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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Dominic Pattison's life is one of level contentment: his marriage has proved happy and durable; his business, too, is successful. And then Sam Williams, a builder and ex-squaddie, enters his life. Sam claims to be his son. Yet is Sam who he says he is? After almost thirty years, Dominic can remember little of the affair with Sam's mother. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sort of Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- V9780956003867
- ISBN
- 9780956003867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.57
€ 13.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Robert Eaglestone provides a clear and engaging exploration of the major themes, patterns, and debates of contemporary fiction. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, One or two black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 109 x 7. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199609260
- ISBN
- 9780199609260
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Heighway, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564787163
- ISBN
- 9781564787163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.84
€ 19.84
Paperback. Editor(s): Cheyette, Bryan. Series: Jewish Writing in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263888
- ISBN
- 9780803263888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.60
€ 42.99
€ 38.60
Paperback. Translator(s): Davidson, Angus. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590171226
- ISBN
- 9781590171226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.33
€ 23.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. A novel based on the life of painter, Pierre Bonnard. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 212. A Triptych After Pierre Bonnard. 140 pages. A novel based on the life of painter, Pierre Bonnard. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 151 x 216 x 10. Weight: 212.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857544107
- ISBN
- 9781857544107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Suspicion, paranoia and blackmail have become part of life. The conversation flows between two individuals, Santiago and Ambrosia, who talk of their tormented lives and of the degradation and frustration that has taken over their town. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571168828
- ISBN
- 9780571168828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. Collector, adventurer and artist, Vivant Denon was a youthful courtier at Versailles; he lived through the French Revolution, and galloped across Egypt with Bonaparte. He found world fame without seeking it, risking his life and happiness in an endless quest, a love affair with art. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099492924
- ISBN
- 9780099492924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Driven by a sense of total disconnection, the narrator embarks on a journey from northern Italy to Sicily, the home he has not seen in some fifteen years. Through the conversations of the islanders and a reunion with his mother, he gradually begins to feel reconnected. But to what kind of world? Translator(s): Mason, Alane Salierno. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841954509
- ISBN
- 9781841954509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Fans of Jennifer Weiner and Jane Green will devour this funny, smart and heart-wrenchingly honest novel about growing up, growing out of your best jeans, and growing apart from your best friend.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KNW0008612
- ISBN
- 9780340898208
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. One night, two men waving guns break and enter their Paris hotel room, terrorizing Russell and his much older companion, a famous American poet named Edward Cannon. The intruders, not finding what they seemingly expected, leave without further incident. But the baffling, traumatic events overwhelm Cannon who dies in his sleep later that night. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Arcadia
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905147984
- ISBN
- 9781905147984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.64
€ 16.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. Magical new novel from the author of SNAKE ROPES. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444738056
- ISBN
- 9781444738056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. A brand new edition of book made famous by the film starring Paul Newman to tie-in with a new West End Theatre production. Includes an introduction by the film critic Andrea Quirke. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780333816
- ISBN
- 9781780333816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, forms transparencies. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220. Good copy showing light age and wear. Ex Libris stamp to title page
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics U.K.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025988
- ISBN
- 9780140186802
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199689118
- ISBN
- 9780199689118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FX. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 260 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oni Press,US United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781929998395
- ISBN
- 9781929998395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.30
€ 24.99
€ 17.30
Paperback. A young scientist becomes involved with a mysterious band of antiquities robbers in the heady atmosphere of nineteenth-century Paris. A powerful and thrilling novel from the author of GHOSTWALK. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827109
- ISBN
- 9780753827109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. *The new London-based series from Alexander McCall Smith, comparable in warmth and humour to 44 Scotland Street Series: Corduroy Mansions. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Abacus London
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349122397
- ISBN
- 9780349122397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849821872
- ISBN
- 9781849821872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. The first in the Corner House series, set in a Lyons Corner House in London on the brink of the Second World War. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006216
- ISBN
- 9780752842967
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The University of St John and the Holy Ghost (known affectionately as Spook) has a problem - and an opportunity. Strange, eccentric art patron and collector Francis Cornish has died and faculty members have been made executors of his complicated will. Num Pages: 1152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 52. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 1152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952610
- ISBN
- 9780241952610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.10
€ 25.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Zaffre Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785762642
- ISBN
- 9781785762642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Roithamer has committed suicide having been driven to madness by his own frightening powers of pure thought. This work talks about the gradual breakdown of a genius ceaselessly compelled to correct and refine his perceptions until the only logical conclusion of the negation of his own soul. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099442547
- ISBN
- 9780099442547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910409039
- ISBN
- 9781910409039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.36
€ 12.36