Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182131
- ISBN
- 9780141182131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. By the same authors as "French Leave" and "An Enthusiast" this book is a collection of stories first published at the turn of the century and were considered some of the funniest prose in the English language. They have more recently inspired the television series of the same name. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349101460
- ISBN
- 9780349101460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.51
€ 17.99
€ 12.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Three Rooms Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780988400894
- ISBN
- 9780988400894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.77
€ 17.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. A story of shanty-town life in Trinidad. Calvary Hill is the home of Aldrick Prospect, who lives for the carnival and his once-a-year chance to play dragon. Here too live Miss Cleothilda, the ageing carnival queen, Philo the Calypsonian, and Fisheye, who flaunts his strength in the steel bands. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571193172
- ISBN
- 9780571193172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. In the town of Cascadu, Trinidad, the 1970 Black Power rebellion has failed. Sonnyboy, hapless and luckless, is desperate to be recognised as part of the rebellion and forces the uninterested police to arrest him. KingKala, a singer, returns from detention and is sidelined in the calypso tent, his music dated and unfashionable. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571255672
- ISBN
- 9780571255672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845231484
- ISBN
- 9781845231484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. After 19 years of teaching his pupils to emigrate, Alford George, elitist schoolteacher turned populist politician, is forced to work out a welcome for the diverse races of Trinidad to their own island and how to liberate those who, despite emancipation, are still struggling under old captivities. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571192946
- ISBN
- 9780571192946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.06
€ 13.99
€ 10.06
Paperback. The second novel by an award-winning Caribbean novelist, playwright and poet. It deals with the impingements of modern life on a remote village in the interior of Trinidad which wants a school and a schoolmaster. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571196760
- ISBN
- 9780571196760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. Series: Dover Children's Classics. Num Pages: 79 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 79
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486413037
- ISBN
- 9780486413037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.43
€ 9.43
Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: European Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873982648
- ISBN
- 9781873982648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. One of the most widely celebrated artists of his generation, Atkins makes videos, draws and writes, exploiting and subverting the conventions of moving image and literature. A PRIMER FOR CADAVERS collects his fictions for the first time. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 35. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910695210
- ISBN
- 9781910695210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.24
€ 21.99
€ 21.24
Paperback. Family turmoil, existential crisis, and artistic yearnings fill this wide-ranging novel from the prize-winning author of "Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha." Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Unbridled Books United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932961881
- ISBN
- 9781932961881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.91
€ 19.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681774107
- ISBN
- 9781681774107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.21
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€ 16.21
Paperback. In Dublin, a newspaper editor is found dead. One of his colleagues, Owen Simmons, discovers a dossier on the dead man's desk. And in the dossier Owen finds a photograph, which brings him back, once again, to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Paperback, in good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KRF0015132
- ISBN
- 9780141038063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 13.99€ 11.24
€ 13.99
€ 11.24
Paperback. In Dublin, a newspaper editor is found dead. One of his colleagues, Owen Simmons, discovers a dossier on the dead man's desk. And in the dossier Owen finds a photograph, which brings him back, once again, to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KTJ0008195
- ISBN
- 9780141038063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 13.99€ 11.24
€ 13.99
€ 11.24
Paperback. An American gothic story of brotherhood, family fealty, love, scandal and disorder. One day, in an act of vengeance against their father, Paul picks up Rocky from school and nearly abandons him in the woods. Afterward, Paul disappears. Seven years later, Rocky is a teenager himself. He hasn't forgotten being abandoned by his boyhood hero. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616205263
- ISBN
- 9781616205263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.29
€ 18.99
€ 14.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 1026
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780394716787
- ISBN
- 9780394716787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Hutchisson, James M. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810468
- ISBN
- 9781554810468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.78
€ 27.99
€ 21.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845233006
- ISBN
- 9781845233006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.15
€ 26.99
€ 20.15
Paperback. Conquering the savage laws of the wilderness, Tarzan grows into a mighty warrior and becomes leader of his tribe of apes. When an expedition of white treasure hunters enters his jungle kingdom, accompanied by the beautiful Jane Porter, Tarzan's primitive heart is struck and he determines to become civilized in order to win her. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036533
- ISBN
- 9780141036533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Harsh, Constance D. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551117416
- ISBN
- 9781551117416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.87
€ 40.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. The new collection of stories from the author of the award-winning Binocular Vision. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444797046
- ISBN
- 9781444797046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. The heroine of this novel is Lily Bart, whose goal is to secure a rich husband who can sustain her lifestyle. She operates in a world where social position is important, but money can buy it. Lily is redeemed by her clear view of the corrupt society which is her gilded cage. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224191
- ISBN
- 9781840224191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33