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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099581888
- ISBN
- 9780099581888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. This shattering novel is filled with storytelling sleight of hand. What appears to be a story of mothers and daughters, of sisterhood put to the test, of adolescent love and grown-up misconduct, and of history's long reach, becomes a provocative and compelling exploration of America's failure to find a language to talk about race. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 38. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books (division of Workman)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616206444
- ISBN
- 9781616206444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.29
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Paperback. Offers a collection of stories about the American family. This book brings to life a world of lost fathers and redemptive con men, of personal struggles and diminished dreams, a world marked by the wry wit and generosity of spirit that has made Jess Walter one of America's most talked-about writers. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Viking
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241003855
- ISBN
- 9780241003855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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Paperback. This pioneering post-colonial novel was the first break-through Moroccan novel to be written in native Moroccan Arabic. The story follows two generations of the al-Tihamis family whose members characterise distinctive aspects of Moroccan society, and whose lives reflect the profound social changes taking place during the period. Translator(s): Allen, Roger. Series: Modern Arabic Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910376409
- ISBN
- 9781910376409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
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Paperback. Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn't leaving the Blackwoods alone. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780141191454
- ISBN
- 9780141191454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. * Linda Grant's 'best novel yet' (Financial Times) is a thoughtful and engaging story of a London family from the late sixties to the present Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086399
- ISBN
- 9781844086399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
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€ 10.03
Paperback. A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting encounter with another; a brother and sister find themselves at the bottom of a coal mine with a Japanese tourist; a Welsh stag on a debauched weekend in Dublin confesses an unimaginable truth; and more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571317028
- ISBN
- 9780571317028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Kurt Vonnegut's first and last works come together for the first time in print, in a collection aptly titled after his famous phrase, We Are What We Pretend To Be. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vanguard Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306822780
- ISBN
- 9780306822780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.42
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Paperback. From New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, a disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007532865
- ISBN
- 9780007532865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
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hardcover. Tells a story that centers on two young women: Voltairine, a dancer who no longer dances but whose body is still haunted by the movement of dance, and her soulmate Emile, a young woman recovering from unexpected cardiac arrest. The girls are inseparable, and both their lives have been shattered by the horror of rape. Translator(s): Ball, David; Ball, Nicole. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857421890
- ISBN
- 9780857421890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.14
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Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206. 302 pages. At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight: 206.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847671158
- ISBN
- 9781847671158
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Translator(s): Bauer, Maria Poglitsch. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411708
- ISBN
- 9781572411708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.06
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€ 32.06
Paperback. An accessible, beautifully crafted and topical novel about PTSI and the unseen effects of global conflict on ordinary lives Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471132599
- ISBN
- 9781471132599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
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Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Clockroot Books
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566568630
- ISBN
- 9781566568630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.92
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Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2006 Modern Library Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812974621
- ISBN
- 9780812974621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.27
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Paperback. In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD. Translator(s): Brown, Clarence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140185850
- ISBN
- 9780140185850
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Translator(s): Roughton, Philip. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Archipelago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671091
- ISBN
- 9780914671091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.04
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Daunt Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907970825
- ISBN
- 9781907970825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477830109
- ISBN
- 9781477830109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.37
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Paperback. The Longman Caribbean Writers Series comprises of many classic novels, short stories and plays by the best known Caribbean authors, together with works of the highest quality from new writers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFU; YQEF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582642614
- ISBN
- 9780582642614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.56
€ 20.56