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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It's a pitch black, rainy night in a small Iranian town. Inside his house the Colonel is immersed in thought. Memories are storming in. There is a knock on the door. Two young policemen have come to summon the Colonel to collect the tortured body of his youngest daughter and bury her before sunrise. Translator(s): Patterdale, Tom. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906598891
ISBN
9781906598891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A novel that captures the rapture of childhood and the tragedy of lost innocence in an Iraq that has vanished forever, Winner of the King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies Translation of Arabic Literature Award. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 204 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609919
ISBN
9780815609919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.00

Paperback. Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at 'Unit 701', China's secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the 'wind-listener', a blind surveillance officer who can hear sounds from miles away, the beautiful, unstable maths genius who meets a violent end, and, the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391458
ISBN
9780141391458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241305461
ISBN
9780241305461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize - this wonderful debut novel about family secrets is a perfect book for the summer Num Pages: 272 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190. Keywords: Subjects - Fiction - General
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
1st UK Paperback Edition
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KHS0048025
ISBN
9780719566455
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize - this wonderful debut novel about family secrets is a perfect book for the summer Num Pages: 272 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st UK Paperback Edition
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KIN0007630
ISBN
9780719566455
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the author of LIARS AND SAINTS (shortlisted for the Orange Prize and a Richard & Judy Summer Read) comes a wonderful new book exploring extraordinary moments of everyday life Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174. 224 pages. From the author of LIARS AND SAINTS (shortlisted for the Orange Prize and a Richard & Judy Summer Read) comes a wonderful new book exploring extraordinary moments of everyday life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 134 x 17. Weight: 176.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847674166
ISBN
9781847674166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize - this wonderful debut novel about family secrets is a perfect book for the summer Num Pages: 272 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Murray
Edition
1st UK Paperback Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0200809
ISBN
9780719566455
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Now available in paperback, the original English-language translation of O Cadhain's raucous masterpiece Translator(s): Titley, Alan (Professor Emeritus of Modern Irish UCC). Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780300219821
ISBN
9780300219821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.00
€ 11.93

Paperback. Translator(s): Mac Con Iomaire,Liam; Robinson, Tim. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 b/w. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 117. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300227062
ISBN
9780300227062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.78

Paperback. An account of the experiences of Maitreyi Devi, the highly educated Indian daughter of an intellectual father who fell in love with a female student staying at her home in the 1930s. the book was written as a response to Bengal Nights, by Mircea Eliade, the young student who had stayed with the family in Calcutta. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143651
ISBN
9780226143651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Translator(s): Lewis, Tess. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Archipelago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671466
ISBN
9780914671466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.94

paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Kwela South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780795701900
ISBN
9780795701900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556437649
ISBN
9781556437649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.68

Paperback. When Majok Tulba was 9, rebel soldiers attacked his village, taking all children taller than an AK47 to become soldiers. Majok was an inch too short. This novel is the story of what might have happened had he been an inch taller. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780742410
ISBN
9781780742410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.23

Paperback. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509823390
ISBN
9781509823390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. A collection of the finest short stories from our best loved authors, including Samuel Beckett, Graham Greene, William Golding, Kingsley Amis, Doris Lessing, Muriel Spark, J G Ballard, William Trevor, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Rose Tremain, Salman Rushdie, Graham Swift and Kazuo Ishiguro. Editor(s): Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952863
ISBN
9780241952863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322967
ISBN
9780940322967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. A brilliant, enthralling debut novel about an extraordinary young woman's quest to tame a wild landscape, the tide of progress in the middle of the "American century," and a beautiful, passionate love story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855562
ISBN
9781611855562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. What's the worst thing that can happen to a man who has not one, not two, but three secret families on the go? He falls in love. A spectacular new work of imagination from one of Australia's finest writers. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760291129
ISBN
9781760291129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905847747
ISBN
9781905847747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. It is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the shadow of the volcano, ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate, ugly pariah dogs roam the streets and Geoffrey Firmin - ex-consul, ex-husband, an alcoholic and a ruined man - is living out the last day of his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182254
ISBN
9780141182254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 225 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447291596
ISBN
9781447291596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. How does a gunman retire? Frank MacLeod was the best at what he does. Thoughtful. Efficient. Ruthless. But is he still the best?A new job. A target. But something is about to go horribly wrong. Someone is going to end up dead.Most gunmen say goodbye to the world with a bang. Frank's still here. He's lasted longer than he should have.. Series: The Glasgow Trilogy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 232 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Open market & Airside ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447235965
ISBN
9781447235965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

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