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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A northern gothic noir, "The City Still Breathing" is an acid-washed love letter to the 1980s. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452837
ISBN
9781552452837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099597476
ISBN
9780099597476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. A thrilling novel from the critically-acclaimed author of THE 25TH HOUR and one of Hollywood's brightest screenwriting stars. Num Pages: 400 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340977392
ISBN
9780340977392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

paperback. These stories, conceived by the author as a thematic collection, have as their principal focus the city of Galway, providing an evocation of the city's life and people in the 1940s. From the author of QUENCH THE MOON and RAIN ON THE WIND. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 191. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0022075
ISBN
9780863222764
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In London's changing heartland, architect Matthew Halland is aware of how the past and the present blend. It stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter Jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind him. Here too is the London of prehistory, of Georgian elegance, of the Blitz. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140156676
ISBN
9780140156676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

paperback. An ecological romance with a pulsing heart, equal parts Rider Haggard and Chico Buarque - one of the world's greatest and most beloved storytellers broadens her style and reach with a Amazonian adventure story that will appeal to all ages. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022200
ISBN
9780007146376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. The life of Paul Metzger, a writer, is in disrepair. Mid-thirties, divorced, underachieving. A mid-winter Sunday in New York sees him traversing the city to visit three people: a half-brother who wants little to do with him; a dying father, whose meagre estate has pitted his sons against one another; and an ex-wife whom Paul still loves. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099531852
ISBN
9780099531852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. In this finely crafted novel, Yusuf Idris, best known as the master of the Arabic short story, brings to life not only some of the most human characters in modern Arabic fiction but the soul of Cairo itself and the soul of a national consciousness focused on liberation. Translator(s): Hewison, Neil R. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
175
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774246999
ISBN
9789774246999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200. "Originally published: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1993. Commissioning organisation: Cyrus Colter. 251 p. 20 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period - General,Subjects - Fiction - General"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The X Press Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0161051
ISBN
9781874509738
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A superb, powerful thriller from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph] Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KRF0037686
ISBN
9780752880891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 1930s America. A woman ahead of her time. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pan
Edition
Reprints
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0011670
ISBN
9780330516990
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. This is a a tangle of tales that transports the reader from the medieval India of magicians, witches, and vampires, through to the chaos and political terror of contemporary India. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226756899
ISBN
9780226756899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tribal lines. There are still some posh parts of town, but it is in the slums and backstreets of Smoketown, the tower blocks of the Northside Rises and the eerie bogs of Big Nothin' that the city really lives. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099549154
ISBN
9780099549154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.07

Hardback. Translator(s): Favorov, Nora Seligman. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231183024
ISBN
9780231183024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.27

Paperback. Translator(s): Favorov, Nora Seligman. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231183031
ISBN
9780231183031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 306 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594485879
ISBN
9781594485879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Intends to satirize modern society in a poetic story of sex, drugs, disease and adventure. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189932
ISBN
9780141189932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Farree has discovered a portion of his true heritage as one of the ancient Little People, the Faery Folk, of legend - but so far as he knows, he is the only one of his kind to survive. That is, until his compatriots, star-traveler Krip Vorlund and sorceress Lady Maelen, run across wings for sale in the market on a distant frontier outpost world. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 108 x 31. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Baen Books
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781451637571
ISBN
9781451637571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120747890
ISBN
9788120747890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. Translator(s): Sollosy, Judith. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 193 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531236
ISBN
9780714531236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.33

Paperback. A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK The author of The Paris Wife takes us to the heart of another true story: set in 1920s colonial Kenya, Circling the Sun is about an unforgettable woman who lives by nobody's rules but her own. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 255 x 32. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088300
ISBN
9781844088300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Big Benny and the elfin Eve Malone have been best friends throughout their childhoods in sleepy Knockglen. When they both go to study in Dublin, they meet a circle of friends. As Knockglen is surprised into new life, the two girls, Benny and Eve, discover that among the many distractions of growing up, true friendship is the greatest gift of all. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 514.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
9780099498599
ISBN
9780099498599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The instinct to make rivals; the urge to reach out to others. These competing claims - and flawed, elusive love - are the territory of these nineteen stories. This book aims to probe our darker fantasies of power, control and revenge, in a world not far removed from Grimm's icy forests, where games are seldom innocent. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638584
ISBN
9781902638584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444743975
ISBN
9781444743975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

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