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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A brilliant, funny and poignant novel from the bestselling Irish author. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KI20003459
ISBN
9780755341535
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The day Joe Remington brought his new bride to Fell Rise, he had already sensed she might not settle easily into his home just outside the Tyneside town of Fellburn. Then when Elaine became pregnant, she saw it as a disaster and only the willingness of her unmarried sister Betty to come an see her through her confinement made it bearable. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 108 x 25. Weight in Grams: 206. Clean copy with some very light shelfwear. Good to very good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0017000
ISBN
9780552136228
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602821972
ISBN
9781602821972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.73

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Atria Books United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451617092
ISBN
9781451617092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.62

Paperback. Justine's attachment to virtue attracts nothing but misfortune, and she is subjected to an unending catalogue of sexual abuse. Sade's best-known novel, it overturns all religious, moral, and political norms, and still has the power to shock. This new translation of the 1791version is the first for over 40 years, and the first critical edition. Translator(s): Phillips, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FP; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199572847
ISBN
9780199572847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.62

Paperback. Paul Breville's confessional letters to his brother Peter contrast his fall from grace with the narrative of Peter's marriage, affairs, drunkenness and domestic violence. In the contrast between Paul's self-lacerating honesty and Peter's self-deceptions, St Omer offers a portrayal of a middle class conflicted by race, sexism and class privilege. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135 x 0. .
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845232436
ISBN
9781845232436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. Calling himself 'prot', he says that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX. Setting a departure date - August 17th at 3.31am - on which he plans to return home on a beam of light. Is he really extraterrestrial? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204. 240 pages. When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. Calling himself 'prot', he says that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX. Setting a departure date - August 17th at 3.31am - on which he plans to return home on a beam of light. Is he really extraterrestrial?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FL. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight: 172.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747557524
ISBN
9780747557524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 181 x 137 x 39. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099494096
ISBN
9780099494096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down. As their parallel odysseys unravel, cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky. Series: Vintage Magic. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458326
ISBN
9780099458326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. The story of a Jewish family from rural Hungary and their immigration to Vienna. Translator(s): Snook, Jean M. Series: Biblioasis International Translation Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897231548
ISBN
9781897231548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.95

Though the 2-year-old survives the brutal attack by his drunken father, his older sister Kaitlyn thinks it's all her fault. Christopher is taken into care and never returns. As Kaitlyn gets older she dreams of a new life away from her mother. Most of all, she dreams of being reunited with her little brother. Will Kaitlyn's dreams ever come true? Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 32. Weight in Grams: 278. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KRF0008982
ISBN
9780141021300
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992195543
ISBN
9789992195543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. * Two classic novels from internationally bestselling author Danielle Steel Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 43. Weight in Grams: 400. Clean copy, with some light shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KST0022404
ISBN
9780751547801
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Fixated on the crimes which have been committed against his people, but unable to live among them, Max moves away, and draws cartoon histories of Jewish suffering in which no one is much interested. He is drawn into the Holocaust obsessions from which he realises there can be, and should be, no release. This book is a comedy of cataclysm. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099501367
ISBN
9780099501367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover. A novel that offers an adventure story about a young boy forced to square fantasy against reality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 376. 256 pages. A novel that offers an adventure story about a young boy forced to square fantasy against reality. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 192 x 135 x 28. Weight: 376.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843548263
ISBN
9781843548263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. Translator(s): Glenny, Tamara. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564782168
ISBN
9781564782168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. An attempt to answer the question, how much do our perceptions of things depend on our cognitive ability and how much on our linguistic resources? Eco undertakes a series of idiosyncratic explorations, starting from the perceived data of common sense, to expound a clear critique of Kant. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099276951
ISBN
9780099276951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Random House India
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143422341
ISBN
9780143422341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.77

Hardback. Translator(s): Manavalli, Krishna. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423900
ISBN
9780857423900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.71

Paperback. Karoo is a professional fixer of other people's scripts and, by his own acknowledgement, he ruins them all. Calamity and comedy follows shambolic Saul Karoo as his life breaks down. He is a man prone to luck both good and bad, and when a young woman with a strange connection to his past shows up, the plot of his own life comes into sharp focus. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099777915
ISBN
9780099777915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. It is the early 1920s and Kate Hannigan is happily married to Dr Rodney Prince, who has willingly accepted her illegitimate daughter, Annie, as the eldest child of their household. Everything seems to be going well for the Prince family, but soon spiteful rumours about Kate's earlier life seem to haunt both her and Annie. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 106 x 24. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Corgi Books, London
Condition
New
SKU
9780552145817
ISBN
9780552145817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Set against a Tyneside background, this novel features an illegitimate girl who made a rich and powerful impression on all the men and women around her, forging an empire for herself amidst the coalmines and shipyards, founding a dynasty in defiance of social conventions. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006351
ISBN
9780552140928
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Can Katherine Carter build a new life in the open-hearted community of Rotherhithe as the Great War looms ..? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 26. Weight in Grams: 212. Some age and shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KNH0010553
ISBN
9780747255376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Kriss, David; Levenston, Edward A. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 41. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811214056
ISBN
9780811214056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.34

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