Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Familiar with his students' hostile attitude towards both his lectures and himself, a senior school teacher reaches a decision that forces an assessment of his choice of life, of his marriage and ultimately of his values and worth in modern society. This is a story of a man lost in a world that no longer recognises either him or his talent. Translator(s): Lyngstad, Sverre. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005757
- ISBN
- 9781843432104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Familiar with his students' hostile attitude towards both his lectures and himself, a senior school teacher reaches a decision that forces an assessment of his choice of life, of his marriage and ultimately of his values and worth in modern society. This is a story of a man lost in a world that no longer recognises either him or his talent. Translator(s): Lyngstad, Sverre. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005885
- ISBN
- 9781843432104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Avalon Travel Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Pbk. Ed
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802134196
- ISBN
- 9780802134196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.41
€ 13.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 36 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 256 x 4. Weight in Grams: 127.
- Publisher
- Down East Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Edition
- Open Market Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892720323
- ISBN
- 9780892720323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.65
€ 14.99
€ 13.65
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946416
- ISBN
- 9781908946416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.10
€ 19.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946430
- ISBN
- 9781908946430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.10
€ 19.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. Two boys, both sons of doctors, are sent to the top of a mountain for "re-education" in Mao's China; an education that involves carting buckets of excrement up and down precipitous paths. They discover instead the discreet charm of bourgeois literature and the local tailor's attractive daughter. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286431
- ISBN
- 9780099286431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. A white-knuckle fiction ride through the South Wales Valleys during the 20th century. Power, sex, money and ambition all twist through the pages as Smith creates a feast of intellectual and physical provocation stories that send a shudder of fearful recognition through to the reader. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910901922
- ISBN
- 9781910901922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.45
€ 12.45
Paperback. Dream On is a composite novel: part black comedy and flashlight noir thriller, part meditation on the stories that connect up the frayed wires in the business of living. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909844711
- ISBN
- 9781909844711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.52
€ 20.52
Paperback. The Fen is a liminal land. Real people live their lives here. They wrestle with sex and desire, with everyday routine. This is a place where animals and people commingle and fuse, where curious metamorphoses take place, where myth and dark magic still linger. So here a woman might give birth to a, well, what? Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784702106
- ISBN
- 9781784702106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007431748
- ISBN
- 9780007431748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Daisy Waugh's commercial fiction debut is a wickedly funny satire of the bitch-eat-bitch world of celebrity PR, with an unexpected romantic heart. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers London
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KEX0201026
- ISBN
- 9780007119066
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Daisy Waugh's commercial fiction debut is a wickedly funny satire of the bitch-eat-bitch world of celebrity PR, with an unexpected romantic heart. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers London
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KRS0003883
- ISBN
- 9780007119066
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The second in a new series of high-tech, military-adventure thrillers centred on Dreamland, a top-secret weapons research centre, from the acclaimed author of FLIGHT OF THE OLD DOG and WARRIOR CLASS. Series: Dale Brown's Dreamland. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 114 x 32. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KLN0014004
- ISBN
- 9780007109678
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The second in a new series of high-tech, military-adventure thrillers centred on Dreamland, a top-secret weapons research centre, from the acclaimed author of FLIGHT OF THE OLD DOG and WARRIOR CLASS. Series: Dale Brown's Dreamland. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 114 x 32. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLN0014358
- ISBN
- 9780007109678
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Easy Rider short fiction--gritty, unsparing snapshots of just getting by in barrooms and diners on the margins of 1970s America. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Coffee House Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566893770
- ISBN
- 9781566893770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.07
€ 17.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 208 x 27. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Soho Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616955526
- ISBN
- 9781616955526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.37
€ 17.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435045739
- ISBN
- 9780435045739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.54
€ 15.54
Paperback. Joint Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize 1979 Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435895983
- ISBN
- 9780435895983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.33
€ 17.33
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681774268
- ISBN
- 9781681774268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 6.45
€ 27.99
€ 6.45
Paperback. Desperate to escape his predetermined existence, Danny decides to break out from life in Northern Ireland, and move to London. He then meets Piper, a friendly and outgoing American girl on a quest of her own. Two very different worlds are thrown together as Danny is willingly absorbed into unfamiliar territory. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Legend Times Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908248022
- ISBN
- 9781908248022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. An intense and sizzling novel seething with betrayal and political upheaval from the twice Man Booker-shortlisted author Num Pages: 192 pages, NO. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 130 x 193 x 13. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782396239
- ISBN
- 9781782396239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Hardback. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010 'One of the most beautiful and unsettling books I've ever read. I can't remember a more troubling and intense study of rootlessness and loneliness; Galgut is a writer of great, almost frightening, depth.' Tash Aw Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338. Very good copy in clean dustwrapper. Second impression
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KEX0303109
- ISBN
- 9781848873223
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00