Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Mariano, who has lived in the city from an early age, is summoned back to his village to attend his grandfather's funeral. But, when he arrives, he discovers two things: firstly, that he has been nominated by his grandfather to take over the running of the family affairs, secondly that his grandfather has not died completely. Translator(s): Brookshaw, David. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686719
- ISBN
- 9781846686719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.96
€ 18.99
€ 17.96
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686764
- ISBN
- 9781846686764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.77
€ 19.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 227 x 40. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848405066
- ISBN
- 9781848405066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.19
€ 16.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Newest Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927063651
- ISBN
- 9781927063651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.90
€ 20.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. Award-winning, bestselling author Michael Arditti's ninth novel, set in the UK. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910050644
- ISBN
- 9781910050644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. High Church ritual, evangelical revivalism and the ancestor-worship of the English gentry are all subjected to merciless scrutiny. This book is both a devastating portrait of Church of England and a reworking of the central myth of Western culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 416. 400 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 32. Weight: 416.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905147939
- ISBN
- 9781905147939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.18
€ 9.99
€ 9.18
Paperback. After a nervous collapse while serving at the altar, his college principal sends him on a placement to London where he enters an unfamiliar world of outcasts, down-and-outs, rent boys, religious fundamentalists and people with AIDS. In increasing despair, he embarks on a journey through the world of Jack the Ripper. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906413224
- ISBN
- 9781906413224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. A young boy discovers the ambiguity of adult affection. A camp comedian cracks up on stage. A picture-restorer learns to accept her husband's true nature. A honeymoon couple take an unconventional route to love . This collection of stories employs a host of characters and a range of voices. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Maia Press
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904559085
- ISBN
- 9781904559085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. Michael Arditti explores the personalities and politics involved in the making of a 1970s German film about the relationship between Unity Mitford and Hitler in this meditation on the nature of evil. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Maia Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904559122
- ISBN
- 9781904559122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 107 x 18. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226042435
- ISBN
- 9780226042435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.36
€ 23.99
€ 19.36
Paperback. More than 2500 authors entered the Bristol Short Story Prize 2014/15. These are the 20 shortlisted stories published in the eighth volume of the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 291 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Tangent Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910089231
- ISBN
- 9781910089231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. What would you do if you suddenly became rich? Michael O'Meara had never asked himself this question. Series: Blackwell Public Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405148504
- ISBN
- 9781405148504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.32
€ 36.32
Paperback. The stories in 'The Coast of Good Intentions' evoke the landscape of the Pacific Northwest with impressive ease - crab factories, cranberry bogs, the fog-shrouded shore, the Seattle skyline. Here are ordinary lives in all their messy, unresolved glory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136. 163pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KNW0007114
- ISBN
- 9781862076495
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. A pacy, page-turning thriller centred around the discovery of some mysterious ancient human remains in a hidden crypt beneath Jerusalem's Temple Mount Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 48. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847390127
- ISBN
- 9781847390127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A brilliant reworking of the detective story by the much-acclaimed Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & KLAY. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007196036
- ISBN
- 9780007196036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. The first novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340936269
- ISBN
- 9780340936269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A spellbinding yarn set a thousand years ago along the ancient Silk Road, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 b&w. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340953556
- ISBN
- 9780340953556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. A deft parody of the American fame factory and a piercing portrait of young and old desire, WONDER BOYS is a modern classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004927
- ISBN
- 9781857024050
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. From the bestselling author of 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'; his first novel in 5 years is a lovingly painted pop-culture epic. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 448. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTG0016119
- ISBN
- 9780007288762
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From the bestselling author of 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'; his first novel in 5 years is a lovingly painted pop-culture epic. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 448. Very good copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0007276
- ISBN
- 9780007288762
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Focuses on unpublished manuscripts and closely examines Dos Passos's first novels. This book reveals how his practical aesthetics and use of myth come together in a triumph of form that presents an important vision of America. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941664189
- ISBN
- 9780941664189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.23
€ 117.23
Paperback. A tale of murder and literary ambition set on an American university campus from a master of the dark side of human nature Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324. Good clean copy with some minor shelf and reading wear. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KTG0012075
- ISBN
- 9780753820605
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Two families living the dream in small town America are forced to confront their guilty secrets in the aftermath of a shocking death. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784974961
- ISBN
- 9781784974961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 7.00
€ 9.99
€ 7.00
Paperback. A tale of murder and literary ambition set on an American university campus from a master of the dark side of human nature Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007736
- ISBN
- 9780753820605
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95