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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A compelling and intricate novel of emigration and the effects of colonialism on a people Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472064700
ISBN
9780472064700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.07

Paperback. In a shocking yet all too prosaic moment, Joe and Eileen O'Kane experience a terrible tragedy which leaves them bereft. A new chapter of Joe's life begins when he is offered a job of researching the story of the renowned 19th-century Derry ship builder, William Coppin, and his connection with the fate of the Artic explorer, Sir John Franklin. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0012257
ISBN
9780747585794
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Perfect for fans of Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project and Gavin Extence's debut novel THE UNIVERSE VERSUS ALEX WOODS, comes a wild and witty, searing and true novel about life's ups and downs. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473605244
ISBN
9781473605244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473605220
ISBN
9781473605220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.96

Hardback. Tells the moving tale of an Italian family living in Scotland during the rise of Mussolini and his rule in Italy. This story is told from the point of view of Lucia, the family's daughter, who, at 83, reflects on her childhood. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422231
ISBN
9780857422231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.16

Paperback. In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second largest Jewish ghetto in Poland. Its chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a 63-year-old Jewish businessman. Mysterious, ambiguous and monarchical, 'King Chaim' forced adults and children alike to work punishing hours providing supplies for the German military. Num Pages: 672 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 150 x 42. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571259212
ISBN
9780571259212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.87

Paperback. From the author of The End of the Alphabet, the magical story of an unlikely romance between an illiterate Parisian baker and a woman with her head permanently buried in a book Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271137
ISBN
9781846271137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.08

Paperback. Translator(s): Finn, Robert. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
1 Tra
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610137
ISBN
9780815610137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007459599
ISBN
9780007459599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. In the glittering tradition of Edith Wharton, The Emperor's Children examines life in upper-crust Manhattan, and tells a compelling story of ambition, vanity and tragedy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KRF0037397
ISBN
9780330444484
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the glittering tradition of Edith Wharton, The Emperor's Children examines life in upper-crust Manhattan, and tells a compelling story of ambition, vanity and tragedy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KOC0016690
ISBN
9780330444484
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Through bustling, hustling city, its slum tenements and sumptuous villas, this book follows Zuleika the daughter of Sudanese immigrants. Married to a fat, rich absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day, Septimus Severus, Emperor himself, comes to town, bringing with him not just love - but danger.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140297812
ISBN
9780140297812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. In the glittering tradition of Edith Wharton, The Emperor's Children examines life in upper-crust Manhattan, and tells a compelling story of ambition, vanity and tragedy Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447289418
ISBN
9781447289418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Like the other characters in Tracy Daugherty's masterful collection, he moves through spaces at once sacred and spoiled, within cities, deserts, and other strange environments, reckoning, taking soundings, trying to find firm footing in the world. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415802
ISBN
9781421415802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Plume
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142181232
ISBN
9780142181232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. The heartbreaking new tale from the hugely popular author Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755385768
ISBN
9780755385768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. From the young Pakistani immigrant who seeks some kind of permanence in a strange town to the Irish woman reluctantly returning to Dublin and discovering a city that refuses to acknowledge her long absence. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141041773
ISBN
9780141041773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. A reissue in new packaging of one of Rosamunde Pilcher's classic stories. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444761726
ISBN
9781444761726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. The children have flown, the parents are free. Life is suddenly about to get very interesting indeed .. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Edition
Digital original
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751543667
ISBN
9780751543667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.41

Paperback. A powerful and hauntingly beautiful novel set on death row - as if THE GREEN MILE or THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION were written by Cormac McCarthy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226347
ISBN
9781780226347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.94

Paperback. At one level an escapist fantasy, at another a parable about the liberation of the spirit, this delicious confection will work its magic on all.' 'The Daily Telegraph Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002237
ISBN
9780860685173
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Features stories of Russian life that are peopled by outsized characters including serfs, princes, Gypsy girls, horse dealers, nomadic Tartars and garrulous storytellers. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577362
ISBN
9780099577362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. A novella in which a middle-aged man weds an unattractive widow in order to indulge his paedophilic obsession with her daughter. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191188
ISBN
9780141191188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.41

Paperback. Siri Hustvedt's mesmerising second novel, 'startlingly good, tautly written and very sexy' Marie Claire. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Sceptre United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340682364
ISBN
9780340682364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

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