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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
New
SKU
KKE0000935
ISBN
9781853260483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce's "Dubliners" and the symbolism of "Ulysses", and is essential to the understanding of the later work Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
KKE0000942
ISBN
9781853260063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 b/w + 26 color illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181777
ISBN
9780300181777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

paperback. Both an insight into James Joyce's life and childhood, this novel is about sexual awakening, religious rebellion and the essential search for voice and meaning that every nascent artist must face in order to fully come into themselves. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025451
ISBN
9780141182667
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Patrick Doyle is a twenty-nine-year-old teacher in an ordinary comprehensive school. Isolated, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is employed to maintain, he begins his rebellion, fuelled by drink and his passionate, unrequited love for a fellow teacher. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283096
ISBN
9780099283096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Taken from completed drafts on the author's desk, this title tells of the accidental meeting and the complex union between a white man and a black woman in times of racial tension and sexual violence. Set in a North American city in midwinter, it expands into a universal allegory of suffering and death. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841951256
ISBN
9781841951256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. 232 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indigo Dreams Publishing
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907401787
ISBN
9781907401787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. The third highly acclaimed novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, and winner of the Edgar award. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409109501
ISBN
9781409109501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. A mesmerising novel set in the Louisiana heartland from award-winning author James Lee Burke. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752826394
ISBN
9780752826394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The fifth gripping novel in the highly acclaimed Dave Robicheaux series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820308
ISBN
9780753820308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The outstanding first book in the ever-popular Dave Robicheaux series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 113. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820339
ISBN
9780753820339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Informed by vivid research, The Balloonist is a passionate novel of an almost forgotten service of World War I Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471139000
ISBN
9781471139000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. March 1895, and at Oxford University, a Professor Quantock claims he has built a computational device capable of analytical thought to rival Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock cannot ignore the challenge, and he and Watson travel to Oxford, where a battle of wits ensues. But it soon becomes clear that the Thinking Engine has its own agenda. The companions' lives are on the line as a ghost from the past catches up with them.. Series: SHERLOCK HOLMES. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 131 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783295036
ISBN
9781783295036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. 'Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler' Tom Wolfe Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752864365
ISBN
9780752864365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. An extraordinary story of high diplomacy, low intrigue and a dangerous love affair set during the fiery nights of the Blitz-now in paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715650615
ISBN
9780715650615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.57

paperback. "A triumphantly preposterous fish-out-of-water campus caper .. hilarious."-Washington Post Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780393350814
ISBN
9780393350814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
Publisher
Arlen House Galway
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9781851320387
ISBN
9781851320387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594632785
ISBN
9781594632785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.74

Paperback. Bec Shepherd is a scientist struggling to lead a good life Ritchie, her brother, is a TV star with skeletons in his closet Alex wants a family if he could only meet the right woman.. One man has the information to destroy them all. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 376. 560 pages. Bec Shepherd is a scientist struggling to lead a good life Ritchie, her brother, is a TV star with skeletons in his closet Alex wants a family if he could only meet the right woman. One man has the information to destroy them all. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight: 376.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857862921
ISBN
9780857862921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.50

Paperback. A collection of short stories from an award-winning writer. The characters in these stories are driven by paranoia and doubts, as well as hopes and fears of things only half-glimpsed. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KST0006822
ISBN
9781841958088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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