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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266. Some minor shelf wear but overall in a very good condition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSC0002366
ISBN
9781408809938
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel, that recounts the rollicking tale of a young deaf boy and how he learned to survive and thrive at the turn of the twentieth century. Series: Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563686368
ISBN
9781563686368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172667
ISBN
9781590172667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286. 256 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 17. Weight: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Welcome Rain Publishers
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566492546
ISBN
9781566492546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.27

Hardback. At once a bittersweet romance and a vividly detailed portrait of life in a southern Taiwanese coastal town in the 1970s, this prize-winning Taiwanese bestseller about love, betrayal, family life, and the power of tradition captures the intimacy of agricultural life in the midst of an increasingly industrialized society. Translator(s): Wu, Michelle. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231117920
ISBN
9780231117920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.94
€ 76.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 329 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
Anchor
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385093798
ISBN
9780385093798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.86

Paperback. Harry Goldfarb, heroin addict and son of lonely widow Sara, cares only about enjoying the good life with girlfriend Marion and best friend Tyrone C Love, and making the most of all the hash, poppers and dope they can get. Sara Goldfarb sits at home with the TV, dreaming of the life she could have and struggling with her own addictions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195667
ISBN
9780141195667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. The prisoner's remand cell becomes the scene of a surreal mental torture. This is an examination of the suffering humans can inflict on each other. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195674
ISBN
9780141195674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Harry White is the man other men want to be: admired by his peers, talented, rich, and desired by countless women. His steady rise to a position of unprecedented influence in a New York investment firm seems inevitable to those who know him, and on the way he acquires a beautiful wife and children. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195643
ISBN
9780141195643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. A novel that tells the stories of New Yorkers who at every turn confront the worst excesses in human nature. It includes such creations as: Georgette, the transvestite who falls in love with a callous hoodlum; and Tralala, the conniving prostitute who plumbs the depths of sexual degradation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195650
ISBN
9780141195650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Hugh Graham captures the passage of years, the progression of accumulation and recurrence, the present as dammed up history. Without warning, a world on the road to epiphany. And that world, threatened with disaster. Figures emerge, often from twilight. Here are eleven stories of clarity and dark empathy. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550964868
ISBN
9781550964868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.20

Paperback. Palmer has never been the same since his father walked out twelve years ago. His elder sister, Vic, is trying to run away from the past; his younger brothers, Connor and Rob, are risking their lives to embrace it. His mother, left with nothing but anger, is just trying to forget. Num Pages: 384 pages, map (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595151
ISBN
9780099595151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. When Thomas Lang, a hired gun with a soft heart, is contracted to assassinate an American industrialist, he opts instead to warn the intended victim - a good deed that doesn't go unpunished. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099469391
ISBN
9780099469391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The drunk man lies on a moonlit hillside looking at a thistle, jaggy and beautiful, which epitomises Scotland's divided self. The man reflects on the fate of the nation, the human condition in general and his own personal fears. This book contains commentary and notes, and takes the reader through the author's complex and opaque use of language. Editor(s): Buthlay, Kenneth. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846970269
ISBN
9781846970269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. George and Catherine Stewart share the worry of Catherine's illness, which could cause her death at any time, and the memory of Jerome Martell, Catherine's first husband and George's closest friend. Martel, a doctor, is presumed to have died in a Nazi prison camp. But then he suddenly returns. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773524965
ISBN
9780773524965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. Robbie is an ordinary Dublin boy until he hurts his head in an accident on St Patrick's Day. His injury changes everything. When he returns to conciousness, Robbie believes that God has given him the power to perform miracles. When tragedy strikes closer to home, Robbie needs all his powers to keep his world intact. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 149.
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
208
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
9780099462088
ISBN
9780099462088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. A European novel of racial mixing and "passing" in early twentieth-century America that serves as a unique account of transnational and transcultural racial attitudes that continue to reverberate today. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139825
ISBN
9781571139825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. Hugo Hamilton, the internationally acclaimed author of 'The Speckled People' and 'Sailor in the Wardrobe', turns his hand back to fiction with a compelling drama tracing Berlin's central historical importance throughout the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRF0031544
ISBN
9780007314706
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Not only haunted by death, but also by beauty and the strangeness of being alive. A deeply memorable novel' Colm Toibin Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007324866
ISBN
9780007324866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Hardback. The eponymous Old Testament hero Noah fuels his local economy with a prescient plan to build the Ark. Though no one around him seriously believes in the coming flood, everyone is more than willing to do business with him: The people of Mesopotamia had never had it so good. Translator(s): Willcocks, Samuel P. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420466
ISBN
9780857420466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.02

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