Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. 'Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler' Tom Wolfe Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752864365
- ISBN
- 9780752864365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is considered the pre-eminent writer of Brazil, but his work has only recently become known to the English-speaking world. This new translation of Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, first published in 1881, now brings Machado de Assis's sardonic wit and keen appreciation of human foibles to a much larger audience. Editor(s): Regno, Enylton De Sa. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; BG; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195101706
- ISBN
- 9780195101706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. The new witty and warm novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author and TV presenter, Fern Britton. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007562992
- ISBN
- 9780007562992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 8.95
€ 11.99
€ 8.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Repack
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764203404
- ISBN
- 9780764203404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.57
€ 16.99
€ 13.57
Paperback. At her father's funeral, Melissa makes a shocking discovery that will send her on a journey across continents and into her family's hidden past.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Paperback Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857204028
- ISBN
- 9780857204028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. From the Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, this is the novel Lionel Shriver wrote directly afterwards. The Post-Birthday World is an unflinching account of the choices that unfold before us and what our decisions really mean. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007578030
- ISBN
- 9780007578030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.42
€ 14.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. The new novel from the bestselling, highly acclaimed and always controversial author of Atomised. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753821183
- ISBN
- 9780753821183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Sarah St John is reeling. Her twenty-two year old son, Cully, has been killed in an avalanche and, much as she'd like to be left alone to grieve quietly, no one will let her. Her father, a retired shopping channel addict has moved into her basement. Her best friend, a divorcee who always manages to say the wrong thing, has become a life-coach. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099597780
- ISBN
- 9780099597780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 7.28
€ 11.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. Everything changes for the four Mellow children the day they find a book called Pleasuring on the shelf. Thirty years later the book is set to be reissued but the lives of the Mellow family are no longer the same. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099485056
- ISBN
- 9780099485056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A collector unearths the find of a lifetime: an eighteenth-century portrait of a man uncannily like him. Translator(s): Boyce, Emily; Aitken, Jane. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198. .
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910477434
- ISBN
- 9781910477434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. A laugh-out-loud love story with big ideas - and squirrels SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008160395
- ISBN
- 9780008160395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Beginning in the late 1940's, American literature discovered a four-letter word, and the word was "beat." This book collects the significant writings of the fellow members of the Beat Generation. In poetry, fiction, essays, and memoirs, it captures the triumphant rudeness, energy, and exhilaration of a movement that swept through American letters. Editor(s): Charters, Ann. Num Pages: 688 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142437537
- ISBN
- 9780142437537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Michael, a writer of pornographic fiction, creates an ideal world of sex through his two stock athletes, Colonel Grimshaw and Mavis Carmichael, while he bungles every phase of his entanglement with an older woman who has the misfortune to fall in love with him. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571225712
- ISBN
- 9780571225712
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws. But he is not beaten yet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540144
- ISBN
- 9780099540144
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Europa Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609452742
- ISBN
- 9781609452742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.22
€ 17.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. At the Diamond County Home for the Aged, the inmates prepare for the annual ritual of the Poorhouse Fair. The elderly residents take pride in the self-respect they gain from this one day. But when the fair goes less well than the folks had hoped, they blame Conner, the new prefect of the home. Together, they begin to revolt against the man. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188485
- ISBN
- 9780141188485
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. First published in Gaelic in 1941 under the title "An Beal Bocht", this book was translated into English in 1973. A parody of the Gaelic peasant writings of the Irish revival, the book features Bonaparte O'Coonassa - who tells the story of his life. By the author of "The Dalkey Archive". Illustrator(s): Steadman, Ralph. Translator(s): Power, P.C. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780586087480
- ISBN
- 9780586087480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.63
€ 13.99
€ 10.63
Paperback. Richly insightful, deeply humorous, often poignant, The Ponzi Man skilfully reveals the inner-world of a man who knows every maddening thing about gambling, except how to give it up. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473627680
- ISBN
- 9781473627680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
€ 10.99
€ 9.45
Paperback. "Carries the flavor of the old world, its underlying ferocity leavened by a lyrical mysticism.. Her prose is transcendent."-Washington Post Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350234
- ISBN
- 9780393350234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.27
€ 16.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. A historical novel that unravels the life of Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun, reconstructing the personal and intellectual universe of a fourteenth-century genius. Translator(s): Roger, Allen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774162527
- ISBN
- 9789774162527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.77
€ 19.99
€ 18.77