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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he here and not at a local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523420
ISBN
9780099523420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

hardcover. An eerie and uncanny mystery, reminiscent of early Pynchon, and the American debut of one of the most acclaimed young European novelists. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871402684
ISBN
9780871402684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.79

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602822016
ISBN
9781602822016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. Inspired by "The Tempest", the novelist rewrites the drama of Ariel, Caliban and Sycorax in a Caribbean setting, exploring the colonial conflicts of an imaginary island and one family. The author's previous novel "The Lost Father" was Regional Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099154518
ISBN
9780099154518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. The Great Gatsby meets The Secret History in this torrid novel of love, lust and deception. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTJ0050932
ISBN
9780007556601
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A work about the voices, clashes, and traffic of Sao Paulo, a city in the middle of rapid change. It includes public documents as well as dialogue and narration, giving a panorama of the city in a sequence of colorful slices. It dramatizes the problems of exploitation, poverty, racial prejudice, prostitution, state repression, and neocolonialism. Translator(s): Jackson, Prof. Elizabeth; Jackson, K. David. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 154 pages, translator's preface, afterword, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270411
ISBN
9780803270411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of Chile, and tells the story of the first Spanish woman to arrive on its shores with the Conquistadors in the 1500s. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007241187
ISBN
9780007241187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. Offering a collection of stories, this book includes tales of lust, deceit, resentment, regret, secrets and lies that can chip away at human relationships. It features a series of interwoven dramas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571308927
ISBN
9780571308927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Hardback. Translator(s): Strayer, Alison. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 251 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806804
ISBN
9781609806804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.55

paperback. A brilliant panic attack of a debut novel, Infinite Ground is an investigation into the swarming, sinister beauty of our own microbiology, and a celebration of the all-too-brief splendour of being alive and the enduring splendour of the natural world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781782399490
ISBN
9781782399490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.59

Paperback. * 'Ambitious, accomplished, deeply humorous, brilliant and witty and moving. A literary sensation' INDEPENDENT * With a new foreword by Dave Eggers Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 55. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121086
ISBN
9780349121086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322. 285 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight: 324.
Publisher
Akashic Books,U.S.
Number of pages
285
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933354743
ISBN
9781933354743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.33

Paperback. In this incisive collection of stories, Bret Easton Ellis returns to the moral badlands of 1980s Los Angeles. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Picador Paperbacks
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330536325
ISBN
9780330536325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

paperback. Andrew Miller's extraordinarily acclaimed and prizewinning debut, featuring an 18th-century surgeon who is unable to feel pain Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Very good copy showing minor age and wear. Slight scuffing to cover
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Sceptre London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025698
ISBN
9780340682081
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Rosa Lane is a fashionable journalist in her thirties, already the picture of London achievement. Her boyfriend is something in politics and her other friends are confident, prosperous and ambitious. But one afternoon, staring at her computer screen at work, she fails to see the point, walks out of her job - and begins her fall from modern grace. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234. 8vo. Some light shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
SKU
KEX0273023
ISBN
9780571232611
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. Easy for her to say. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542162
ISBN
9780099542162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Andy Larkham, is a recently jilted lover, and resentfully underpaid publishing minion. Arriving late to the funeral of his favourite schoolteacher, he ends up in the wrong chapel with one other mourner, too embarrassed to leave. Pressured to sign the register, little does he realise what effect that signature will have upon his life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540465
ISBN
9780099540465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. Translator(s): Carpenter, Juliet. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Other Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590517826
ISBN
9781590517826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 306 x 2. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062378743
ISBN
9780062378743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564785411
ISBN
9781564785411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.56

Paperback. Inspector Martin Allen's life is a mess, and the last thing he needs on Christmas Eve is a collapsed woman on the street. Ellen Donnelly is a woman on a mission, in Ireland to find her mother and escape her husband, Milton Amery, an unfaithful plastic surgeon. All of their roads lead to Inishowen. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001253
ISBN
9780099286530
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * A gripping thriller based on a real life event (the Balcombe Street siege) Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Abacus
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349116112
ISBN
9780349116112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. The explosive new thriller by the New York Timesbestseller, Lisa Unger. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471150470
ISBN
9781471150470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 251 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
1st Vintage Classics Ed
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679729587
ISBN
9780679729587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.72

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