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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The electrifying novel from the author of Divided Kingdom and The Insult Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0216150
ISBN
9780747526971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 202 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666979
ISBN
9780940666979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666986
ISBN
9780940666986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. Composed of poems, parables, and stories, sketches and apocryphal quotations, this book explores the mysterious territory that lies between the dreams of the creative artist and the "real" world. Translator(s): Boyer, Mildred Vinson; Morland, Harold. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
13th ed.
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292715493
ISBN
9780292715493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. * This wonderful novel showing Beryl Bainbridge at her darkly comic best - out for the first time as an Abacus paperback Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123707
ISBN
9780349123707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
239
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126714
ISBN
9781897126714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. Alternating between the lives of Koreans struggling through seventy years of turbulent, post-World War Two history in their homeland and the communities of Korean immigrants grappling with assimilation in the United States, this title weaves together intricate tales of family and love, abandonment and loss on both sides of the Pacific. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 179.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571276202
ISBN
9780571276202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Old Street Publishing Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400111
ISBN
9781910400111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Hardback. Translator(s): Hoban, Wieland. Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140. .
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857424280
ISBN
9780857424280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.18

Paperback. Selected from the book Collected Stories by John Cheever VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Death by Julian Barnes Eating by Nigella Lawson Psychedelics by Aldous Huxley Calm by Tim Parks Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872649
ISBN
9781784872649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.91

Paperback. Sounds like easy money: collecting an antique for a rich stranger. Alan Allen, freshly unemployed, short of cash, and caught up in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, is about to find out otherwise. But not before being swept on a European wild-goose chase. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 241.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847670298
ISBN
9781847670298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444743258
ISBN
9781444743258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Contains stories that move from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244973
ISBN
9780571244973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. No. 1 New York Times bestseller: 'Powerful.. Suspenseful.. chilling' New York Times 'Powerful.. Suspenseful.. Chilling' New York Times Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747264651
ISBN
9780747264651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Claire Randall was swept through time into the arms of James Fraser whose love for her became legend - a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear his child. Two decades later, Claire travelled back again to reunite with Jamie, this time in frontier America. Series: Outlander. Num Pages: 1200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 47. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
9781784751340
ISBN
9781784751340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.85

Paperback. The drunk man lies on a moonlit hillside looking at a thistle, jaggy and beautiful, which epitomises Scotland's divided self. The man reflects on the fate of the nation, the human condition in general and his own personal fears. This book contains commentary and notes, and takes the reader through the author's complex and opaque use of language. Editor(s): Buthlay, Kenneth. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846970269
ISBN
9781846970269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. In 1976, four students took a trip to the desert. Now the repercussions of the fateful summer are coming back to haunt them. As for Nina, she's having enough trouble with her son, James. But when Hugo, long-forgotten agent of misfortune, threatens to pay them all a visit, disaster seems unavoidable. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Arrow
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099277644
ISBN
9780099277644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Ben Du Toit is an ordinary, decent, harmless man whose sense of justice is outraged by the death at the hands of the police of a man knew. As Ben investigates, he finds that his curiosity becomes labelled as rebellion. The author has won South Africa's CNA award for both Afrikaans and English work. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749399894
ISBN
9780749399894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Dub Steps has a strange long aftertaste. It is science fiction with ordinary characters trying to understand what it is to be alive. People have gone, suddenly, inexplicably, and the remaining handful have to find each other and start again. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431422203
ISBN
9781431422203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. A series of short stories, in which the author captures uneasy souls, shabby lives and innocent minds in the dark streets and homes of his native city. In doing so, he conjures uncertainties and desires, illumines moments of joy and sorrow otherwise lost in private memory, and pierces the many mysteries at the heart of things. Editor(s): Gabler, Hans Walter. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099573142
ISBN
9780099573142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

paperback. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KKD0007877
ISBN
9781853260483
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KSS0009967
ISBN
9781853260483
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. A collection of modernist short stories which create a picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. The author stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141182452
ISBN
9780141182452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

paperback. A collection of modernist short stories which create a picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. The author stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KOG0001580
ISBN
9780141182452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

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