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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Following one Alex-Li Tandem - a twenty-something, Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and organised religion, this title takes in London and New York, love and death, fathers and sons, as Alex tries to discover how a piece of paper can bring him closer to his heart's desire. Illustrator(s): Mills, Roderick. Num Pages: 432 pages, line illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140276343
ISBN
9780140276343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628970753
ISBN
9781628970753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. A stark and violent exploration of an American myth, this is a novel about the doomed gunslinger Billy the Kid. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784975135
ISBN
9781784975135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. An international sensation The Auschwitz Violin is the unforgettable story of one man's refusal to surrender his dignity in the face of history's greatest atrocity. Translator(s): Tennent, Martha. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849019811
ISBN
9781849019811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 217 x 35. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Beaufort Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825308260
ISBN
9780825308260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. Ammine, a surgeon in a Jerusalem hospital, struggles to cope with the bodies of victims of a suicide bombing in a Jerusalem restaurant. When the police pin responsibility of the suicide attack on Ammine's wife, he is at first baffled and angry. But his feelings turn to confusion and sorrow when he discovers his wife was indeed behind the attack. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Random House Uk Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499275
ISBN
9780099499275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

paperback. A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard, the acclaimed author of 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. This edition includes explanatory notes from the author. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Flamingo
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007116867
ISBN
9780007116867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. A luminous and enthralling story of birds and science, ambition and sacrifice, revolutions - both big and small - and the late blooming of an unforgettable woman. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008209322
ISBN
9780008209322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. Narrated by a country girl from the north, this novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her Member of Parliament. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455158
ISBN
9780099455158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

paperback. An alcoholic mall Santa and a coke-dealing stripper get tangled up with a fairy-worshiping suicide cult. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Perfect Edge
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780995823
ISBN
9781780995823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. First published in 1978, and widely considered to be the sequel to her masterpiece 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept', this remarkable book further established Smart's reputation as a brave and inspirational writer. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780008155742
ISBN
9780008155742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. On a hot May day in 1996 a car bomb detonates in a Delhi marketplace. Just a 'small' bomb, but it is fatal for two Khurana school boys. Their friend Mansoor survives the blast bearing the physical and psychological effects of the bomb. Yet Mansoor isn't the only one damaged by the bomb.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523284
ISBN
9780099523284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Pantheon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
American ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780394744209
ISBN
9780394744209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.97

Paperback. Karsan Dargawalla, heir to the shrine of a mysterious, medieval sufi begins to tell the story of his family and the destroyed shrine in the aftermath of the violence that gripped western India in 2002. His tale begins in the 1960s, and young Karsan wishes above all else to be ordinary. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847672834
ISBN
9781847672834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. In the Vatican, the pope is dying as priestly vultures gather around, whispering the names of possible successors. In a forgotten monastery on Ireland's gale-swept coast, a dangerous document is hidden, waiting to be claimed. And in a family chapel in Princeton, New Jersey, a nun is murdered at her prayers. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 34. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Publisher
Arrow London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KAK0011158
ISBN
9780099484257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Including a new story The School of English. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007580996
ISBN
9780007580996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Tells how led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men including Dr Prone (constantly ill); Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) and 3,000 Yogistani porters, set out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2841st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530381
ISBN
9780099530381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. A government official who is inspecting a faded mansion of forgotten treasures, comes across the final, shocking gift which is bleeding the museum dry. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099553953
ISBN
9780099553953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079573
ISBN
9781785079573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003308
ISBN
9781781999530
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. A heart-warming and inspirational tale in which Enzo, a loyal family dog, tells the story of his human family, how they nearly fell apart, and what he did to bring them back together. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
9780007281190
ISBN
9780007281190
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 13.99
€ 10.43

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
S Q Publications,US United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865620360
ISBN
9780865620360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

paperback. Born in a small Sicilian village and orphaned at age nine, Modesta spends her childhood in a convent raised by nuns. Through sheer cunning, she manages to escape, and eventually becomes a princess. Sensual, proud, and determined, Modesta wants to discover the infinite richness of life. Translator(s): Appel, Anne Milano. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141198477
ISBN
9780141198477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. A wonderful, warm novel from a major new American voice. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KAK0007666
ISBN
9780007374458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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