Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Bobby - young, black and happily in love with Hispanic girlfriend Maria - lives in a cramped Bronx apartment with his mother, his younger siblings and walls full of rats. But when Bobby and Maria are brutally attacked by a Hispanic gang, leaving the couple severely injured, everything changes. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141195698
- ISBN
- 9780141195698
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.45
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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
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141195643
- ISBN
- 9780141195643
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.59
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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
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.21
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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€ 10.87
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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
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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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
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.22
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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
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Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 4.99
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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
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Condition: New
€ 95.96
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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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
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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
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Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Samuel Wachtman´s Sons, Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941905081
- ISBN
- 9781941905081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.40
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Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Shanghai Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602202535
- ISBN
- 9781602202535
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.23
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Paperback. This collection is a companion to "Modern Short Stories One". The 15 short stories included are by writers from Africa, America, Australia, India, Ireland, Italy and Great Britain. The writers include Dino Buzzati, Dorothy Parker, Primo Levi, Maeve Binchy, Garrison Keillor and Peter Carey. Editor(s): Hunter, Jim. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 178 x 113 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006264
- ISBN
- 9780571169863
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
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Paperback. A phalanx of motorcycles came roaring over the hill from the west.. the noise was like a landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowing the Angels I couldn't quite handle what I was seeing. It was like Genghis Khan, Morgan's Raiders, the Wild One and the Rape of Nanking all at once. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 21. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241951583
- ISBN
- 9780241951583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
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Hardcover.
- Edition
- Media tie-in
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679602989
- ISBN
- 9780679602989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.98
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€ 21.98
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Edition
- 1st Ballantine Books trade ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345410085
- ISBN
- 9780345410085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.50
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Paperback. The sultry classic of a journalist's sordid life in Puerto Rico Series: Bloomsbury Classic Reads. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 126. Series: Bloomsbury Classic Reads. 224 pages, maps. The sultry classic of a journalist's sordid life in Puerto Rico. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 177 x 112 x 16. Weight: 126.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- UK open market ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747574576
- ISBN
- 9780747574576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
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Paperback. One Hundred Shadows is an oblique, hard-edged novel tinged with offbeat fantasy, set in a slum electronics market in central Seoul earmarked for demolition. Translator(s): Jung, Yewon. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Tilted Axis Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911284024
- ISBN
- 9781911284024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.37
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Paperback. In a drab North Korean city, a seventh daughter is born to a couple longing for a son. Abandoned hours after her birth, she is eventually rescued by her grandmother. The old woman names the child Bari, after a legend telling of a forsaken princess who undertakes a quest for an elixir that will bring peace to the souls of the dead. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Periscope
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859641743
- ISBN
- 9781859641743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.61
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paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609805074
- ISBN
- 9781609805074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.39
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cleis Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573442756
- ISBN
- 9781573442756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.79
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€ 15.79