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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The adventures of Samuel Johnson, his dog Boswell, two demons, four dwarfs and a very polite monster. Series: Samuel Johnson Adventure. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 b&w, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444751857
ISBN
9781444751857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KLN0018204
ISBN
9780747571766
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. One night, George Duncan is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white crane has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the moment he watches it fly away, his life is transformed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857868749
ISBN
9780857868749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Comprise fifty-two chapters that provide insights into the existence of this nebulous man named Crab, his absence from the pages of history, his birth in prison, and his never having been born at all. This book parodies literary conventions, deconstructs narrative and meaning, and combines absurdity and hopelessness with irony and humor. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan; Hardin, Eleanor. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803263703
ISBN
9780803263703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Obejas, Achy. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Regan Arts United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632060228
ISBN
9781632060228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.84

Paperback. In 1945, in Kostelec, Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz band in Czechoslovakia. Their trumpeter has just got out of a concentration camp, their bass player is only allowed in the band since he owns the bass, and the love of Danny's life is in love with somebody else. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Zebra/Grove Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047676
ISBN
9780141047676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Conscientious objector Bill Rowe does not want to kill Hitler's conscripts but he finds his courage deserting him in a bleak jail patrolled by indifferent guards and hungry bugs. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Roundfire Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782796169
ISBN
9781782796169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. It is 1918 and the world is at war. But this feels a million miles away for Laurel Shelton. In the house where her parents toiled and died, in the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains, Laurel aches for her life to begin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178. 256 pages. It is 1918 and the world is at war. But this feels a million miles away for Laurel Shelton. In the house where her parents toiled and died, in the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains, Laurel aches for her life to begin. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight: 176.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857862624
ISBN
9780857862624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.19

Paperback. A sensitive and compassionate story of the strong bonds of friendship and family Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 30. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747252016
ISBN
9780747252016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241962138
ISBN
9780241962138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. The Courage Consort, possibly the seventh best-known a cappella vocal ensemble in Britain, are given two weeks in a Belgian chateau to rehearse their latest commission, the monstrously complicated Partitum Mutante. But can the piece be performed? Can five members of the Consort endure their own sexual tensions and wildly differing temperaments? Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 57. Weight in Grams: 196. 150 pages. The Courage Consort, possibly the seventh best-known a cappella vocal ensemble in Britain, are given two weeks in a Belgian chateau to rehearse their latest commission, the complicated Partitum Mutante. But can the piece be performed?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 57. Weight: 196.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955346
ISBN
9781841955346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New Directions United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811220057
ISBN
9780811220057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. Escape to the country in this hugely entertaining new summer novel from the bestselling and much-loved author Fiona Walker Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751547993
ISBN
9780751547993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199549849
ISBN
9780199549849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099481355
ISBN
9780099481355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Shatters various images of Andre Gide as the querulous and impious Buddha to a quarter-century of intellectuals. Translator(s): Bussy, Dorothy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140180930
ISBN
9780140180930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 154 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473636507
ISBN
9781473636507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. An ambitious, engrossing and multi-layered debut novel Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473636514
ISBN
9781473636514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
Condition
New
SKU
9781564784957
ISBN
9781564784957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. This is the Film Tie-In edition of Cormac McCarthy's much anticipated new screenplay. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Film tie-in
Condition
New
SKU
9781447227649
ISBN
9781447227649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.48

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