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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Deaf at Spiral Park is about a bear that shaves off his fur to join humanity. The antagonist, a recruitment consultant, dies several times, and, ultimately, this teaches her nothing. This is a fresh and original novel which remains accessible and funny in spite of its experimental and philosophical concerns. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Salt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773167
ISBN
9781907773167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. When Diego Rivera's biographer, Bertram Wolfe, was sifting though the painter's jumbled collection of correspondence, he encountered a series of Parisian letters from Angelina Beloff. Translator(s): Gardner, Nathanial. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856688812
ISBN
9780856688812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.98

Paperback. By turns both dark and hilarious, Dear Fang, With Love chronicles a bizarre Eastern European holiday taken by Vera - a ravishing, possibly psychotic, impossibly intelligent seventeen-year-old - and her estranged father, Lucas. From the acclaimed author of The Girls from Corona del Mar. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472152176
ISBN
9781472152176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. This second collection of short stories by the author of the prize-winning "Four Bare Legs in a Bed", recently nominated as one of Granta magazine's Best Young British Novelists, continues to explore ideas of independence, solitude, marriage, sex and babies. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749395452
ISBN
9780749395452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. From America's most beloved storyteller comes an unforgettable tale of a man who, in the name of love, must make the most difficult and heartrending decision of his life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
Edition
0th Edition
SKU
V9780751541885
ISBN
9780751541885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. From America's most beloved storyteller comes an unforgettable tale of a man who, in the name of love, must make the most difficult and heartrending decision of his life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0016823
ISBN
9780751539264
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 179 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage Publishing GB
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578642
ISBN
9780099578642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

paperback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780099578635
ISBN
9780099578635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 5.47

Paperback. A stunning debut novel from a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction. With it's quirky, enchanting narrator, DEAR LUCY is perfect for fans of Room and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Export/Airside?Ireland ed
SKU
KOC0016458
ISBN
9781444767599
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The debut novel from a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction. With its quirky, enchanting narrator, DEAR LUCY is perfect for fans of Room and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444767605
ISBN
9781444767605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Hardback. Translator(s): Garrett, Sam. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447294696
ISBN
9781447294696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. It's 1979: Dallas is enthralling the nation on TV, Mrs Thatcher has just become prime minister, Abba is top of the pops, and in the small Yorkshire village of Ragley-on-the-Forest, Jack Sheffield returns for his third year as headmaster of the village school. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552157735
ISBN
9780552157735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. New collection of stories by an inimitable award-winning author. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Halban Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559633
ISBN
9781905559633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. It is 1883, and all Ireland's in turmoil with agrarian, political and sectarian revolt. From the opening of this pastoral of love and betrayal, events roll towards an inevitable, tragic end. Below the surface, complex tensions between religions, between men and women, good and evil are explored. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174 231pp
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780749398682
ISBN
9780749398682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.64

Paperback. Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe S. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 117 x 30. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
Translated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810112971
ISBN
9780810112971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.06

Paperback. Vienna, 1903. An operatic diva, Ida Rosenkrantz, is found dead in her luxurious villa. It appears that she has taken an overdose of morphine, but a broken rib, discovered during autopsy, suggests other and more sinister possibilities. Series: Liebermann Papers. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099519683
ISBN
9780099519683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Viktor, with only his pet penguin for company, composes obituaries for the local newspaper, even though their subjects cling to life. When he sees his work in print for the first time, his pride turns to terror. He and Misha are drawn into a trap from which there appears to be no escape. Translator(s): Bird, George. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781860469459
ISBN
9781860469459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.47

Paperback. The new novel from the author of the Man Booker-shortlisted The Lighthouse is a tense and moreish confection of semiotics, suggestibility and creative writing with real psychological depth and, in Bonnie Falls and Sylvia Slythe, two unforgettable characters. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784630690
ISBN
9781784630690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

paperback. A novel about a dystopic, future Argentina where violence rules and the government is powerless to protect its aging citizens Translator(s): Labinger, Andrea G. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803229891
ISBN
9780803229891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Bookstorm
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780620674355
ISBN
9780620674355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 105. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496708854
ISBN
9781496708854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.37

Paperback. An astonishing interweaving of myth, fantasy, history and autobiography, Kenzaburo Oe's Death by Water is the shimmering masterpiece of a Nobel Prize-winning author. Translator(s): Boehm, Deborah Boliver. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857895486
ISBN
9780857895486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Willa Cather's best known novel; a narrative that recounts a life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083725
ISBN
9781844083725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Caffeine Nights Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910720189
ISBN
9781910720189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.72

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