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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe. Henry Smart, on the run from Dublin, falls on his feet. He is a handsome man with a sandwich board, behind that he stashes hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. He catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district and soon there are eyes on his back and men in the shadows. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000706
ISBN
9780099477655
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. It's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe. Henry falls on his feet, as a handsome man with a sandwich board, and behind his sandwich board a stash of hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. When he starts hiring kids to carry boards for him, he catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700. First edition. Signed by author. Clean copy. Lightly toned. Fine in fine dustjacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0003522
ISBN
9780224074360
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Hardcover. It's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe. Henry falls on his feet, as a handsome man with a sandwich board, and behind his sandwich board a stash of hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. When he starts hiring kids to carry boards for him, he catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700. Good clean copy. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KOC0002218
ISBN
9780224074360
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 23.11

Paperback. Ten-year-old Tommy roams the cotton fields of Alabama owned by the notorious Captain Archer. Intimidating guards with fierce dogs protect the land. prevent any slaves from leaving. That is until a supernatural spirit visits Tommy offering a way out. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Darf Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772859
ISBN
9781850772859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. With a letter announcing the imminent arrival of Madame Dupont, Pop and Ma Larkin learn that little Oscar and Blenheim - are to be christened. Pop, who needs no excuse to open a few bottles and host the perfick party, rushes out and buys a fun fair to celebrate. But there are one or two gatecrashers even Pop hadn't counted on turning up. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141029665
ISBN
9780141029665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 104 x 20. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kensington Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780758287144
ISBN
9780758287144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.86

Paperback. Everyone knows the real Silvia, don't they? Silvia Shute lies in hospital in a coma. Family and friends gather at her bedside, each thinking they know the real Silvia. But do they? For Silvia hides a secret. One she can never tell. And as her visitors congregate so the truth about Silvia is slowly revealed. Again, and again and again.. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046358
ISBN
9780141046358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Robert Mitchum was a Hollywood bad-boy and one of the greatest screen actors of the twentieth century. But his pre-fame life is cloaked in mystery, the truth hidden within conflicting tales of time spent as a Depression-era hobo, prizefighter, escaped felon - and secret poet. This book provides a personification of Film Noir, Robert Mitchum. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 215 x 38. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762132
ISBN
9781905762132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Penelope Fitzgerald's Booker Prize-winning novel of loneliness and connecting is set among the houseboat community of the Thames and has a new introduction from Alan Hollinghurst. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007320967
ISBN
9780007320967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and HM forces have to show respect for the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of Crete. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184678
ISBN
9780141184678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Bea Maxwell has been kissed only once and has never been in love. Apart form a stint away in Chicago, she has always lived in Green Bay where she cares for her invalid mother. This story charts her solitary but self-possessed life. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
KEX0200325
ISBN
9781843540014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'Mona Simpson is a wonderful writer, very spare and economical but with extraordinary emotional power. Off Keck Road is her best book yet - lucid and beautiful' Kate Atkinson 'Mona Simpson is a wonderful writer, very spare and economical but with extraordinary emotional power. Off Keck Road is her best book yet - lucid and beautiful' Kate Atkinson Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 147. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KSS0001827
ISBN
9781843540014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'Mona Simpson is a wonderful writer, very spare and economical but with extraordinary emotional power. Off Keck Road is her best book yet - lucid and beautiful' Kate Atkinson 'Mona Simpson is a wonderful writer, very spare and economical but with extraordinary emotional power. Off Keck Road is her best book yet - lucid and beautiful' Kate Atkinson Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 147. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0001659
ISBN
9781843540014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Bea Maxwell has been kissed only once and has never been in love. Apart form a stint away in Chicago, she has always lived in Green Bay where she cares for her invalid mother. This story charts her solitary but self-possessed life. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0200310
ISBN
9781843540014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Here is a quirky and fantastical novel about things lost and things found from a startling new voice in fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 420. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0003631
ISBN
9780007562473
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Here is a quirky and fantastical novel about things lost and things found from a startling new voice in fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 420. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0009974
ISBN
9780007562473
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141185101
ISBN
9780141185101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.44

Paperback. Streetwise George and his childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a place of their own and live the American dream. But do dreams come at a price! Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 183 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141023571
ISBN
9780141023571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

hardcover. Describes how in 1949, as a young reporter, the author witnessed the opening of several tombs as an old convent made way for a new hotel. One of the tombs contained a skeleton of a young girl with reddish hair that measured 22 metres, 11 centimetres long. This novel talks about her legend as a popular saint. Num Pages: 5 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145. Weight in Grams: 379. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000898
ISBN
9780224040259
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero's doorstep prophesising a plague of rabies in the Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter, Sierva Maria, was one of four people bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968741
ISBN
9780241968741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

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