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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family Christmas in the home their mother is about to sell. As the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from Rosaleen - a woman who doesn't quite know how to love her children - forces them to confront the weight of family ties and their home. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099539797
- ISBN
- 9780099539797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.27
€ 13.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Dr Thomas Underhill, a notorious seventeenth-century practitioner of black arts and sexual deviancy. However, the landlord, Maurice Allington, is the sole witness to the renaissance of the malevolent Underhill. Led by an anxious desire to vindicate his sanity, Allington strives to uncover the key to Underhill's satanic powers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099461074
- ISBN
- 9780099461074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. The third novel in The Horseman Riding By series that established Delderfield as one of the most popular and admired novelists of the 1960s Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340922934
- ISBN
- 9780340922934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Langton & Wood
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955506734
- ISBN
- 9780955506734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.69
€ 11.99
€ 11.69
Hardback. Translator(s): Singerman, Alan J (Davidson College). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063911
- ISBN
- 9780271063911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.37€ 63.12
€ 74.37
€ 63.12
Paperback. Translator(s): Singerman, Alan J (Davidson College). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063928
- ISBN
- 9780271063928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.65
€ 38.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. Presents an insight into the mysteries and magic of everyday life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KOC0016374
- ISBN
- 9780747580591
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents an insight into the mysteries and magic of everyday life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KNW0010685
- ISBN
- 9780747580591
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571215065
- ISBN
- 9780571215065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.23
€ 10.99
€ 9.23
Paperback. For the two men in this novel, war was supposed to be a testing ground. But it proved to be an ordeal of a different kind. Spanning 70 years of Australian life, from Sydney's Cross to the backwaters of the Hawkesbury River, this is a novel of lost innocence and witness. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099273868
- ISBN
- 9780099273868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
paperback. This story concerns the debut of a totally filthy novel which puts the literary world in spasms. Frensic, a literary agent with a "nose for a bestseller" (as well as port and snuff), places this hot property with Hutchmeyer, the least respected publisher in the world. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099435495
- ISBN
- 9780099435495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.27
€ 12.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. On August 20, 1940, Marxist philosopher, politician, and revolutionary Leon Trotsky was attacked with an ice axe in his home in Coyoacan, Mexico. He died the next day. The author offers his account of Trotsky's assassination as witnessed through the eyes of an array of characters: the young American student, the Mexican police chief, and more. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260648
- ISBN
- 9780226260648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.31
€ 24.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- New American Library New York
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KNH0004151
- ISBN
- 9780451216489
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press New York
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRS0004549
- ISBN
- 9780802140326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Stories of homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys and between young kabuki actors and their patrons held broad appeal in pre-modern Japanese culture. An independent popular writer, Saikaku wrote "Nanshoku Okagami" in 1687 with the intention of extending his readership. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; 3JD; FA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718950
- ISBN
- 9780804718950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. A revelatory novel about the poet Rupert Brooke from the Orange and Whitbread-shortlisted author of FRED AND EDIE Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRF0023352
- ISBN
- 9780340935668
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A revelatory novel about the poet Rupert Brooke from the Orange and Whitbread-shortlisted author of FRED AND EDIE Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy, Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KST0015938
- ISBN
- 9780340935668
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his garden, coolly debating Gatsby's origins and mysterious past. None of the frivolous socialites understands him and among various rumours is the conviction that 'he killed a man'. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 208
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241951477
- ISBN
- 9780241951477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. A summary of the "roaring twenties", and a expose of the "Jazz Age", this book, through the narration of Nick Carraway, takes the reader into the world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKE0000943
- ISBN
- 9781853260414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.74
€ 6.74
Paperback. A summary of the "roaring twenties", and a expose of the "Jazz Age", this book, through the narration of Nick Carraway, takes the reader into the world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0009521
- ISBN
- 9781853260414
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.74
€ 6.74
Paperback. New, lavishly produced paperback with a beautiful cover with foil and illustrations by Art Deco artist George Barbier. Here presented in a new fully edited and annotated version, it contains an extensive apparatus on Fitzgerald's life and works. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492586
- ISBN
- 9781847492586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.12
€ 9.99
€ 9.12
Paperback. Jay Gatsby is a self-made man, famed for his decadent champagne-drenched parties. Despite being surrounded by Long Island's bright and beautiful, he longs only for Daisy Buchanan. In shimmering prose, Fitzgerald shows Gatsby pursue his dream to its tragic conclusion. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099541530
- ISBN
- 9780099541530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.44
€ 10.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182636
- ISBN
- 9780141182636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.78
€ 9.99
€ 8.78
Hardcover. Set in the post-Great War Long Island/New York world of the rich. The narrator, Nick Carraway, sympathetically records the pathos of Gatsby's romantic dream which founders on the reality of corruption, the insulated selfishness of Tom and Daisy, and the cutting edge of violence. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150193
- ISBN
- 9781857150193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.25
€ 18.99
€ 14.25