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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 323 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780385265560
ISBN
9780385265560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.98

paperback. The debut short story collection from the winner of the IMPAC Award, the Goldsmiths Prize and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award: 'The most exciting Irish short story writer of his generation' Sunday Times Series: Canons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 123.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main - Canons edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786890177
ISBN
9781786890177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. A successful sitcom writer with plenty of money, a stable marraige, a platonic mistress and a flash car, Laurence 'Tubby' Passmore has more reason than most to be happy. Yet neither physiotherapy nor aromatherapy, cognitive-behaviour therapy or acupuncture can cure his puzzling knee pain or his equally inexplicable mid-life angst. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554196
ISBN
9780099554196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400036
ISBN
9781910400036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718186661
ISBN
9780718186661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. They spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. Away from friends and family, they share a stretch of stained carpet with a group of strangers they call colleagues. There's Chris Yop, clinging to his ergonomic chair; Lynn Mason, the boss, whose breast cancer everyone pretends not to talk about. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 52. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141027630
ISBN
9780141027630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. In the new novel from the Number 1 bestselling author, four women are thrown together in their common desire to make a family for themselves.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KAK0011161
ISBN
9780857208125
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An unflinching and beautiful debut about belonging and betrayal, family and forgiveness, from a writer earning comparisons to Cormac McCarthy Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198. 272 pages. Bandy Dorner, home from Vietnam, awakes with his car mired in a canal, his cabin reduced to ashes, and his pregnant wife preparing to leave town with her lover. Within moments, a cop lies bleeding on the road. Eighteen years later, Bandy is released from prison. His parents are gone, but on the family ranch, Bandy faces a different reunion. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight: 198.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408809662
ISBN
9781408809662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Bandy Dorner, home from Vietnam, awakes with his car mired in a canal, his home reduced to ashes, and his pregnant wife preparing to leave town with her lover. Within moments, a cop lies bleeding in the road. Nearly two decades later, Bandy is released from prison. His parents are gone, and on the family ranch, he faces a different reunion. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRA0006404
ISBN
9781408808078
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harbour Books (East) Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905128136
ISBN
9781905128136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. Introducing the world of Machiavelli, this title covers three important months in the career of that crafty politician, worldly seducer and high priest of schemers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 106 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286868
ISBN
9780099286868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2006 Modern Library Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345484406
ISBN
9780345484406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. High up in the Conrad Flats that loom bleakly over Acton, two future stars of the literary scene - or so they assume - are hard at work, tapping out words of wit and brilliance between ill-paid jobs writing captions for the Cat Calendar 1985 and blurbs for trashy novels with titles like Brothel of the Vampire. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571311286
ISBN
9780571311286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. In 1940, every draft of every film script had to be approved by the Ministry of Information. Cast and crew were waiting to be called up at any moment, travel was restricted and filming was interrupted by regular bombing raids. And so it is that we find a disparate group of characters whose paths would never have crossed in peacetime. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 53. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552774710
ISBN
9780552774710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.65

Hardback. * Zora Neale Hurston's masterpiece is perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature. Series: VMC Designer Collection. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085286
ISBN
9781844085286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. * Zora Neale Hurston's masterpiece is perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Virago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860685241
ISBN
9780860685241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via Tokyo, this is a moving exploration of art, fraud, friendship and redemption. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. ***THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DATE IN JUNE 2022***
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571231508
ISBN
9780571231508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781582438191
ISBN
9781582438191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.07

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747249047
ISBN
9780747249047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
Condition
New
SKU
9781564784810
ISBN
9781564784810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. Off stage, however, she is bored with her handsome husband, coquettish and undisciplined. She is at first flattered and amused by the attentions of a shy and eager young fan, but before long Julia is amazed to find herself falling wildly, dangerously, in love. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286837
ISBN
9780099286837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. There was an old story about a king who asked his favourite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn't show you your reflection. Instead, it showed you your soul, it showed you who you really were. But the king couldn't look into the mirror without turning away, and nor could his courtiers. What happens when we discover who we really are? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780099593683
ISBN
9780099593683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. In two closing essays, the author considers how her experiences as a Latin American woman with ties to the United States has brought to her writing a dual cultural perspective. Her works include Sweet Diamond Dust and The House on the Lagoon. Translator(s): Ferre, Rosario. Series: Latin American woman writers. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803268746
ISBN
9780803268746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardback. This, "the greatest novel written by a nine-year-old, " had been in print in Britain since the '20s, but had been out of print in the U.S. for 35 years. It has two hilarious themes: love and social climbing. Illustrator(s): Anderson-Miller, Julia. Num Pages: 105 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 191. Clean copy with some shelf wear fine in dustjacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001911
ISBN
9780897333658
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.99
€ 16.26

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