Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Axl and Beatrice, set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years. They expect to face many hazards - some strange and other-worldly - but they cannot yet foresee how their journey will reveal to them dark and forgotten corners of their love for one another. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571315079
- ISBN
- 9780571315079
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
paperback. An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama and falls violently in love with an older actor. This older man has a disturbing past that the young girl is unprepared for. The young girl has a troubling past of her own. This is her story and their story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571327881
- ISBN
- 9780571327881
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 4.82
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€ 4.82
Paperback. 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 172 x 109 x 32. Weight: 268.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Baen Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781451637724
- ISBN
- 9781451637724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.11
€ 10.11
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Baen Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451638714
- ISBN
- 9781451638714
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Condition: New
€ 16.34
€ 16.34
Paperback. The unforgettable story of the rise, fall and ultimate redemption of an American family. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841156996
- ISBN
- 9781841156996
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910050538
- ISBN
- 9781910050538
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Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. Stuart Cuno has decided to become good. Not believing in God, he invents his own methods, which include celibacy, chastity and the abandonment of a promising academic career. Stuart's step-brother Edward Baltram is tormented by guilt because he has, he believes, killed his best friend. He dreams sometimes of redemption, sometimes of suicide. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099285250
- ISBN
- 9780099285250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.98
€ 14.99
€ 12.98
Paperback. Features Bruno, dying, obsessed with spiders and preoccupied with death and reconciliation. He lies at the center of an intricate spider's web of relationships and passions: Bruno's estranged and grieving son Miles; Danby, Bruno's widowed son-in-law, creepy Nigel the nurse and his besotted twin Will, fighter of duels. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099285373
- ISBN
- 9780099285373
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.71
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€ 11.71
Paperback. Yvonne believes there's more to life than marriage to Sam, the young man who's courting her. But when she tries to have fun, she gets caught up in a fracas in a bar. Sam's idea of "something special" meanwhile is to take her to St Stephen's Green later that night to show her a ghostly tree! Illustrator(s): McCurdy, Michael. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 56.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099422655
- ISBN
- 9780099422655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.80
€ 11.99
€ 10.80
Paperback. The story of two prodigal sons that questions the nature of love, whether it is a route to salvation or a type of demonic possession. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099429081
- ISBN
- 9780099429081
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.80
€ 11.99
€ 10.80
Paperback. Presents a story of different loves; and of how a man may need two women in such a way that he can be happy with neither. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099433576
- ISBN
- 9780099433576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.71
€ 13.99
€ 11.71
Paperback. The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099740919
- ISBN
- 9780099740919
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780140167771
- ISBN
- 9780140167771
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. William Trevor is one of the most renowned figures in contemporary literature, described as 'the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language' by the New Yorker and acclaimed for his haunting and profound insights into the human heart. This title offers a collection of his short fiction. Num Pages: 1280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 1280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140232455
- ISBN
- 9780140232455
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.29
€ 23.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. Suitable for those who enjoyed "The Story of Lucy Gault" and "Love and Summer", this title deals with themes of missed opportunities, the inevitability of change and the powerful but fragmentary quality of our memories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168 231pp. The paperback edition of the latest excellent collection of short stories from one of the great Masters of the genre.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032450
- ISBN
- 9780141032450
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.38
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€ 10.38
Paperback. Alec and Jerry shouldn't have been friends: Alec's life was one of privilege, while Jerry's was one of toil. But this hardly mattered to two young men whose shared love of horses brought them together and whose whole lives lay ahead of them. When war breaks out in 1914, both Jerry and Alec sign up - yet for quite different reasons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141046969
- ISBN
- 9780141046969
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.64
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€ 9.64
Paperback. Hidden away in the Record Department of the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141187761
- ISBN
- 9780141187761
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. Holden Caulfield is a dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through challenges of growing up, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241950432
- ISBN
- 9780241950432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.12
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€ 10.12
Paperback. 'Do the Irish have, in relation to anybody else, any special capacity for the short story?'. Collecting short stories that cover many generations and moods of Irish writing, this title answers the question. It features the stories that range from Lady Gregory's retelling of an ancient love story through to the prolific William Trevor. Editor(s): Kiely, Benedict. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- 9780241955451
- ISBN
- 9780241955451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.68
€ 23.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. Edward Lannion, the young master of Hatting Hall, is about to marry Marian Fox. At Penndean, a nearby house, preparations are under way for the wedding, overseen by the anxious Benet. Family and friends gather together for a celebratory dinner on the eve of the ceremony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780701188474
- ISBN
- 9780701188474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.16
€ 18.99
€ 15.16