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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. 'Beautifully observed and astute on tangled relationships. It deserves to be her breakthrough novel' Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755303120
ISBN
9780755303120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. A novel in which the boy narrator grows up enclosed in two worlds. One is legendary - a Donegal house where children are stolen away by demonic forces; the other is actual - the city of Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 1940s and 1950s, a place haunted by political enmities and family secrets. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200. Well read, but remains good
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KST0020873
ISBN
9780099744412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Tells the story of a haunted childhood, lived out in two dimensions. One is legendary: the Sun-fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna; the Field of the Disappeared, over which no gulls fly; the house in Donegal where children are stolen away by demonic forces. The other is actual: the city of Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0000163
ISBN
9780099744412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Tells the story of a haunted childhood, lived out in two dimensions. One is legendary: the Sun-fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna; the Field of the Disappeared, over which no gulls fly; the house in Donegal where children are stolen away by demonic forces. The other is actual: the city of Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000988
ISBN
9780099744412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Collects the interviews, essays and articles that span a quarter of a century of Philip Roth's distinguished career and 'reveal a preoccupation with the relationship between the written and the unwritten world.' Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099485025
ISBN
9780099485025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Seattle, with its natural beauty and rough frontier history, has inspired writers from its earliest days. This anthology includes fiction, memoirs, histories, and journalism that define the city or use it as a setting. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983950
ISBN
9780295983950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560432
ISBN
9780099560432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Archipelago
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935744788
ISBN
9781935744788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main - Classic Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781259313
ISBN
9781781259313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.64

Hardback. A witty tale of marriage and midlife longing, as a taked-for-granted-wife pursues a fantasy love via e-mail. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593323
ISBN
9781882593323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.60

Paperback. A witty tale of marriage and midlife longing, as a taken-for-granted wife pursues a fantasy love via e-mail. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593484
ISBN
9781882593484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.80

Paperback. Greg is a fading middle-aged actor whose family life has long since become stale; Sally is a struggling young playwright. When they're thrown together to do a West End play, they plunge into a reckless affair that seems to offer an escape into fantasy. This novel features a portrait of modern illusions about love. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 36. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222643
ISBN
9780571222643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.19

Paperback. Reeling from the terrorist attack that killed her father, Lorna lurches through an inebriated adolescence until she finds redemption in a young soldier called Danny. However, her dream of a stable life is shattered when Danny is called to serve overseas. Danny is lost in the desert. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910394564
ISBN
9781910394564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.11

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451640823
ISBN
9781451640823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. In a suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four girls drift through tedious summer school classes. Then Toshi's next-door neighbour is found brutally murdered and the girls suspect Worm, the neighbour's son. They become drawn into a treacherous vortex of brutality and seduction which rises from within themselves as well as the world around them. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523192
ISBN
9780099523192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Hot on the heels of Fiere and Red Dust Road, a generous new collection from a storyteller in a class of her own. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330515726
ISBN
9780330515726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. The third - and final - book in the Lindchester Chronicles series of novels, set in the contemporary Anglican church. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Marylebone House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910674215
ISBN
9781910674215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Neal Stephenson's staggering techno-thriller is now in paperback: 'Fantastic stuff' Sunday Times, Books of the Year Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 59. Weight in Grams: 942.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848874510
ISBN
9781848874510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.35

Paperback. Secrets.. Tragedy.. Love.. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447280767
ISBN
9781447280767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. In a town where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather not be seen at all. She's more concerned with feigning perfection, pulling down her sleeves to conceal the bruises. Emma doesn't want anyone to know how far from perfect her life truly is. Series: The Breathing Series. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141348445
ISBN
9780141348445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

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