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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A band of savage 13-year-old boys reject the adult world as hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284796
ISBN
9780099284796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824047
ISBN
9781934824047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.35

Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Wayne State University Press Detroit
Number of pages
264
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KRS0018343
ISBN
9780814319307
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Wayne State University Press Detroit
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
SKU
KRS0018342
ISBN
9780814319307
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. IN Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9789381017630
ISBN
9789381017630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. An exotic tale of lost family secrets.. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782067641
ISBN
9781782067641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. * A passionate novel about mothers and daughters, roots and exile, set among an Anglo-Iranian family Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Abacus, London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KIN0031851
ISBN
9780349119557
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Safety of Objects, A.M. Homes' first collection of short stories, displays the flair for the hilarious, the perverse and the extraordinary that characterizes all of her books. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
178
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087300
ISBN
9781847087300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.79

Paperback. The only way Rebekah Lantz and Tobias Byler can face the future together is if they forget the past. Can two runaway children from another country teach them what true family is? Series: The Amish of Bee County. Num Pages: 352 pages. .
Publisher
Zondervan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310339861
ISBN
9780310339861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.26

Paperback. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351207
ISBN
9781584351207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.09

Hardcover. A semi-autobiography of the childhood of Alan Kent, from early manhood to artist. The text includes brief, graphic sketches which illustrate the struggle against various hardening effects of a brutal and seemingly indifferent world. Illustrator(s): Frizzell, Ralph. Num Pages: 88 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820317892
ISBN
9780820317892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.10

Paperback. A searing allegorical portrait of North African society, The Sacred Night uses Arabic fairy tales and surrealist elements to craft a stunning and disturbing vision of protest and rebellion against the strictures of hidebound traditions governing gender roles and sexuality. Translator(s): Sheridan, Alan. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801864414
ISBN
9780801864414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.67

Paperback. The hilarious journal of Sacred Diary's Adrian Plass which documents the mishaps and successes of his seven-day speaking tour. Num Pages: 240 pages, b & w line. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007130467
ISBN
9780007130467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. In this second diary, the fictional character Plass is in demand as a public speaker which demands a new diary revealing what has happened to the outrageous Gerald, the joyless Flushpools, incompetent Leonard, the long-suffering Anne and the other well-known characters. Num Pages: 176 pages, B & W Line. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310269137
ISBN
9780310269137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. A pacy, page-turning thriller centred around the discovery of some mysterious ancient human remains in a hidden crypt beneath Jerusalem's Temple Mount Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 48. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847390127
ISBN
9781847390127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 341 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1920
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553371024
ISBN
9780553371024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.94

Paperback. Explores the landscape of twentieth century Russian literature. This autobiographical novel reconstructs the lives and fates of Russian, often Jewish, writers during the long age of Soviet terror, re-establishing them at the heart of the European tradition. Num Pages: 169 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549102
ISBN
9781857549102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Raya, a mercurial Moscow blonde who speaks no English, and the affair she is embarking upon with Gordon Proctor-Gould, a British businessman who speaks no Russian. They need an interpreter; which is how Paul Manning is diverted from writing his thesis at Moscow University to become involved in all the deceptions of love and East-West relations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315888
ISBN
9780571315888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A sweeping novel set in war-torn China, with a star-crossed love story at its centre. Series: Russian Concubine. Num Pages: 608 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751540420
ISBN
9780751540420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.92

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