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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 268. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0219283
- ISBN
- 9781842233115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, this book tells the story of an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, in which prostitutes, beggars and bandits establish Canudos, a new republic, a libertarian paradise. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 199 x 48. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571288632
- ISBN
- 9780571288632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.25
€ 14.99
€ 11.25
Paperback. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and shortlisted for the Man Booker, The Good Doctor is a powerful tale of a friendship overshadowed by betrayal, set against the tawdry hopes and disappointments of a post-apartheid South Africa Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782396246
- ISBN
- 9781782396246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.64
€ 19.99
€ 9.64
Paperback. In the house where Marie lives, the cutlery is running wild .. Madness and fairy-story creep hand in hand in this darkly comic tale, where the mice learn the art of voodoo; where murdered bodies miraculously vanish; where the grandmother is sometimes an owl and where steak-knives grow so hungry that they scream. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844717255
- ISBN
- 9781844717255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. Retired sportswriter WG Karunasena is dying. He will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down Pradeep S Mathew, a spin bowler who has mysteriously disappeared and who WG considers the greatest cricketer to walk the earth. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099555681
- ISBN
- 9780099555681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 5.47
€ 13.99
€ 5.47
Hardcover. Doctor Zhivago is the epic novel of Russia in the throes of revolution and one of the greatest love stories ever told. Yuri Zhivago, physician and poet, wrestles with the new order and confronts the changes cruel experience has made in him and the anguish of being torn between the love of two women. Translator(s): Hayward, M.; Harari, M. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150414
- ISBN
- 9781857150414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 14.93
€ 21.99
€ 14.93
Hardcover. Who is killing monks in a great medieval abbey famed for its library - and why? Brother William of Baskerville is sent to find out, taking with him the assistant who later tells the tale of his investigations. This story combines elements of detective fiction, metaphysical thriller, post-modernist puzzle and historical novel. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrated in full colour throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857152999
- ISBN
- 9781857152999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. This sixth book is part of the series that chronicles modern life. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552998819
- ISBN
- 9780552998819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.33
€ 12.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Presents a collection of stories. In this title story, a septuagenarian nun resolutely invades the narrator's college writing workshop with an incredible saga; a seasoned Hollywood moviemaker uncovers a 25 year old flame he never knew he'd harboured; another child is forced into a harrowing cross-country escape; and more. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437529
- ISBN
- 9780099437529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.85
€ 20.99
€ 16.85
Paperback. The thrilling, unputdownable number one bestseller from 'The most successful novelist on Planet Earth' Washington Post Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 38. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749955212
- ISBN
- 9780749955212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Translator(s): Geddes, Tom. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714530789
- ISBN
- 9780714530789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.37
€ 10.37
Paperback. In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie, works as a nanny for a GP. But her employer has disappeared with her baby, and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards her is a former acquaintance - Jackson Brodie. Series: Jackson Brodie. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552772457
- ISBN
- 9780552772457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
CD-Audio. Lou Clark has lots of questions. Like how it is she's ended up working in an airport bar. Whether her family can ever forgive her. And will she ever get over the love of her life. What she knows for certain is that something has to change. Then it does. But does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for? BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 298. Audio CD
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KOC0018355
- ISBN
- 9781405923682
CD
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 4.99
€ 38.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHP. Dimension: 215 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NeWest Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926455501
- ISBN
- 9781926455501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Preparing to deliver a lecture in Pisa, Horace Dorlan plans to incorporate music and performance into his scientific presentation. On the eve of his big event, however, strange things start to happen. Where, for instance, is his wife, why is there a miniature musical quintet in his room, and what of the accident that afflicted him? Num Pages: 240 pages, chiefly ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571232215
- ISBN
- 9780571232215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307388902
- ISBN
- 9780307388902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.78
€ 19.99
€ 14.78
Hardcover. It's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe. Henry falls on his feet, as a handsome man with a sandwich board, and behind his sandwich board a stash of hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. When he starts hiring kids to carry boards for him, he catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700. First edition. Signed by author. Clean copy. Lightly toned. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0003522
- ISBN
- 9780224074360
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardcover. It's Dublin 1907, a city of whispered rumours. Rebellious and flirtatious, Molly Allgood is a girl of the inner city tenements, dreaming of stardom in America. She has dozens of admirers but in the backstage of her life there is a secret. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 440. 246pp. This leather-bound edition of Ghost Light, signed by the author, is limited to 75 numbered copies, this is number 69. Finely bound in full green leather, with decorated boards and title in gilt on front board and spine. With slip case
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0026381
- ISBN
- 9780436205712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.00
€ 225.00
Paperback. June the first, a bright summer's evening, a Monday ..And into the busy, bustling homes at 66 Star Street slips, unseen, a mysterious visitor. As the couples, flatmates and repentant singletons of No 66 fall in and out of love, clutch at and drop secrets, laugh, cry and simply try to live. Num Pages: 640 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141028675
- ISBN
- 9780141028675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.44
€ 11.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. Jojo, a high-flying literary agent on the up, has just made a bad career move.. Jojo's sweet-natured client Lily's first novel is a success. She and lover Anton celebrate by spending the advance for her second book.. Gemma used to be Lily's best friend - until Lily stole Anton. Now she's writing her own story when Jojo stumbles across it.. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241958445
- ISBN
- 9780241958445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10