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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardback. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813116334
ISBN
9780813116334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.43

Paperback. John Wilder is a successful salesman with a place in the country, an adoring wife and a ten-year-old son. But something is wrong. His family no longer interests him, his infidelities are leading him nowhere and he has begun to drink too much. Then one night, something inside John snaps and he calls his wife to tell her that he isn't coming home. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000765
ISBN
9780099518556
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In her second volume of short stories, which follows the hugely successful 'Encounters', Barbara Erskine has created a compelling world of love, betrayal, suspense and grief. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 256 x 30. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008180911
ISBN
9780008180911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. The English village is a place where people come to lick their wounds. Dorothy has walked away from a bad 30-year marriage and is trying to rebuild a life. It's not immediately clear why her neighbour, Solomon, is living nearby, but gradually they establish a form of comfort in each other's presence that alleviates the isolation they both feel. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428886
ISBN
9780099428886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. When Victorio learns that his home is about to be demolished he leaves his job, burns his possessions and takes to the streets. Wandering the city, he meets 2 people who change his life: Salma, a young prostitute, and Don, an enigmatic old man who performs as a clown. This is a novel about human resilience and joy in the face of crushing odds. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099468660
ISBN
9780099468660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Archipelago Books United States
Number of pages
1
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671428
ISBN
9780914671428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.09

Paperback. Maggie O'Farrell's bestselling novel about childhood fears, families and love Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Tinder Press
Edition
01st Edition
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755302666
ISBN
9780755302666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Leonard and Rosemary Cannon summon their middle-aged offspring, along with partners and children, to the family home in the Welsh Marches for the Christmas holiday. As the gathered family settle in to their first Christmas together for some years, the grown siblings are surprised when they are invited to each put stickers on the furniture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 167.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099538028
ISBN
9780099538028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300825
ISBN
9781896300825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.84

Hardback. Translator(s): McBride, Nathaniel. Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423283
ISBN
9780857423283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. A dark, gripping tale of solitude and evil Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 432.
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447208020
ISBN
9781447208020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Hugo Hamilton, the internationally acclaimed author of 'The Speckled People' and 'Sailor in the Wardrobe', turns his hand back to fiction with a compelling drama tracing Berlin's central historical importance throughout the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRF0031544
ISBN
9780007314706
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. A divorced, middle-aged English professor finds himself increasingly unable to resist affairs with his female students. When discovered by the college authorities he is expected to apologize to save his job, but instead he refuses and resigns, retiring to live with his daughter on her remote farm. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099289524
ISBN
9780099289524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Thomas Sanders' world collapses in just 24 hours - he is passed over for promotion, his new woman boss comes on to him during a drink after work, then, the next morning, he learns that she has accused him of sexually harassing her. She demands his transfer, thereby threatening to cut him off from the millions he would have made. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 30. Weight in Grams: 248.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Publication date
1994
Edition
New edition
SKU
KNH0012838
ISBN
9780099303749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Patrick Doyle is a twenty-nine-year-old teacher in an ordinary comprehensive school. Isolated, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is employed to maintain, he begins his rebellion, fuelled by drink and his passionate, unrequited love for a fellow teacher. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283096
ISBN
9780099283096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
127
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714525105
ISBN
9780714525105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. Surgeons are meant to save lives, but Nancy is a special kind of surgeon. When she makes a mistake in the operating theatre she is summoned to explain herself to a tribunal and is forced to consider what it means to be a doctor who has killed as well as cured. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555056
ISBN
9780099555056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. In this heartbreakingly beautiful book of disillusioned intimacy and persistent yearning, beloved and celebrated author Andre Dubus III explores the bottomless needs and stubborn weaknesses of people seeking gratification in food and sex, work and love. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393348910
ISBN
9780393348910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Pedro Juan was a reporter in Havana, but as existence in Cuba and his own life begin to collapse around him, he gives up the farce of a daily job, and begins to "train himself to take nothing seriously". His training involves lots of sex, drugs, rum, jazz, beat literature and street philosophy. Translator(s): Wimmer, Natasha. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571206261
ISBN
9780571206261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.52

Paperback. The sequel to the bestseller 50 Shades of Red White And Blue. Maggie Muff's back - funnier, filthier and feistier than ever. Pure amazeballs. Series: Maggie Muff Trilogy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Blackstaff Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0018942
ISBN
9780856409066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

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