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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628970005
ISBN
9781628970005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. Ignatius J Reilly is fat, flatulent, eloquent and almost unemployable. By the standards of ordinary folk he is pretty much unhinged, too. But is he bothered by this? No. For this misanthropic crusader against an America fallen into vice and ignorance has a mission: to rescue a naked female philosopher in distress. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 26. Weight in Grams: 238.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241951590
ISBN
9780241951590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardback. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 255 x 31. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780241284667
ISBN
9780241284667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius ignores them as he heaves his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. But his momma has a nasty surprise in store for him. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141182865
ISBN
9780141182865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. In the spirit of Then We Came to the End and This Is Where I Leave You, John Kenney mines his own advertising background to create this moving debut. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 286 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472152107
ISBN
9781472152107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Truth in Advertising is a wickedly funny and poignant novel about the absurdity of life, the complications of love, and the meaning of family. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Touchstone
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451675559
ISBN
9781451675559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.07

Paperback. A novel of social protest chronicling the lives of the Youngblood family and their friends in Crossroads, Georgia from the turn of the 20th century to the Great Depression. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820322018
ISBN
9780820322018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.17

Paperback. .
Publisher
London Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956815583
ISBN
9780956815583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Terry is sick and not sure he's going to make his fiftieth birthday, but is kept going by his music, his lovely assistant Angie, and his discovery of the abandoned Union Jack Club, which he decides to clean up and re-open. Ray, meanwhile, is out driving mini-cabs and struggling to control his anger - his only release. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458876
ISBN
9780099458876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.79

Paperback. For Joe, the summer of 1977 meant punk rock, fun and violence. Fast forward to 1988 and Joe is on the Trans-Siberian express coming to terms with his best mate's suicide back in 1977. In the present, Joe still has to come to terms with Smiles's death. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002075
ISBN
9780099283164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. For Joe, the summer of 1977 meant punk rock, fun and violence. Fast forward to 1988 and Joe is on the Trans-Siberian express coming to terms with his best mate's suicide back in 1977. In the present, Joe still has to come to terms with Smiles's death. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002076
ISBN
9780099283164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Focuses on Tom Johnson, a reasoned 'Chelsea hooligan' who represents a disaffected society operating by brutal rules. In this book, we are shown the realities of life - social degradation, unemployment, excessive drink and bad sex - and, more importantly, how they fall into a political context of surveillance, media manipulation and division. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099731917
ISBN
9780099731917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Formed in the mists of New Year's Eve, The Sex Division sees procreation at its most material, as five men devise a point system based upon the act. A missing brother, prophetic visions, a love-affair, and a confrontation draw the characters out into the open, revealing the men behind the machismo. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0038329
ISBN
9780099739517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): King, John. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 259.
Publisher
PM Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631165
ISBN
9781629631165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.89

Paperback. An American coming-of-age tale during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471152320
ISBN
9781471152320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. The eagerly-awaited paperback release of the sequel to the bestselling phenomenon Once a Runner. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 215 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439192481
ISBN
9781439192481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.61

Paperback. From the author of the bestselling Once a Runner comes the prequel, the story of a world-class athlete coming of age in the 1950s and '60s on Florida's Gold Coast. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476769882
ISBN
9781476769882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.62

Paperback. Originally self-published in 1978, Once a Runnerhas become one of the most beloved sports novels ever published. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 212 x 32. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416597896
ISBN
9781416597896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 255 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666269
ISBN
9780940666269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. Tells the story of four people whose intertwined lives span Asia's last seventy years. This novel covers the complacency of colonial life in the 1930s; the horrors of the Japanese occupation during the Second World War; and the post-war boom and the handover of the city to the Chinese. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571294855
ISBN
9780571294855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award 1996. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447275381
ISBN
9781447275381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. One warm July morning Mr Phillips climbs out of bed, leaving Mrs Phillips dozing. He prepares for his commute into the city - but this is no ordinary Wednesday. It is a day on which Mr Phillips will chat with a pornographer, stalk a tv mini-celebrity, have lunch with an aspiring record mogul, and get caught up in a bank robbery. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571294862
ISBN
9780571294862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. The residents of Pepys Road, London - a banker and his shopaholic wife, an elderly woman dying of a brain tumour, the Pakistani family who run the local shop, the young football star from Senegal and his minder - all receive anonymous postcards with a simple message: We Want What You Have. Who is behind it? What do they want? Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 438. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003391
ISBN
9780571234622
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Ditch-crawling has no rules, just aesthetic principles, the most important thing is to travel lightly, leave no legacies, and try to make no sound at all. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547689
ISBN
9781857547689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.05

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