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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. When Raimundo Silva, humble proof-reader for a Lisbon publishing house, takes it upon himself to insert a negative into the sentence of a history book, he rewrites history. The effect of this act of insubordination is to make his editor, the voluptuous Dr Maria Sara, fall in love with him. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860467226
ISBN
9781860467226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970825
ISBN
9781907970825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. WINNER OF THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2013 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ENCORE PRIZE 2013 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BORD GAIS IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2013 This is the story of Anthony Sonaghan - a Traveller with a powerful and strange inheritance, from an extraordinary new writer with voice to match his mesmerising tale. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0011655
ISBN
9780007475971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translated from the Russian, this razor-sharp satire on consumer culture, Russian style, follows the irresistible rise of a Moscow advertising copywriter, who specialises in adjusting Western adverts to the Eastern mentality and selling Pepsi, Seven-up, Gucci, Mercedes and Reebok to the rising middle class. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571205561
ISBN
9780571205561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. A novel which became a film starring Peter Sellers. It is the tale of a simple man accidentally thrown into a world of sex, money, power and national television, to become a media superstar and a household name. The author's other novels include "Steps", which won America's National Book Award. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552990370
ISBN
9780552990370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609452650
ISBN
9781609452650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.31

Paperback. A compelling family drama of love and loss, set deep in our stone age past Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272. 384 pages. A compelling family drama of love and loss, set deep in our stone age past. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight: 274.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847672896
ISBN
9781847672896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. Johnny Angel is found brutally murdered with a dead prostitute in his bed and a needle full of heroin in his arm. It's all the more shocking because he's a priest. But when Dr Bennett Marc Crane, a prestigious plastic surgeon, is the next victim of a vicious attack of the same manner, it becomes clear that there is a serial killer on the loose.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone lo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTM0005654
ISBN
9780099524823
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Johnny Angel is found brutally murdered with a dead prostitute in his bed and a needle full of heroin in his arm. It's all the more shocking because he's a priest. But when Dr Bennett Marc Crane, a prestigious plastic surgeon, is the next victim of a vicious attack of the same manner, it becomes clear that there is a serial killer on the loose.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Cornerstone lo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTM0006479
ISBN
9780099524823
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel about a young girl already stripped of illusions. The daughter of diplomats posted to Peking in the mid-seventies, the unnamed narrator of this novel charges about her tightly enclosed world on her 'horse' (bicycle). But she also learns life's hardest rule: that if she wants to be loved, she must be cruel in return. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571226634
ISBN
9780571226634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Before motherhood, before marriage, Bridget, with biological clock ticking very, very loudly, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at the eleventh hour: a joyful pregnancy which is dominated, however, by a crucial but terribly awkward question - who is the father? Mark Darcy: honourable, decent, notable human rights lawyer? Series: Bridget Jones's Diary. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
SKU
KIN0033175
ISBN
9781784706173
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571311729
ISBN
9780571311729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Set in 1857 between England and India, this novel shows the devotion of sisters and the Victorian obsession with empire, experiments and photography. It illuminates the dark heart of Victorian hypocrisy and selfishness. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513469
ISBN
9780099513469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.29

Paperback. Recalling his initiation into the dazzling world of Parisian high society and looking back over his time in the glamorous salons of the aristocracy, the narrator satirises this shallow world and his own youthful infatuation with it. His observations also educates him in the volatile nature of desire as he walks the path towards adulthood. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D.J. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099362418
ISBN
9780099362418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Nora Roberts - the World's Greatest Storyteller Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Little brown
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749940775
ISBN
9780749940775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Translator(s): Winn, Marie. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336. 288 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 137 x 196 x 23. Weight: 328. Translator(s): Winn, Marie.
Publisher
Daunt
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970016
ISBN
9781907970016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Jake is wildly in love with Brett Ashley, aristocratic and irresistibly beautiful, with an abandoned, sensuous nature that she cannot change. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285038
ISBN
9780099285038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559213
ISBN
9781875559213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Atwood's second novel, hailed by the New York Times as 'one of the most important novels of the twentieth century'. An exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860680642
ISBN
9780860680642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A major international debut novel from a storyteller who couples a timelessly beguiling style with an energetically modern worldscape. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 51. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007182138
ISBN
9780007182138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

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