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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 15 x 151 x 232. Weight in Grams: 565. 8vo. Good clean copy of the large format paperback edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KEX0259631
ISBN
9780755326211
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Over seventy years have passed since sisters Rose and Connie Doughty found an abandoned baby near their home on the island Scribbly Gum. With no one to take care of it, Rose and Connie took the baby in as their own. Since then the 'Munro Baby Mystery' has brought fame and fortune, putting Scribbly Gum on the tourist map. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405918510
ISBN
9781405918510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

paperback. Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience takes on a far darker significance. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188348
ISBN
9780141188348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. 1980s Soho. Parties, love affairs and secrets .. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409120902
ISBN
9781409120902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. Offers a collection of twelve writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity's tendency towards violence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780099524083
ISBN
9780099524083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. This second collection of short stories by the author of the prize-winning "Four Bare Legs in a Bed", recently nominated as one of Granta magazine's Best Young British Novelists, continues to explore ideas of independence, solitude, marriage, sex and babies. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749395452
ISBN
9780749395452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Zhou Wei Hui lives in Shanghai and is a graduate of the prestigious Fudan University. Marrying Buddha is her second novel; her first, Shanghai Baby, was an international bestseller. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845291709
ISBN
9781845291709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198736790
ISBN
9780198736790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. In this collection of award-winning stories, Melbourne writer Maxine Beneba Clarke has given a voice to the disenfranchised, the lost, the downtrodden and the mistreated. It will challenge you, it will have you by the heartstrings. This is contemporary fiction at its finest. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472151476
ISBN
9781472151476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Maximilian Ponder has been shut away for 30 years, attempting to record every memory he has ever had .. A stunning debut about friendship, memory and what makes up a life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780220833
ISBN
9781780220833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Offers a mix of autobiographical episodes and Egyptian theology. This novel blends war films and pornography. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189949
ISBN
9780141189949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.66

Paperback. The sixth wonderful novel from Tina Reilly, an author who is going from strength to strength on Time Warner's commercial list. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 24. Weight in Grams: 228. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Export ed
SKU
KTJ0007360
ISBN
9780751538632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Bernie Gibbs, living on her memories on the seventh floor of an East End high-rise. Her diet is mainly chocolate bars and she yearns for action, or at least for the re-opening of the old Imperial Dance Hall, where she used to have good times. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849163989
ISBN
9781849163989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Ten fascinating fictions featuring Joyce, Swift, O'Casey, Lady Gregory, Behan, and others Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Minor creasing on the cover but in good condition
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
SKU
KAK0000098
ISBN
9781874675662
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Peter is a gifted young writer, and Maureen Tarnopol is the woman who wants to be his muse but who instead is his nemesis. Their union is based on fraud and shored up by moral blackmail, but it is so perversely durable that, long after Maureen's death, Peter is still trying - and failing - to write his way free of it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515319
ISBN
9780099515319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Hannah disappears without a trace. Her family receives a ransom note demanding half a million pounds for Hannah's safe return. But it's when Hannah comes home that the story really begins. The family loses their house, their wealth, and disintegrates under the pressures of guilt and poverty, forced to confront their true selves. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099477723
ISBN
9780099477723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 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
V9781408856758
ISBN
9781408856758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.14

Hardcover. Monty Bodkin's pursuit of Gertude Butterwick is temporarily interrupted by his encounter with silver-screen siren Miss Lotus Blossom, who sees in him a means of restoring relations with her idol, the novelist Ambrose Tennyson. But Monty is not the only one with problems. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
358
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591179
ISBN
9781841591179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. .
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583941270
ISBN
9781583941270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. A journalist - the autobiographical features are quite deliberate - is trying to find out what happened to Lidia, who disappeared in Luanda in 1992, a point in time when the civil war flared up again with ferocity after rebel leader Jonas Savimbi and his UNITA movement refused to accept defeat in the country's first free and democratic elections. Translator(s): Hahn, Daniel. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906413200
ISBN
9781906413200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

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