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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Brick Tower Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883283605
ISBN
9781883283605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. It is 1938 and the prospect of war hangs over every London inhabitant. But the city doesn't stop. Everywhere people continue to work, drink, fall in love, and struggle to get on in life. At the lodging-house at Number 10 Dulcimer Street, Kennington, the buttoned-up clerk Mr Josser returns home with the clock he has received as a retirement gift. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442334
ISBN
9780141442334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Anv
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226472065
ISBN
9780226472065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812986136
ISBN
9780812986136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.04

Paperback. A journey into the dark recesses of the American psyche in which a hapless writer with a passion for drink and rich women finds he has a bad case of alcoholic amnesia and must try to reconstruct the missing hours of a terrible evening that resulted in his car being drenched in blood. A crime novel from the author of THE AMERICAN DREAM. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349103273
ISBN
9780349103273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

paperback. Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, and 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'. This book focuses on the 1975 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPL; DNF; FA; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141184142
ISBN
9780141184142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Tolea, an eccentric middle-aged intellectual who has been dismissed from his job as a high school teacher on "moral grounds", is investigating his father's death forty years after the fact, and is drawn into a web of suspicion and black humour. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Rep Tra
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300182941
ISBN
9780300182941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.25

paperback. Set in New York City in the months preceding 9/11, this novel introduces us to the protagonist who, like the author himself, is a Romanian professor in exile and who struggles with loneliness, dislocation, the desire to hide. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300198799
ISBN
9780300198799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. From an acclaimed master of American fiction comes an intelligent and romantic novel about friendship, funerals and the myths we employ to make sense of ourselves Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087812
ISBN
9781847087812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. An award-winning novel with a cult following since its original publication in 1991, Mating is a life-affirming comedy of manners as well as a deeply serious investigation of the politics of desire Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087836
ISBN
9781847087836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.52

Paperback. Mortals chronicles the misadventures of three expat Americans in Botswana, where nobody is exactly who they claim to be, and everyone is in madly in love Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 45. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087850
ISBN
9781847087850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Rejected by nineteenth-century publishers for its sordid and shocking subject matter, Vandover and the Brute is a powerful novel of turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Editor(s): Castronovo, Russ. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554812394
ISBN
9781554812394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.91

Paperback. Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581888
ISBN
9780099581888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290. Signed by the author. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Island Books
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0026928
ISBN
9781848403369
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 446 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 562 446pp. A posthumous novel from the late beloved Nuala Ó Faoláin, this one explores the challenges women, who have lived a full life, face in late middle age
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848400450
ISBN
9781848400450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Owens, Linda. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503941199
ISBN
9781503941199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. The sensational conclusion to The Games Trilogy that fans of Jamie McGuire and Jessica Sorensen will fall for. Series: The Games Trilogy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472209856
ISBN
9781472209856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Includes stories that discuss con men and tricksters and 'innocent' deceivers, about fate, luck, and coincidence, have delighted generations of readers. Set in New York and the West, in Central America and the South, this title demonstrates the author's speech and place, and highlights his appreciation of life's quirks. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140186888
ISBN
9780140186888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

paperback. A collection of 100 of author's finest stories; it describes life south of the Rio Grande and chronicles the activities and concerns of 'the four million' ordinary citizens who inhabited turn-of-the-century New York. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 492.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262418
ISBN
9781853262418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226412610
ISBN
9780226412610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583226988
ISBN
9781583226988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. A powerful debut from a new voice in contemporary African writing Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
SKU
KLJ0017303
ISBN
9781782118053
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 14.99
€ 9.82

Paperback. For twenty years Christian Benediktsson has led an orderly but demanding life as butler to the media magnate William Randolph Hearst, famously the inspiration for Citizen Kane, in his San Simeon castle. But Christian's own private world is filled with regret - for a family abandoned, a reckless affair and a tragic death. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214. Nice copy, with some shelfwear. Good to very good
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0026786
ISBN
9780571219919
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Stepping out into the dusk of an warm evening, esteemed art critic Sukhanov feels on top of the world. But the year is 1985 and the air is heavy with change. His future is haunted by doubt. Beset by visions of a past he gave up, he questions his choices: in swapping a life as a brilliant underground artist for comfort did he betray his dreams? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001560
ISBN
9780141024400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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