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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Wayne State University Press Detroit
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
SKU
KRS0018342
ISBN
9780814319307
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Wayne State University Press Detroit
Number of pages
264
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KRS0018343
ISBN
9780814319307
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. A band of savage 13-year-old boys reject the adult world as hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284796
ISBN
9780099284796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. This is a pivotal year in one young man's life: Guy Boucher is a fatherless teenager oppressed by his small-town existence and dominated by his uncle, Isadore. Together with poverty and self-hatred, violence has been bred into Guy's very bones - and violence is one thing he can't shake off. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy showing light shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KSG0009574
ISBN
9780099442059
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It's Dublin, June 1995, the hottest summer since records began. But Billy Sweeney, a middle-aged salesman with a failed marriage, a faltering career and a tumbledown house, has more than weather on his mind. His youngest daughter lies in a coma in hospital following a mysterious attack on the petrol station where she worked. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
New edition
SKU
V9780099268383
ISBN
9780099268383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. This is a grouping of some 40 short stories that attempts to capture the essence of everyday life in the small Middle East country of Kuwait. The stories explore life in Kuwait from an American expatriate's perspective. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610144
ISBN
9780815610144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.25

paperback. In the small university town of Salterton, Ontario, dreams are quietly taking shape, or falling apart. There's the Salterton Little Theatre Company, in which professional director Valentine Rich is tormented by the amateurish efforts of his actors. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952634
ISBN
9780241952634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. From the WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2014, a 'humorous, bittersweet fiction, combin[ing] the fantastical realism of Marquez with the domestic comedy of Andrea Levy' INDEPENDENT Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753823118
ISBN
9780753823118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Albert, an accountant and recent widower is trying to put his life back together. His son has gone off to find himself in Tibet. The son's girlfriend makes friendly daughterly overtures to Albert, whose response is less platonic. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283959
ISBN
9780099283959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. The Same Sky tells the powerful, moving story of Carla, a 12-year-old Honduran girl struggling to get to the US with her little brother, and Alice, who lives in Texas and is desperate to become a mother. A perfect book club read, for fans of Liane Moriarty. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349134321
ISBN
9780349134321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. A poetic vision of power, colonialism, and gender in North Africa, The Sand Child has been justifiably celebrated around the world as a daring and significant work of international fiction. Translator(s): Sheridan, Alan. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Johns Hopkins paperback ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801864407
ISBN
9780801864407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061744679
ISBN
9780061744679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.15

Paperback. The quiet life of schoolteacher Bill Mor and his family is disturbed when Rain Carter arrives at the school to paint the portrait of the headmaster. Mor becomes aware of new desires and his wife and children fight discreetly and ruthlessly against Rain and her influence over him. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099433583
ISBN
9780099433583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Stunning new edition, redesigned as part of Granta's publication of Romesh Gunesekera's backlist. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084194
ISBN
9781847084194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.08

Paperback. *A collection of personal essays - surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny - from the No. 1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favorite Humorist. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119755
ISBN
9780349119755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

CD-Audio. The sensational new instalment in the legendary Santangelo family Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 147 x 50. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471139178
ISBN
9781471139178
CD
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. The sensational new instalment in the legendary Santangelo family Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781471112515
ISBN
9781471112515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. The second instalment in the Tannie Maria Mystery crime series, a dark and delicious follow up to Recipes for Love and Murder Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 227 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782116509
ISBN
9781782116509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.76

Paperback. * Mma Ramotswe's twelfth adventure Series: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123134
ISBN
9780349123134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Duisberg is one of thousands of planets plunged into darkness and chaos by the collapse of the galactic republic, but where other worlds have begun to rebuild a star-travelling culture, Duisberg remains in an uneasy balance between mud-brick civilization and bloodthirsty barbarism. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 172 x 43. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Baen Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476780757
ISBN
9781476780757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.97

Paperback. He's a conman. She's in the FBI. But putting him in gaol is the last thing on her mind.. The New York Times bestseller from Janet Evanovich, author of the No. 1 bestselling Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, bestselling author of the Monk series, and co-author of THE HEIST, THE CHASE and THE JOB. Series: Fox & O'Hare. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472201874
ISBN
9781472201874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Other book format. Series: BARNES NOBLE FLEXIBOUND EDITIO. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435159655
ISBN
9781435159655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.08

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
Unabridged
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486421223
ISBN
9780486421223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.52

Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2015 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, this title reveals the pain, loneliness and longing of the characters affected by the bomb blast at a station. It celebrates the power of the written word to heal individuals and communities plagued by violence. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589846
ISBN
9780099589846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

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