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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. Editor(s): Edwards, Grace Toney. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Swallow Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804011730
ISBN
9780804011730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. Barrytown, Dublin, has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel of the soul. Ably managed by Jimmy Rabbitte, brilliantly coached by Joey 'The Lips' Fagan, their twin assault on Motown and Barrytown takes them by leaps and bounds from the parish hall to the steps of the studio door. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749391683
ISBN
9780749391683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Simmema, Peter. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118369
ISBN
9781551118369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551115153
ISBN
9781551115153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.77

Hardcover. Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of P G Wodehouse's death, the "Everyman Wodehouse" contains all the novels and stories, edited and reset. This collection of eleven short stories starring Bertie Wooster in eleven alarming predicaments from which he has to be rescued by his peerless gentleman's gentleman - Jeeves. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591407
ISBN
9781841591407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Muriel Spark's stunning debut novel Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 123 x 15. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085538
ISBN
9781844085538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. As their holiday unfolds, Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though there waits someone who cares deeply about how they appear. Then, they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell and become drawn into a fantasy of violence and obsession. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099754916
ISBN
9780099754916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. * An intriguing new mystery for Edinburgh-based philosopher Isabel Dalhousie Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349120553
ISBN
9780349120553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The centenary edition with a new introduction by Paul Theroux: three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti. Hiding behind their actors' masks, they hesitate on the edge of life -- afraid of love, afraid of pain, afraid of fear itself. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Centenary Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478379
ISBN
9780099478379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. From the internationally-renowned author of The Beach, a gripping mystery and stylistic tour de force that delves into the subconscious mind, with brilliantly disturbing results. The award-winning illustrations from Nicholas Garland make this a beautiful and atmospheric book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 b&w illistrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 115 x 17. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571223107
ISBN
9780571223107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. The year is eighteen hundred and thirty one when fifteen-year-old Mary begins the difficult task of telling her story. A scrap of a thing with a sharp tongue and hair the colour of milk, Mary leads a harsh life working on her father's farm alongside her three sisters. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241959541
ISBN
9780241959541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'Not since Colin MacInnes's City of Spades and Absolute Beginners thirty years ago has a novel stuck a flick-knife so accurately into the young and marginal city' The Times Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198. 288 pages. 'Not since Colin MacInnes's City of Spades and Absolute Beginners thirty years ago has a novel stuck a flick-knife so accurately into the young and marginal city' The Times. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 164 x 199 x 18. Weight: 198.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857862716
ISBN
9780857862716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. It plays by different rules. Certainly, it refuses to succumb to the quaint notion that universes are ruled by pure logic and the harmony of numbers. Series: Discworld Novels. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Corgi
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152921
ISBN
9780552152921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409146940
ISBN
9781409146940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062474070
ISBN
9780062474070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. In the sequel to the cult classic THE HUSTLER, Eddie Felson returns to the poolroom to give the game one last shot. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474600828
ISBN
9781474600828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061690457
ISBN
9780061690457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. It's a pitch black, rainy night in a small Iranian town. Inside his house the Colonel is immersed in thought. Memories are storming in. There is a knock on the door. Two young policemen have come to summon the Colonel to collect the tortured body of his youngest daughter and bury her before sunrise. Translator(s): Patterdale, Tom. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906598891
ISBN
9781906598891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. To a small flat in South London comes a Sumerian bowl, but the bowl is the Collector Collector, clay with something to say, an object d'art who will offer Rosa, its owner, vast swathes of unrecorded history from the last 5000 years. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268192
ISBN
9780099268192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. The UK Top Ten bestseller - a gripping novel of murder, drama .. and love. From the legendary Nora Roberts Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749959326
ISBN
9780749959326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099470472
ISBN
9780099470472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
1
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140957860
ISBN
9780140957860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.14
€ 54.47

paperback. Features twenty classic tales of Horace Rumpole in which he battles through the Old Bailey, whether defending various members of an incompetent South London crime family, taking on haute-cuisine chefs and showfolk or mocking the pomposity of his own profession, all the while being held in check by his wife, Hilda: the wonderful, fearsome. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141198293
ISBN
9780141198293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Since the publication of "Self-Help", her first collection of stories, Lorrie Moore has been hailed as one of the greatest and most influential voices in American fiction. This title gathers together her complete stories and also includes: "Paper Losses", "The Juniper Tree", and "Debarking". Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571239368
ISBN
9780571239368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.87

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