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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Combining fact and fiction, epic and miniature, horror and comedy, this book tells stories about love and death, truth and lies, myth and reality range across many epochs and settings. Editor(s): Thompson, Mark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396989
ISBN
9780141396989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Will Self's mesmeric, inimitable debut short-story collection Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408827451
ISBN
9781408827451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Elspeth Dunn, a published poet living on the Isle of Skye, answers her first fan letter from Davey Graham, an impetuous young man in Illinois. Without having to worry about appearances or expectations, Elspeth and Davey confess their hopes, dreams and fears, things they've never told another soul. Even without meeting, they know one another. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559122
ISBN
9780099559122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 141 x 42. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
536
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
reprinted 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155301
ISBN
9781903155301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. Maybe this Christmas her wishes will come true Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 468. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of pages
352
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KSG0004605
ISBN
9781444726053
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Ossyane, a young Lebanese man and his Jewish wife Clara return to live in Haifa after World War II. Just as war breaks out in the new-born state of Israel, Ossayne is forced to go to Beirut. The border with Israel closes behind him and he becomes separated from his wife with tragic consequences. Translator(s): Manguel, Alberto. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New e.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860468902
ISBN
9781860468902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. From the double Man Booker prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies', this is an epic yet subtle family saga about broken trusts and buried secrets. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007172900
ISBN
9780007172900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Mysterious beans are found on the market stalls of the East, to which ancient superstition lends the power of favouring the birth of male children. When a French entomologist obtains a few of these beans, he worries that the world has entered a critical phase of its history. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349105994
ISBN
9780349105994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172. Clean copy, good to very good some very light shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KST0016910
ISBN
9781853713255
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KIN0008149
ISBN
9781853713255
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Penny Harrigan is a low level associate in a big Manhattan law firm with an apartment in Queens and no love life at all. So it comes as a great shock when she finds herself invited to dinner by one C Linus Maxwell, aka 'Climax-Well', a software mega-billionaire and lover of the most gorgeous and accomplished women on earth. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099587675
ISBN
9780099587675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. In a small village in Puglia, there are two memorials: one to those killed in the First World War, and one to those lost in the Second World War. In this tale of the fate of a tiny hilltop village, Vitantonio and Giovanna are born moments apart just as the First World War ends, and just as their two fathers are killed on the front. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD; FRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784162269
ISBN
9781784162269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Series: Women Of The West Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Repack
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764202445
ISBN
9780764202445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.60

Paperback. Amina, a baker in sultan's palace, awaits her son's return from a voyage at sea, fearful that the sea has claimed Said. Said begins to make his way home witnessing British colonial oppression along the way. When Said returns and learns the island's slave population is planning a revolt against sultan's tyrannical rule, he and Amina are drawn in. Translator(s): Romaine, Barbara. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 109 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717527
ISBN
9780292717527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Presents the three graceful Avery girls the sister act to take vaudeville by storm starring: Aurora, Clover and Bella. As they set off on the road to fame and fortune, the Avery sisters join a cast of extraordinary and unforgettable characters - charming charlatans, unpredictable eccentrics, and some who seem ordinary but have magical gifts. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558637
ISBN
9780099558637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375753770
ISBN
9780375753770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011079
ISBN
9781906011079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. A novel in three parts, written in short paragraphs, which tell (abruptly, cajolingly, bleakly) of a narrator lying in the dark, in the mud, repeating his life as he hears it uttered - or remembered - by another voice. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571243747
ISBN
9780571243747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Twenty years after the end of the Second World War, an Italian general is despatched to Albania to recover his country's dead. Once there he meets a German general who is engaged upon an identical mission, and their conversations brings out into the open the extent of their horror and guilt, newly exacerbated by their present task. Translator(s): Coltman, Derek. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518266
ISBN
9780099518266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Dan 'Spider' Shepherd returns in the third stunning action thriller from bestselling author Stephen Leather. Series: Spider Shepherd. Num Pages: 384 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 33. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340834121
ISBN
9780340834121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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