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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A novel that immerses us in the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family - Pauline, Cholly, Sam and Pecola - in post-Depression 1940s Ohio. Unlovely and unloved, Pecola prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged white schoolfellows. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099759911
ISBN
9780099759911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. William Bird has always taken in boarders who are on the fringes of society: the petty conman, the immigrant who's never been able to fit in, the blustering officer who really doesn't know what's what , and the just plain lonely. He's built a unique place with a unique atmosphere. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969274
ISBN
9780241969274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. From the author of "Bilton", this is a funny, macabre thriller about jealousy, drugs, media-friendly Yorkshiremen, salmon fishing, modernist chair design and gruesome death (both accidental and premeditated), all set against a backdrop of beautiful Georgian architecture and the English countryside. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002089
ISBN
9780571212293
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Life is harsh in close-knit community of Dirrabeg, a community on the Dingle Peninsula facing extinction in the mid-1950's. Donal Hallpelly's bodhran playing brings him into conflict with Canon Tett, the ultraconservative local priest, determined to stamp out the last vestiges of paganism in his community. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781847178855
ISBN
9781847178855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Adam is a middle-aged playwright who accepts a tempting offer to have his mind transported into a younger body for six months. Youth restored, he embarks on an odyssey of physical hedonism, but must then face the dire consequences when he is loath to relinquish his new body.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571333592
ISBN
9780571333592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. Trapped in the unrelenting grip of pain and heartache, Josh is losing his hold on reality. Having escaped to Bangkok, his life appeared to be turning around with a beautiful girlfriend, a roof over his head and a somewhat unconventional job. But then he took a call from somebody he thought he left behind a long time ago. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908248268
ISBN
9781908248268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. The brilliant and funny new novel from the author hailed as 'one of his generation's most gifted writers' by the New York Times Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747568285
ISBN
9780747568285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609807511
ISBN
9781609807511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Nazca Plains Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934625989
ISBN
9781934625989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 5.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; FA; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
NeWest Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126172
ISBN
9781897126172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.33

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

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 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

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

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. 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

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. 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. 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. 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

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

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