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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. Takes us into the hauntingly confused worlds of two ageing male protagonists - washed-up scientist Freddie Montgomery, desperate to explain why he is being held in an Irish prison for murder and recently widowed art historian Max Morden, who has returned to a sleepy seaside boarding house to relive the events of his first adolescent awakenings. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 211 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593678
ISBN
9781841593678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. The darkly compelling confession of an improbable murderer, shortlisted for the 1989 Booker Prize. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184 220pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Picador
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
9780330371872
ISBN
9780330371872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.45

Hardcover. Translator(s): Jackson, Prof. Elizabeth. Series: Brazilian Literature Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 167 x 81. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786814
ISBN
9781564786814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.05

Paperback. Parable, paradox, anecdote, dream, and autobiography blend into an exuberant world view and affirmation of human possibility. Translator(s): Belfrage, Cedric. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393308556
ISBN
9780393308556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594933097
ISBN
9781594933097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172339
ISBN
9781590172339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.01

Paperback. Features a complete translation of The Book of Disquiet. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241200131
ISBN
9780241200131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Sitting at his desk, Bernardo Soares imagined himself free forever of Rua dos Douradores, of his boss Vasques, of Moreira the book-keeper, of all the other employees, the errand boy, the post boy, even the cat. But if he left them all tomorrow and discarded the suit of clothes he wears, what else would he do? Because he would have to do something. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687358
ISBN
9781846687358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Sinha, Arunava; Haq, Kaiser; Islam, Khademul. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583805
ISBN
9781905583805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. What if a demented London cabbie called Dave Rudman wrote a book to his estranged son to give him some fatherly advice? What if that book was buried in Hampstead and hundreds of years later, when rising sea levels have put London underwater, spawned a religion? This book offers a historical detective story set in the far future. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141014548
ISBN
9780141014548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.61

Paperback. As Cold War hysteria inflames America, FBI agents pay a surprise visit to a Communist man and his wife in their New York apartment. After a trial that divides the country, the couple are sent to the electric chair for treason. Decades later, in 1967, their son Daniel struggles to understand the tragedy of their lives. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188188
ISBN
9780141188188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. A lauded 'masterpiece' that tells with compassion and humour the story of Janusz Korczak, a hero of the Polish Jewish ghetto Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784290320
ISBN
9781784290320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Alice Thompson's new novel is a Gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness. Violet is obsessed with the books of fairy tales her husband acquires, but her growing delusions see her confined in an asylum. As she recovers and is realead a terrifying series of events is unleashed. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784630430
ISBN
9781784630430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. It's the midsummer ball at Oxford, and a group of men and women - friends since university days - have gathered under the stars. Included in this group is David Crimond, a genius and fervent Marxist. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
9780099433545
ISBN
9780099433545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. When his father is taken ill, Thomas hopes that he may be able to communicate honestly with him, as his father sets a formidable Christian example, and sort out his wayward life. But Thomas is a chronic liar, and athiest as well, and instead finds that once at home, he falls back into the disastrous and evasive patterns of his childhood years. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KOC0027055
ISBN
9780099453574
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A major novel from the internationally bestselling author of 'The Joy Luck Club', 'The Kitchen God's Wife' and 'The Hundred Secret Senses'. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KAK0002866
ISBN
9780006550433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 314 x 39. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062413475
ISBN
9780062413475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.58

Paperback. The highly acclaimed romantic tragedy of love, migration, and the search for identity from the Granta 'Best of Young British' author Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847679789
ISBN
9781847679789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Powerful and visionary, Keri Hulme has written the great New Zealand novel of our times. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330485418
ISBN
9780330485418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.25

Paperback. The dazzling new novel from the author of Cloud Atlas, at once the kaleidoscopic story of an unusual woman's life, a metaphysical thriller and a profound meditation on mortality and survival. Num Pages: 640 pages, 6. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340921623
ISBN
9780340921623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

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