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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A collection of dazzling London-based short stories, some never before collected, from one of the masters of the genre. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473213296
ISBN
9781473213296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. It is 1938 and the prospect of war hangs over every London inhabitant. But the city doesn't stop. Everywhere people continue to work, drink, fall in love, and struggle to get on in life. At the lodging-house at Number 10 Dulcimer Street, Kennington, the buttoned-up clerk Mr Josser returns home with the clock he has received as a retirement gift. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442334
ISBN
9780141442334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Paul Rainey is a 40-year-old functioning alcoholic on anti-anxiety medication who commutes into London every day from Hove to sell advertising space in non-existent trade publications. Perceiving through a fog of psychoactive substances his own dissatisfaction with where his life is going - he only wishes there were something to be done about it. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515890
ISBN
9780099515890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. .
Publisher
RIZZOLI/UNIVERSAL
Number of pages
180
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847849079
ISBN
9780847849079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.60

Paperback. A fifteen year-old boy meets a middle-aged woman on the internet. When his long-term girlfriend and first love Alice, betrays him at a house party, Etgar goes looking for cyber solace in the arms of Macy, a stunning but bored housewife he meets online. What could possibly go wrong..? Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782111580
ISBN
9781782111580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, frustrated college professor. In love with his landlady's twelve-year-old daughter Lolita, he'll do anything to possess her. Unable and unwilling to stop himself, he is prepared to commit any crime to get what he wants. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? Or is he all of these? Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241951644
ISBN
9780241951644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182537
ISBN
9780141182537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.45

hardcover. Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these? Num Pages: 329 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
329
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151336
ISBN
9781857151336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita, who he'll do anything to possess. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster?! Or is he all of these? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 28. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141023496
ISBN
9780141023496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, frustrated college professor. In love with his landlady's twelve-year-old daughter Lolita, he'll do anything to possess her. Unable and unwilling to stop himself, he is prepared to commit any crime to get what he wants. Is he in love or insane? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953242
ISBN
9780241953242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Grove Press New York
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802141996
ISBN
9780802141996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Spinifex Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742199627
ISBN
9781742199627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821988
ISBN
9781849821988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardback. Allan Gurganus brings the twisted hilarity of Flannery O'Connor kicking into our new century in this literary event of 2013. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871403797
ISBN
9780871403797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405926393
ISBN
9781405926393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 36 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 256 x 4. Weight in Grams: 127.
Publisher
Down East Books,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Edition
Open Market Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892720323
ISBN
9780892720323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. Ari is 19, Greek, gay, unemployed and looking for something to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring destructive world of clubs and drugs, Ari eases his pain the only way he knows how. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 267 x 12. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099757719
ISBN
9780099757719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 176 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Y Lolfa
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847719232
ISBN
9781847719232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.75

Paperback. Reissue of the hilarious 150,000 copy selling novel from this much-loved author Num Pages: 400 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 268. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KTG0011285
ISBN
9780340837252
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she is adored by the steady, loyal Tom. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming and worldy, new to the area, and married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair and Liza's fall from grace is fast and fatal. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282747
ISBN
9780099282747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875651446
ISBN
9780875651446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. Lizzie Enfield's compelling new novel explores the hearts and minds of ordinary people as they struggle to come to terms with the choices they've made. Acutely observed and utterly gripping, it explores love and loss, guilt and recovery, with humour, honesty and page-turning prose. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Myriad Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908434470
ISBN
9781908434470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. Tells the stories of twelve disabled women, ten from Wales and two from the West of England. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762101
ISBN
9781905762101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 384. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KRA0003353
ISBN
9780758275400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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