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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. From the author of the Booker shortlisted Sisters Brothers - a dark, boozy and hilarious tale from the LA underworld. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086341
ISBN
9781847086341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

hardcover. This novel is an amusing, ironic tale of a contemporary Arab village elder, the family and political turmoil that engulf him, and his nightly discussions with an angel who helps him understand how our modern, fractious world got this way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bridgeworks United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593514
ISBN
9781882593514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.82

paperback. Abou Ben Adhem, a Palestinian, copes by day with village political intrigue, Arab-Israeli violence and his own family turmoil, interspersed with nightly conversations with an angel named Cohen about the roots of mankind's behaviour through the ages. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bridgeworks United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593712
ISBN
9781882593712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. Will is thirty-six, comfortable and child-free. And he's discovered a brilliant new way of meeting women - through single-parent groups. Marcus is twelve and a little bitnerdish: he's got the kind of mother who made him listen to Joni Mitchell rather than Nirvana. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969809
ISBN
9780241969809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Dimension: 181 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969878
ISBN
9780241969878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy. Which is how Will meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 164. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KAK0010551
ISBN
9780141007335
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy. Which is how Will meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 164. Good copy with minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTG0001329
ISBN
9780141007335
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The summer bestseller from the immensely popular Lindsey Kelk Series: Tess Brookes Series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007497980
ISBN
9780007497980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Casey Edwards remembers nothing from her past - full of sexual abuse and neglect - after realizing she has been kept in a mental institution for the past ten years. The strange behaviour of others prompts her to investigate her own damaged childhood. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 105 x 27. Weight in Grams: 196.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Time Warner International
Publication date
2003
SKU
KNH0004747
ISBN
9780821770207
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Beautifully written and compelling, About Grace is the brilliant debut novel from Anthony Doerr. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007146994
ISBN
9780007146994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405924924
ISBN
9781405924924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. The importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes - alienation, the absurdity and tragedy of human existence - have as much relevance today as when they were written, and this superb new translation captures their modernist spirit. Among the fourteen stories included are 'The Lady with the Little Dog', 'Gusev', and 'Rothschild's Violin'. Translator(s): Bartlett, Rosamund. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536689
ISBN
9780199536689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781781999134
ISBN
9781781999134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.00
€ 13.97

Paperback. Niamh Shaw's second novel for Little Black Dress promises to be another fast-paced, sharp-witted and hilarious slice of romance Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 23. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755348572
ISBN
9780755348572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.88

Hardback. Num Pages: 333 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 232 x 31. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
333
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821698
ISBN
9781849821698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. From the New York Times bestseller comes a haunting novel with the poetic quality of William Faulkner Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782118015
ISBN
9781782118015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Sinolingua Co.,Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9787802003903
ISBN
9787802003903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.69

Paperback. Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard room-mate, are obsessed by the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away from a plantation owner's mansion by a negro butler. From then on, he was determined to force his way into the upper echelons of Southern society. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099475118
ISBN
9780099475118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.42

Paperback. Translator(s): Vennawitz, Leila; Vennewitz, L. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714509389
ISBN
9780714509389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Paperback. London, 1958. In the jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are forging a new lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Moving through this world is MacInnes' young photographer, whose wit and honest views remain definitive of 1950s London and what it means to be a teenager. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200. 228 pages. London, 1958. In the jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are forging a new lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Moving through this world is MacInnes' young photographer, whose wit and honest views remain definitive of 1950s London and what it means to be a teenager. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 156 x 196 x 19. Weight: 204.
Publisher
Allison & Busby United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749009984
ISBN
9780749009984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.51

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