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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. A poet in a former life, Archy has been reincarnated as a cockroach who types by diving headfirst onto a typewriter (and is famously unable to operate the shift key to produce capital letters); his side-kick Mehitabel is an alley cat who claims to have once been Cleopatra. Num Pages: 300 pages, yes. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 96 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597911
ISBN
9781841597911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Herd, David. Series: Refugee Tales. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Comma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910974308
ISBN
9781910974308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330513005
ISBN
9780330513005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.31

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTJ0050879
ISBN
9781848402751
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): North, Lucy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782272717
ISBN
9781782272717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Translator(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Tra Rei
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540556
ISBN
9780199540556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Spring has arrived in the beautiful village of Thrush Green - but problems are never far away. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752882369
ISBN
9780752882369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. To be adapted into a major motion picture directed by Oscar-winning director Ang Lee Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857864406
ISBN
9780857864406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. In a makeshift hospital in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Beirut, Yunis, an aging Palestinian freedom fighter, lies in a coma. His spiritual son, Dr Khaleel nurses the older man, refusing to admit that his hero may never regain consciousness. This work interweaves many true-life tales collected throughout Lebanon and its refugee camps. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461593
ISBN
9780099461593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241145869
ISBN
9780241145869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Twenty-first century women have it all. We can do what we want, when we want and with whom we want. Can't we? This book is a collection of life stories by women in their 20s to 70s. It is about how we live: our desires, discontents, ambitions and commitments. Editor(s): Kiernan, Anna. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 228. 216 pages. Editor(s): Kiernan, Anna. Twenty-first century women have it all. We can do what we want, when we want and with whom we want. Can't we? This book is a collection of life stories by women in their 20s to 70s. It is about how we live: our desires, discontents, ambitions and commitments. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight: 228.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762057
ISBN
9781905762057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. A family story in the vein of Penelope Lively following an English couple 'coming home' from India in 1944, attempting to make their way in a changed Britain. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472207128
ISBN
9781472207128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Escape to Italy with this sumptuous story of secrets and friendships under Mediterranean skies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Orion Publishing
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752884394
ISBN
9780752884394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408879719
ISBN
9781408879719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 247 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681370088
ISBN
9781681370088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.44

Paperback. A heartwarming story of friendship and demonic possession. Num Pages: 336 pages, Black and white Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Quirk Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594749766
ISBN
9781594749766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.45

Paperback. A mesmeric tour de force of character rendered with DeLillo's typical stylistic brilliance, intelligence and wit becomes a warning for the global future. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
9781447206583
ISBN
9780330524933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Robin, a postgrad student in Coventry, has spent four and a half years not writing his thesis. Now it languishes in a drawer, and Robin hides in his room, increasingly frightened by a world he doesn't understand. His friends have failed him and romance eludes him. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967782
ISBN
9780241967782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. Durtal, a shy, censorious man, is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the monstrous fifteenth-century child-murderer thought to be the original for 'Bluebeard'. Bored and disgusted by the vulgarity of everyday life, Durtal seeks spiritual solace by immersing himself in another age. Translator(s): Hale, Terry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447675
ISBN
9780140447675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Translator(s): Coverdale, Linda. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241284650
ISBN
9780241284650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

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