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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka's protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of this fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast. What follows is a funny exploration of the implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099477518
ISBN
9780099477518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A brilliant and darkly comic novel from the Man Booker Prize longlisted author of 'Netherland'. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KCG0001137
ISBN
9780007309238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A masterly evocation of childhood and its influences on the adult mind, from the author of The Go-Between Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547803
ISBN
9781848547803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408857335
ISBN
9781408857335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. One for all and all for one.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KIN0007462
ISBN
9781847560872
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Iain Banks's classic novel reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139210
ISBN
9780349139210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590176801
ISBN
9781590176801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. In the small Bosnian town of Visegrad the stone bridge of the novel's title, built in the sixteenth century on the instruction of a grand vezir, bears witness to three centuries of conflict. This title chronicles the lives of Catholics, Moselms and Orthodox Christians that unable to reconcile their disparate loyalties. Translator(s): Edwards, Lovette F. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860460586
ISBN
9781860460586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. 270 pages. A novel about growing up in a world unhinged by war; about longing, loss, and the search for home. It is suitable for those with an interest in twentieth century history who would like to find out what it might have been like to be on the other side during one of its major conflicts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 136 x 18. Weight: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Parthian Books
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998196
ISBN
9781906998196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. From "the most successful writer in the Arab world" ("Forbes"), a sweeping, beautifully written love story between a former fighter in Algeria's wars of independence and the daughter of a revolutionary hero. Translator(s): Cohen, Raphael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408856482
ISBN
9781408856482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. The critically acclaimed, spellbinding novel about life, death and everything that follows. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Thus.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719568305
ISBN
9780719568305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J R R Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571239733
ISBN
9780571239733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. June the first, a bright summer's evening, a Monday ..And into the busy, bustling homes at 66 Star Street slips, unseen, a mysterious visitor. As the couples, flatmates and repentant singletons of No 66 fall in and out of love, clutch at and drop secrets, laugh, cry and simply try to live. Num Pages: 640 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 440. Some minor shelf wear, but remains good.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTJ0007974
ISBN
9780141028675
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.44

Paperback. June the first, a bright summer's evening, a Monday ..And into the busy, bustling homes at 66 Star Street slips, unseen, a mysterious visitor. As the couples, flatmates and repentant singletons of No 66 fall in and out of love, clutch at and drop secrets, laugh, cry and simply try to live. Num Pages: 640 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 448. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0016005
ISBN
9780141028675
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.44

Paperback. June the first, a bright summer's evening, a Monday ..And into the busy, bustling homes at 66 Star Street slips, unseen, a mysterious visitor. As the couples, flatmates and repentant singletons of No 66 fall in and out of love, clutch at and drop secrets, laugh, cry and simply try to live. Num Pages: 640 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141028675
ISBN
9780141028675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.44

Paperback. Presents the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted - not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the 1960s, he and his wife must rely on 'Vatican roulette' to avoid a fourth child. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554226
ISBN
9780099554226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Sometimes a damaged child becomes a broken man.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. 8vo. Good copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTK0090550
ISBN
9780007419913
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 8.54

Paperback. Sometimes a damaged child becomes a broken man.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0003127
ISBN
9780007419913
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 8.54

Paperback. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK
SKU
KIN0007446
ISBN
9781416511472
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A magnificent epic of love, war and Russia from the international bestselling author of TULLY and ROAD TO PARADISE Num Pages: 656 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 112 x 39. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Harper
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006513223
ISBN
9780006513223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

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