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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Two women - one Irish, one American - exchange homes for the summer; their unlikely and touching friendship unveils secrets and changes lives. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 396. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Re-issue
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTJ0006968
ISBN
9780752876863
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. A party of English people are aboard the Euphrosyne, bound for South America. Among them is Rachel Vinrace, innocent and wholly ignorant of the world of politics and society, sex, love and marriage. This is an exploration of a young woman's mind, signalling the beginning of her fascination with capturing the mysteries and complexities of life. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140185638
ISBN
9780140185638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Discovered by a young lieutenant, Raymond Kelvedon in a Normandy Chateau in 1944, she had cast her spell over his family. Hanging in a turret of their lovely Cotswold house, Pandora witnessed Raymond's tempestuous wife Galena both entertaining a string of lovers, and giving birth to her four children. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 47. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Corgi Adult London
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552156400
ISBN
9780552156400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

Paperback. A collection of short stories from the best-selling author Max Brooks Num Pages: 128 pages, 3 black and white. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 181 x 9. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Duckworth Publishing
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715642931
ISBN
9780715642931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.10

Paperback. A stunning debut novel from a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction. With it's quirky, enchanting narrator, DEAR LUCY is perfect for fans of Room and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Export/Airside?Ireland ed
SKU
KOC0016458
ISBN
9781444767599
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Roithamer has committed suicide having been driven to madness by his own frightening powers of pure thought. This work talks about the gradual breakdown of a genius ceaselessly compelled to correct and refine his perceptions until the only logical conclusion of the negation of his own soul. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099442547
ISBN
9780099442547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The internationally-renowned author of "The Assault" delivers a rich mosaic of 20th-century trauma in which many themes--loyalty, friendship, family, art, fate, good and evil--suffuse a suspenseful and resplendent narrative. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 496.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953204
ISBN
9780241953204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. RUSSIA UNDER STALIN, THE MEXICO OF FRIDA KAHLO, TROTSKY'S ASSASSINATION, AND CONTEMPORARY CUBA, ALL IN A PRIZE WINNING HISTORICAL NOVEL. Translator(s): Kushner, Anna. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 912.
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908524447
ISBN
9781908524447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. .
Publisher
And Other Stories
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276261
ISBN
9781908276261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.38

Paperback.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007204380
ISBN
9780007204380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. A brutal and brilliant novel set in the American Civil War. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119595
ISBN
9780349119595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Patrick Doyle is a twenty-nine-year-old teacher in an ordinary comprehensive school. Isolated, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is employed to maintain, he begins his rebellion, fuelled by drink and his passionate, unrequited love for a fellow teacher. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283096
ISBN
9780099283096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Trinacria Editions LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780991588619
ISBN
9780991588619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.92

Paperback. Herman Broder, a refugee and Holocaust survivor, has three women in his life: Yadwiga, the loyal Polish peasant who hid him in a hayloft from the Nazis; Masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197616
ISBN
9780141197616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. 'Luminously written .. page-turningly enjoyable, this is a profound novel about love from a highly regarded, Pulitzer-winning novelist' Sunday Times Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007557691
ISBN
9780007557691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Jim Haskin is forty years old. He runs his own San Francisco ad firm, American Weather. AmWe's image is green and forward-looking: if your product is upcycled or hydro or vegan, they'll make you an ad. Behind the scenes, though, Jim supports the old captains of American industry; bleach, beer, guns. But all is not well. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 217.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542223
ISBN
9780099542223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

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. These are stories about people who make choices that seem inevitable, whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience. With her trademark compassion and wit, Hempel takes readers into the marriages, minor disasters and moments of revelation in an uneasy America. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847247322
ISBN
9781847247322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Translator(s): Coverdale, Linda. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
The New Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620970652
ISBN
9781620970652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.77

Paperback. Hannah Buchan thinks herself ordinary. She is not the revolutionary child that her painter mother and famous radical father had hoped for. Raised in the creative chaos of 1960s America, Hannah vows to reject her parents' liberal lifestyle, and settles instead for typical family life in a nondescript corner of Maine. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 422. Clean copy in good condition
Edition
1st Arrow Book Edition
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0005336
ISBN
9780099468295
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Includes stories that deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099273776
ISBN
9780099273776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Features stories of families, feuds, enchantment, disenchantment and the manifold bonds of love. These stories are about the tension between country and city life, the instinct towards escape and nostalgia for home; and always in shimmering prose. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571282951
ISBN
9780571282951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. A critically-acclaimed novel that portrays the intense relationship between an emotionally fragile girl and a lonely boy trying to overcome their past Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Atria Books United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476730943
ISBN
9781476730943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. .
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590130193
ISBN
9781590130193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

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