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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Adam is a middle-aged playwright who accepts a tempting offer to have his mind transported into a younger body for six months. Youth restored, he embarks on an odyssey of physical hedonism, but must then face the dire consequences when he is loath to relinquish his new body.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571333592
- ISBN
- 9780571333592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. Life is harsh in close-knit community of Dirrabeg, a community on the Dingle Peninsula facing extinction in the mid-1950's. Donal Hallpelly's bodhran playing brings him into conflict with Canon Tett, the ultraconservative local priest, determined to stamp out the last vestiges of paganism in his community. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847178855
- ISBN
- 9781847178855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.92
€ 12.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. From the author of "Bilton", this is a funny, macabre thriller about jealousy, drugs, media-friendly Yorkshiremen, salmon fishing, modernist chair design and gruesome death (both accidental and premeditated), all set against a backdrop of beautiful Georgian architecture and the English countryside. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002089
- ISBN
- 9780571212293
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A novel that immerses us in the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family - Pauline, Cholly, Sam and Pecola - in post-Depression 1940s Ohio. It shows how the past savagely defines the present. Unlovely and unloved, Pecola prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged white schoolfellows. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099759911
- ISBN
- 9780099759911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Presents a funny, bittersweet tale of love in the south of England. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0001826
- ISBN
- 9780747557708
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A European novel of racial mixing and "passing" in early twentieth-century America that serves as a unique account of transnational and transcultural racial attitudes that continue to reverberate today. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139825
- ISBN
- 9781571139825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.42
€ 98.42
Hardback. A novel, in which the narrator unexpectedly finds himself back in the world of his childhood: Switzerland in the 1940s. He returns to his childhood home to find his parents frantic because their son is missing. Then, in another switch, the young boy that he was back then turns up in the present of the early 1990s, during the Gulf War. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Donal. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857422118
- ISBN
- 9780857422118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.36
€ 20.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. Johanne is a young woman in her twenties who lives with her mother. When she falls in love with Ivar, she finally feels ready to leave home. The couple plan a trip to America. But the morning of her departure, Johanne wakes up to find the door locked. Translator(s): Dawkin, Deborah. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Peirene Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908670151
- ISBN
- 9781908670151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.41
€ 16.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Keywords: "Subjects - Romance - Authors, A-Z - B - Bingham, Charlotte,Subjects - Fiction - General" During the Second World War, Miranda and Ted are sent to the country with another young evacuee, Roberta (Bobbie), to live with Aunt Sophie and Aunt Prudence. And when the aunts die, Miranda, Tom and Bobbie - who have come to regard themselves as a family unit - are eventually parted, seemingly forever. The three find each other after the war. Num Pages: 566 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 35. Weight in Grams: 294
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- BANTAM
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KHS0058476
- ISBN
- 9780553812749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From one of Israel's most important and acclaimed contemporary writers Translator(s): Halkin, Hillel. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001280
- ISBN
- 9781841952420
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842820612
- ISBN
- 9781842820612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. From the Booker Prize-winning author of 'Offshore' comes this unusual romance between the poet Novalis and his fiancee Sophie, newly introduced by Candia McWilliam. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006550198
- ISBN
- 9780006550198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274. 240 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 135 x 18. Weight: 270.
- Publisher
- Langton & Wood
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955506703
- ISBN
- 9780955506703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.69
€ 11.99
€ 11.69
paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408865125
- ISBN
- 9781408865125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.64
€ 15.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Escape into Rosamunde Pilcher's world and meet characters who will become instant friends. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444761948
- ISBN
- 9781444761948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Los Angeles 1936. Kay Fischer, a young, ambitious architect, is shadowed by Salvador Carriscant, an enigmatic stranger claiming to be her father. Within weeks of their first meeting, Kay will join him for an extraordinary journey into the old man's past, initially in search of a murderer, but finally in celebration of a glorious, undying love. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046907
- ISBN
- 9780141046907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. From familiar fairy tales and legends - "Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard", "Puss in Boots", "Beauty and the Beast", vampires and werewolves, the author has created a collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. Series: Vintage Magic. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099588115
- ISBN
- 9780099588115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559800
- ISBN
- 9781875559800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.94
€ 19.99
€ 14.94
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862411923
- ISBN
- 9780862411923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.79
€ 18.99
€ 13.79
Paperback. With a new Foreword by Jeffrey Frank The most poignant of all De Vries's novels, The Blood of the Lamb is also the most autobiographical. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143880
- ISBN
- 9780226143880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.39
€ 18.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. Get ready for an epic debut novel of insurrection and ambition, love and revenge, set in fledgling independent America. This astonishing debut is reminiscent of the finest of early Cormac McCarthy. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611855661
- ISBN
- 9781611855661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.01
€ 11.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300283
- ISBN
- 9781896300283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.21
€ 18.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909762046
- ISBN
- 9781909762046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.69
€ 11.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. The dazzling debut of Siri Hustvedt, author of the international bestseller WHAT I LOVED. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340581230
- ISBN
- 9780340581230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06