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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Why did a Hercules C130, the world's sturdiest plane, carrying Pakistan's military dictator General Zia ul Haq, go down on 17 August, 1988? Was it because of: mechanical failure, human error, the CIA's impatience, a blind woman's curse or Generals not happy with their pension plans. This novel takes one of the subcontinent's enduring mysteries. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099516743
ISBN
9780099516743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A sly, unsettling exploration of the questionable appetites that lurk beneath the veneer of North American civilization, PEN/Faulkner Award-winner Sabina Murray's latest book is a tour de force of intelligent suspense that seduces readers with dark delight on the taboo subject of cannibalism. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Edition
First Trade Paper
Number of pages
294
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KST0009805
ISBN
9780802142009
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Contains twelve of author's celebrated short stories, together with "The Grass Harp" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's". This title also includes various sketches of places from Tangiers to Brooklyn, and insights into the lives of his contemporaries, from Jane Bowles and Cecil Beaton to Marilyn Monroe and Tennessee Williams. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185309
ISBN
9780141185309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Hardback. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: SB-The French List. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780857423757
ISBN
9780857423757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. Part of the twelve-novel sequence, "A Dance to the Music of Time". Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472391
ISBN
9780099472391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Centenary Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478430
ISBN
9780099478430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Translator(s): Mier-Cruz, Benjamin. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677993
ISBN
9780816677993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. Translator(s): Sobrer, Josep Miquel. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970887
ISBN
9781907970887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Tells about David's path through the Christian Brothers' regime, from Juniorate through to the Leaving Cert year to Teacher Training, and from there to work on the mission. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845887391
ISBN
9781845887391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. It's 1772, the Royal Colony of North Carolina, and the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the back country and preserve the colony for King and Crown. One minor problem: Jamie Fraser's wife, Claire, is a time-traveller, as are his daughter and son-in-law. Series: Outlander. Num Pages: 1424 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 54. Weight in Grams: 834.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784751326
ISBN
9781784751326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

paperback. Written in agony, this book features elegiac meditation on the creation of life, and of art. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Standard Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141197371
ISBN
9780141197371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Directions
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811219624
ISBN
9780811219624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.63

Paperback. 'I should like to go to France,' said Ma. And so at the end of a rainy English August the Larkins - all ten of them, bundle into the old Rolls and cross the Channel. France proves less than welcoming to an eccentric English family. When the manager learns that Ma and Pop are unmarried yet sharing a room under his roof, the trouble really begins. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141029641
ISBN
9780141029641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509813865
ISBN
9781509813865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Lem Gulliver (25, maths teacher), can't seem to leave home. He can't understand how the people around him manage the plot of a grown-up life - careers, mortgages, marriages, homes, friends. With no girlfriend, no place of his own, no ambition and no prospects, the only real direction in his life seem to be the tracks of the Victoria line. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099464532
ISBN
9780099464532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KLN0013689
ISBN
9780701176860
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A beautiful, funny and most of all uplifting story of family and love, perfect for fans of The Rosie Project, David Nicholls and Jojo Moyes. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751563290
ISBN
9780751563290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. The son of the local sergeant in an isolated Garda station on the border between Cavan and Fermanagh, his days are balanced between the brooding, taciturn presence of his father, whom he loves and fears in equal measure, and the reassurance of his quiet, gentle mother. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784162559
ISBN
9781784162559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. A psychological novel that is a coming-to-terms with the ghosts, corpses and repressed nightmares of Europe's recent past. It is made up of three first-person narratives integrated into a work of tragic intensity. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 142 x 44. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099766315
ISBN
9780099766315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. As Peter MacAulay writes his will, he reflects on his life and how world events filter through to his home, Stornoway. He reveals his passions for history, engines and fish, and witnesses changing times - and things that don't change - in the Hebrides. It's about stories, a litany of small histories witnessed during one very individual lifetime. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 200 x 38. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Saraband
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908643971
ISBN
9781908643971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. An engrossing examination of political and personal life in Central America, from the award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking. Writing with the economical swiftness and concentrated perception that has made her one of America's most distinguished writers, Joan Didion creates a gleaming novel of innocence and evil. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007415007
ISBN
9780007415007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. 254 pages. Set in the Bronx at the beginning of the hip-hop era, this novel captures the exploding street culture of the early 1980s through the eyes of four teenagers who hang out together in a local park. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 137 x 209 x 14. Weight: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Augustus Publishing
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979281600
ISBN
9780979281600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. Charts the course of the author's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press; to the origins of his debut novel, "The Carpet People"; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful "Discworld" series. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 200 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552163330
ISBN
9780552163330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Lynda Page brings us a riveting drama of misery, betrayal and heartache Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755349074
ISBN
9780755349074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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