Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182636
- ISBN
- 9780141182636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.78
€ 9.99
€ 8.78
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375759642
- ISBN
- 9780375759642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.99
€ 15.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. It is the French Riviera in the 1920s. Nicole and Dick Diver are a wealthy, elegant, magnetic couple. A coterie of admirers are drawn to them, none more so than the blooming young starlet Rosemary Hoyt. When Rosemary falls for Dick, the Diver's calculated perfection begins to crack. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099541523
- ISBN
- 9780099541523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375758867
- ISBN
- 9780375758867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.66
€ 15.99
€ 14.66
Hardcover. Pampered as a child, wealthy, brilliant at school, Amory Blaine looks for the love of others but only finds himself. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152272
- ISBN
- 9781857152272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
paperback. Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole, who hold court at their villa. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141183596
- ISBN
- 9780141183596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.82
€ 4.82
Paperback. Amory Blaine, intent on rebelling against his staid, Midwestern upbringing, longs to acquire the patina of Eastern sophistication. In his quest for sexual and intellectual enlightenment, he progresses through a series of relationships, until he is cast out into the real world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185576
- ISBN
- 9780141185576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. A summary of the "roaring twenties", and a expose of the "Jazz Age", this book, through the narration of Nick Carraway, takes the reader into the world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0009521
- ISBN
- 9781853260414
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.74
€ 6.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307474513
- ISBN
- 9780307474513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.11
€ 13.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. A summary of the "roaring twenties", and a expose of the "Jazz Age", this book, through the narration of Nick Carraway, takes the reader into the world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKE0000943
- ISBN
- 9781853260414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.74
€ 6.74
paperback. Anthony Patch and his wife Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely and they intend to inherit the earth. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141187815
- ISBN
- 9780141187815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
paperback. Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole, who hold court at their villa. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025459
- ISBN
- 9780141183596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.82
€ 4.82
Paperback. The hermetic world of boxing is notoriously difficult for outsiders to understand, though it has provided a source of fascination to numerous writers. This work is a collection of short stories and a novella. It aims to bring a different understanding to the violence and purity of the sweet science, opening a window into the fighter's sole. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KAK0006871
- ISBN
- 9780099490586
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. 1910, and Corley Roper, an eminent children's author of his age, mourns the death of his young daughter. Estranged from his wife, and wracked by grief, he happens one night upon Mary Wilson, a woman in a similar position, as she mourns her stillborn son. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KNW0014466
- ISBN
- 9780571238057
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783782673
- ISBN
- 9781783782673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783783731
- ISBN
- 9781783783731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
€ 11.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. Abandoned as a newborn at the doors of the local YMCA and then bounced between foster homes, Shannon eventually finds stability in the home of Miranda, a single mother with a daughter of her own. But as Shannon grows, so do her questions. Will she ever belong? Who is her true family? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571305476
- ISBN
- 9780571305476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.16
€ 10.99
€ 9.16
Paperback. A powerful and disturbing novel about Cambodia from an award-winning Canadian writer - an extraordinary act of empathy for those who suffered under the Khmer Rouge Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084910
- ISBN
- 9781847084910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.83
€ 11.99
€ 9.83
Paperback. One night, Enaiatollah's mother tells him three things: don't use drugs, don't use weapons, don't steal. The next day he wakes up to find she isn't there. Ten-year-old Enaiatollah is left alone in Pakistan to fend for himself. This book describes his five-year journey from Afghanistan to Italy where he finally managed to claim political asylum. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099555452
- ISBN
- 9780099555452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. A father sets out to save the Islamic world. A daughter sets out to save herself. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Heron Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069508
- ISBN
- 9781782069508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
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€ 10.97
Paperback. Fifteen year old Doria is in the misnamed Paradise Estate on the outskirts of Paris. Her father has gone off back to Morocco to find a wife who can give him a boy. This novel tells the story of Doria who is both clued up and innocent, acutely aware of what's in store for her and powerless to change it. She is funny, clever and tragically trapped. Translator(s): Ardizzone, Sarah. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Definitions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862301580
- ISBN
- 9781862301580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Meet Maggie Fortenberry. Her life seems pretty much perfect - she's beautiful, charming and successful, just as you'd expect of a former Miss Alabama. But in fact, Maggie is perfectly miserable. By now she should have been living in an elegant house with an adoring husband and 2.5 children. Instead, she makes a living selling that dream to others. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099555483
- ISBN
- 9780099555483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Takes us through the lives of an engaging crew of misfits, fixers and ordinary good-hearted folk, set against the vivid natural backdrop of a mellow Alabama winter, along the riverside where birds and fish abound. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099490487
- ISBN
- 9780099490487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. A novel spanning late 1940s small-town America and the New York media world of the 1970s, by the author of FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLESTOP CAFE. It tells the story of a television interviewer with emotional and drink problems who was abandoned as a teenager by her mother. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099288558
- ISBN
- 9780099288558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.49
€ 21.99
€ 17.49