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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret emails, art-world scandal and lovesick billionaires from the internationally bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760290788
ISBN
9781760290788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Planet savage is a story narrated by Leungo, a nine-year old with a very interesting outlook on life; he views his parents as good-for-nothing savages who care only for themselves; who drink themselves silly with friends who come round every day, leaving any concern for his education by the wayside. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770097513
ISBN
9781770097513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.23

Paperback. Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom. After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552775489
ISBN
9780552775489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. Soon after John McPake's marriage falls apart he starts hearing voices. An obsession with the works of Breughel develops into a full blown delusion, and he assumes the personna of Johannes, a 16th century Dutch weaver who travels with his friends, Balthazar and Cornelius, in pursuit of his son who has been abducted by the Spanish mercenaries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Sandstone Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908737694
ISBN
9781908737694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.42

Paperback. Jonathan Taylor's debut novel, Entertaining Strangers, is a tragi-comedy about the eccentric Edwin Prince - a depressive intellectual obsessed with high culture .. and ants. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Salt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773273
ISBN
9781907773273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. At moments when reality shows itself to be unstable or uncanny, we experience a form of vertigo. This experience is further complicated when we try to transform experience into writing, and fact clashes with memory. Sebald's novel, part fiction, part travelogue explores this theme. Num Pages: 272 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 2ACG; FA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448891
ISBN
9780099448891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. The warm, wise and witty new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Sisters Num Pages: 400 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
V9781471140235
ISBN
9781471140235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486797038
ISBN
9780486797038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.58

Paperback. Venice, 1511. In the convent of Sant' Alvise, Oliva is about to take the veil and become a bride of Christ. When her world is shaken, first, literally, by an earthquake, and then, spiritually, by forces that threaten to change the convent for ever. She begins to ask questions about her faith and her future. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571305087
ISBN
9780571305087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. Joseph Connolly's comic outrage skewers over-inflated celebrity culture and dethrones child stardom in this violently funny satire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848666313
ISBN
9781848666313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Features disturbing stories that vividly capture an Ireland in flux and crisis where the coping classes, "the squeezed middle", increasingly face the threat of economic and emotional meltdown. In this title, the protagonists must seek whatever salvation they can as certainties collapse around them. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Liffey Pr
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908308177
ISBN
9781908308177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.56

Paperback. The story of two brilliant women and the men to whom they ransomed their hearts. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 118 x 49. Weight in Grams: 542. Some shelf wear, but remains good
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTJ0007304
ISBN
9780586058480
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536. A Morgan & McCoy Chronicle. 320 pages, black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight: 536.
Publisher
Lulu.com
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847284143
ISBN
9781847284143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 5.58

Paperback. Five dynamic, powerful and famous couples are invited on the maiden voyage of a Russian billionaire's yacht. Could this be the trip of a lifetime? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear to the cover
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KIN0034978
ISBN
9781849831420
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Kalika loses one of her twins at childbirth, a daughter she longs for. Her son survives but loses the love of his mother because he can't be what she wants him to be. An Indian tale of history, religion & gender in a family scarred by its past and struggling with the present. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 600 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Bluemoose Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781910422144
ISBN
9781910422144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Lynne Truss's first novel, in which she shows herself to be one of the very best comic writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007355280
ISBN
9780007355280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Jane's son David is eight years old and Jane is filled with doubts as he grows up without a father. Toby, her first love, has gone to Israel after the collapse of his marriage to Melissa. Then there is Andy, close at hand, a complex personality with his own problem son. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529088
ISBN
9780099529088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl. When a dramatic suicide attempt destroyed her violin career, she set her sights on the male-dominated heights of the conductor's rostrum. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Corgi Adult
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552156387
ISBN
9780552156387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. She was looking for domestic perfection and she found it .. perfect chaos Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 129 x 197. Weight in Grams: 188. A very good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KAK0002142
ISBN
9780340950838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 388. 432 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 213 x 143 x 28. Weight: 388.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprinted
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764228919
ISBN
9780764228919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183725
ISBN
9780141183725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.14

Paperback. A deceptively simple story, by the author of "Pig Tales", about a deserted wife whose loneliness and fright become tangible. When her husband goes to buy bread but never returns, the narrator's life falls apart. She enters a distorted world, mesmerized by visions and besieged by childhood terrors. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
153
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571203369
ISBN
9780571203369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Hardcover. Manny Riley is a recovering alcoholic and struggling scriptwriter with a serious anger management problem. Lately, though, things have started to change for the better. A happy marriage, a move away from Glasgow to an idyllic seaside village and the adoption of Bailey, a lurcher with epilepsy. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906307226
ISBN
9781906307226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. Jesse and Lee share a house owned by a very nice Chinese dentist, where it rains in the hall. They move to cabins on the cliffs at Big Sur where the deafening croaks of frogs can be temporarily silenced by the cry, 'Campbell's Soup'. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main - Canons ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782113799
ISBN
9781782113799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

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