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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. On a promontory jutting out into the Atlantic wind stands the home run by Brother Benedict, where boys are taught a little of God and a lot of fear. To Michael Lamb, one of the Brothers, the regime is without hope, and when he inherits a small legacy he runs away, taking a 12-year-old boy with him. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120 152pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099284598
ISBN
9780099284598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 8.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 214 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226321417
ISBN
9780226321417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. When you're confronted with the ultimate betrayal, how far would you go for revenge? Translator(s): Murray, Steven T. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy. Covers and page edges showing minor shelfwear, remains in good condition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Canongate Books
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0009122
ISBN
9780857861641
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Excellent, a very powerful and moving piece of work' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks & creases, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0018622
ISBN
9780753811207
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. *The fifth in the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series *Highly original 'detective' stories with unique setting and characters for people who are fed up with aggressive literature which dwells on selfishness, discourtesy and conflict. Series: No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 158. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0019530
ISBN
9780349117256
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Includes three stories where characters are tested by dramatic events 'that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret stuff of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself'. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0019544
ISBN
9781853267437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Translator(s): Beaumont, Barbara. Num Pages: 902 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1383.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
902
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529097
ISBN
9780714529097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.56

Paperback. Angela is in the city of love - but romance is taking a nose-dive.. Series: I Heart Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0007268
ISBN
9780007288410
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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
€ 19.30

Paperback. In the summer of 1920 two men, both war survivors meet in the quiet English countryside. One is living in the church, intent upon uncovering and restoring an historical wall painting while the other camps in the next field in search of a lost grave. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182308
ISBN
9780141182308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
First Thus
SKU
9780099284345
ISBN
9780099284345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.07

Paperback. Deidre O'Dare is a rising stage and TV soap star, but jealous fears that her roguish boyfriend Rory is having a Hollywood fling theaten to ruin her happiness. Retreating from Dublin to the West of Ireland, she meets gorgeous Gabriel, the squire of the local manor. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 122 x 36. Weight in Grams: 264. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0013102
ISBN
9780553812466
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000. Part travel diary, part philosophy, part love story, 'Soul Mountain' is an elegant, unforgettable novel that journeys deep into the heart of modern-day China. Translator(s): Lee, Mabel. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007119233
ISBN
9780007119233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.24

Paperback. 'Elegant, scrupulously poised, always intelligent and, not least, original' Angela Carter The characters in Anne Enright's fierce and witty first collection of stories stand at an oblique angle to society. Full of desire, but out of kilter, their response to a dislocated reality is mutinous, wild, unforgettable. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099437390
ISBN
9780099437390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Presents a series of stories about women stirred, bothered, or fascinated by men they cannot understand, or understand too well. This book features characters that are haunted by the ghosts of the lives they might have led - lit by new flames, old flames, and flames that are guttering out. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099520993
ISBN
9780099520993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.99

Hardback. Part of Jane Duncan's classic 'My Friend..' series Series: My Friends.. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447297901
ISBN
9781447297901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. Translator(s): Chakravarti, Aruna. Num Pages: 588 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Random House India India
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
588
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140268522
ISBN
9780140268522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.93

Paperback. An astounding new novel from the bestselling author of Frankie and Stankie and Brother of the More Famous Jack Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264. 320 pages. The time is 1995, but everybody has a past. Brilliant Australian Caroline can command everyone except her own ghoulish mother, which means that things aren't easy for Josh and Zoe, her husband with and twelve-year-old daughter. From far and wide, they are all drawn together: a masquerade in which things are not always what they seem. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 200 x 149 x 22. Weight: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408809815
ISBN
9781408809815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. From the author of The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, and the creator of Dr Finlay's Casebook Num Pages: 712 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447243793
ISBN
9781447243793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.24

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747585305
ISBN
9780747585305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.44

Paperback. Follows the experiences of a tour guide through a virtual theme-park that re-creates the Cherokee Trail of Tears for tourists. Series: Native Storiers: A Series of American Narratives. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803239265
ISBN
9780803239265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. 288 pages. Shortlisted for The Booker Prize. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408827024
ISBN
9781408827024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.99

Paperback. As the citizens of an unnamed Caribbean nation creep through dusty corridors in search of their tyrannical leader, they cannot comprehend that the frail and withered man lying dead on the floor can be the self-styled General of the Universe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968635
ISBN
9780241968635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393927924
ISBN
9780393927924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

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