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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A collection of short stories which tear through the archives of cinema, of art and of the subconscious. A young Lizzie Borden visits the circus; a pianist makes a Faustian pact in a fly-blown Southern brothel; and a transfigured Mary Magdalene steps out of the canvases of Donatello and de la Tour. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099133711
- ISBN
- 9780099133711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. A collection of stories which range from 'Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner', where a father who prides himself on his open-mindedness when his daughters talk about sex, is forced to confront his feelings when one of them brings home a black fella, to a ghost story, 'The Pram', about a Polish nanny who scares her charge's older sisters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507055
- ISBN
- 9780099507055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Sitting at his desk, Bernardo Soares imagined himself free forever of Rua dos Douradores, of his boss Vasques, of Moreira the book-keeper, of all the other employees, the errand boy, the post boy, even the cat. But if he left them all tomorrow and discarded the suit of clothes he wears, what else would he do? Because he would have to do something. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846687358
- ISBN
- 9781846687358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.70
€ 13.00
€ 11.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155363
- ISBN
- 9781903155363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.22
€ 23.99
€ 19.22
paperback. Tara, Katherine and Fenton have been best friends since they were teenagers. Now in their early thirties, they've been living it up in London for ten years. And now all three are drinking in the last chance saloon and they're about to discover that if you don't change your life, life has a way of changing you.. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241958452
- ISBN
- 9780241958452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. It's 1758 and Europe is in turmoil - the Seven Years War is taking hold and London is ripe with deceit. The enigmatic Lord John Grey, a nobleman and high-ranking officer in His Majesty's Army, pursues a clandestine love affair and a deadly family secret. Series: Lord John Grey. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 42. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099463337
- ISBN
- 9780099463337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.80
€ 13.00
€ 11.80
paperback. From the offices of her Love Department, Lady Dolores cures the heartaches of the lonely wives of Wimbledon with inimitable flourish and finesse. When her newest protege, the somewhat naive Edward Blakeston-Smith, is sent on a mission - to learn the secrets of seductive, scheming Septimus Tuam and stop him in his tracks. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241969298
- ISBN
- 9780241969298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. TIGER'S QUEST is the thrilling second volume in an epic fantasy-romance that will leave you breathless and yearning for more. Series: Tiger Saga. Num Pages: 496 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444734621
- ISBN
- 9781444734621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426. Fine copy
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KST0010999
- ISBN
- 9780340920190
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A novel about politics, film, history and, above all, love. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KSG0008112
- ISBN
- 9780340766309
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Yuki is visiting her sister in the UK, but is also secretly retracing their mother's footsteps from a holiday ten years before. Something terrible happened not long after her mother's visit and Yuki wants to find out the cause. With the help of a local girl, Denny, she sets out to unearth and explain her family's secrets.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571254262
- ISBN
- 9780571254262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.24
€ 10.99
€ 9.24
Paperback. A select group of scientists and astronomers - including the dignified Astronomer Royal, the pipe smoking Dr Marlowe and the maverick, eccentric Professor Kingsly - engage in a mad race to understand and communicate with the cloud, battling against trigger happy politicians. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141196404
- ISBN
- 9780141196404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Seventeen stories from one of Europe's most enchanting cities. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Holmes, Deborah. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199669790
- ISBN
- 9780199669790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press New York
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRS0004549
- ISBN
- 9780802140326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "We're going to be fine." He looks around, but there's nothing out here: nothing but the bottomless black universe on their left, the Earth suspended in glorious technicolour to their right. Carys and Max have ninety minutes of air left. None of this was supposed to happen.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL; FR; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784161774
- ISBN
- 9781784161774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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€ 11.02
Paperback. A group of people have little in common except that they are all hopelessly lonely. A young girl, a drunken socialist and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf mute, whose presence changes their lives. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185224
- ISBN
- 9780141185224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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€ 11.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408870310
- ISBN
- 9781408870310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Translator(s): Landry, Judith. Series: Dedalus Europe. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910213483
- ISBN
- 9781910213483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909621923
- ISBN
- 9781909621923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. William King's first novel is re-issued for the first time since its publication in 1997, augmented with an Afterword by the author, reflecting on his past work. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843516217
- ISBN
- 9781843516217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.30
€ 10.30