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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429838
ISBN
9780099429838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Tells the story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. In this book, the author from his expulsion from a Southern college to a terrifying Harlem race riot - go far beyond the story of one individual. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141184425
ISBN
9780141184425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Defeated and embittered by a country which treats him as a non-being, the 'invisible man' retreats into an underground cell, where the author smokes, drinks, listens to jazz and recounts his search for identity in white society. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 181 x 38. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Penguin Essentials
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
PENGUIN ESSENTIALS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970560
ISBN
9780241970560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A fashion model with everything is disfigured in a road "accident" and goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being a monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. She then has to learn that reinventing herself means erasing her past and making up something better. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285441
ISBN
9780099285441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Features a catwalk model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, and a loyal best friend. But when a sudden motor 'accident' leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575054
ISBN
9780099575054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. An exquisite new novel from the acclaimed writer of The Big House and Ghost Girl Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408821671
ISBN
9781408821671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785762659
ISBN
9781785762659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Hardback. A fire broke out in the coal seams of their town years ago, and the flames are still smoldering underground. Margaret and Fritzi are the two sisters who are the last remaining youth of this vanishing town. Their inheritance is nothing but an abandoned swathe of land ruled by devastation. Translator(s): Derbyshire, Katy. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780857420190
ISBN
9780857420190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. *A classic coming-of-age novel from one of the best-loved writers of the twentieth century Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083053
ISBN
9781844083053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416903291
ISBN
9781416903291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583669
ISBN
9781905583669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. This story is based on John B. Keane's popular play "The Field". "The Field" centres around a boundary dispute and murder in County Kerry, inspired by Jim Sheridan. Series: Ireland into Film S. Num Pages: 86 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 135.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
86
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859182925
ISBN
9781859182925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.64

Paperback. Bestselling author Frank Delaney sweeps us off to Ireland with a stunning new novel that captures the eternal magnetism of the island and its tumultuous history. A breathtaking story of an extraordinary land which unfolds through pre-history to modern times. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751535259
ISBN
9780751535259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 125 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Edition
New
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
SKU
V9780905169811
ISBN
9780905169811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.26

Paperback. Gustav Hackendahl's will is law. Known as 'Iron Gustav', he runs his family and his Berlin carriage business with stern, unyielding discipline. But his children have wills of their own, and soon they slip from his control - some to better lives, some towards disaster. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003333
ISBN
9780141196534
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. June 1940 was the summer of defeat for the French soldiers, deserted by their officers, utterly demoralized, awaiting the Armistice. This book tells what men thought and felt and did as France fell. Translator(s): Hopkins, Gerard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186573
ISBN
9780141186573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Meredith Whitman has been offered an extraordinary job opportunity in San Francisco, three thousand miles away. Her husband, Steve's job keeps him in New York for months longer than planned. This work explores what happens when lives that fit together like delicately balanced puzzles are shifted, changed and drift apart. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 216. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KOC0017161
ISBN
9780552145053
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Meredith Whitman has been offered an extraordinary job opportunity in San Francisco, three thousand miles away. Her husband, Steve's job keeps him in New York for months longer than planned. This work explores what happens when lives that fit together like delicately balanced puzzles are shifted, changed and drift apart. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0003574
ISBN
9780552145053
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the town of Cascadu, Trinidad, the 1970 Black Power rebellion has failed. Sonnyboy, hapless and luckless, is desperate to be recognised as part of the rebellion and forces the uninterested police to arrest him. KingKala, a singer, returns from detention and is sidelined in the calypso tent, his music dated and unfashionable. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571255672
ISBN
9780571255672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Dublin is revealed in all its excess and greed, before and after the crash, in seethingly accurate portrayals of those who became caught up in the fury of the boom. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843513940
ISBN
9781843513940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.35

Paperback. What do Mrs H, Rachel, Edwina, Ida, Sarah, Dot, Chrissie have in common? They're all women, but they're fat, thin, old, young, married or single. This title follows the ripples that go out into ordinary lives that changed by a shared experience, all connected by the same hospital clinic in a small Northern town. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KTM0005959
ISBN
9780099472131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Isamay's unusual name comes from her two very different grandmothers, Isa and May, who were both present at her birth and who have both formed and influenced her whole life in very particular ways. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000785
ISBN
9780099542094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413752000
ISBN
9780413752000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 209. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
Edition
New
Number of pages
279
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0220115
ISBN
9780863222467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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