x 197 x 24. Weight: 250.
- Publisher
- Alma Publishing Company
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846881329
- ISBN
- 9781846881329
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Condition: New
€ 11.98
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Paperback. Translator(s): Davidson, Angus. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590171226
- ISBN
- 9781590171226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.33
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Paperback. Translator(s): Davidson, Angus. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590171219
- ISBN
- 9781590171219
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
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€ 17.67
Paperback. Anthony Beavis is a man inclined to recoil from life. His past is haunted by the death of his friend Brian and by his entanglement with the cynical and manipulative Mary Amberley. Realising that his determined detachment from the world has been motivated not by intellectual honesty but by moral cowardice, he attempts to find a new way to live. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099458173
- ISBN
- 9780099458173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in love with the luscious but cold-hearted Lucy who devours every man in sight; the repulsive Spandrell deflowers young girls for the sake of entertainment and all the while everyone is engaged in dazzling and witty conversation. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099458197
- ISBN
- 9780099458197
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
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Paperback. In February 2108, the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition reaches California at last. It is over a century since the world was devastated by nuclear war, but the blight of radioactivity and disease still gnaws away at the survivors. The expedition expects to find physical destruction but they are unprepared for the moral degradation they meet. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099477785
- ISBN
- 9780099477785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. When Theodore Gumbril hits upon the notion of designing a type of pneumatic trouser to ease the discomfort of a sedentary life, he decides the time has come to leave his position as housemaster in a boys' public school and seek his fortune in the metropolis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099458180
- ISBN
- 9780099458180
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 4.99
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€ 4.99
Paperback. Denis Stone, a naive young poet, is invited to stay at Crome, a country house renowned for its gatherings of 'bright young things'. His hosts, Henry Wimbush and his exotic wife Priscilla, are joined by a party of colourful guests whose intrigues and opinions ensure Denis' stay is a memorable one. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099461890
- ISBN
- 9780099461890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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Paperback. When cynical journalist, Will Farnaby, arrives to research potential oil reserves on Pala, he quickly falls in love with the way of life on the island. Soon the need to complete his mission becomes an intolerable burden and he must make a difficult choice. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099477778
- ISBN
- 9780099477778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.07
€ 13.99
€ 11.07