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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom. After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552775489
- ISBN
- 9780552775489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Jonathan Taylor's debut novel, Entertaining Strangers, is a tragi-comedy about the eccentric Edwin Prince - a depressive intellectual obsessed with high culture .. and ants. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907773273
- ISBN
- 9781907773273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. At moments when reality shows itself to be unstable or uncanny, we experience a form of vertigo. This experience is further complicated when we try to transform experience into writing, and fact clashes with memory. Sebald's novel, part fiction, part travelogue explores this theme. Num Pages: 272 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 2ACG; FA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099448891
- ISBN
- 9780099448891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. The warm, wise and witty new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Sisters Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471140235
- ISBN
- 9781471140235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Venice, 1511. In the convent of Sant' Alvise, Oliva is about to take the veil and become a bride of Christ. When her world is shaken, first, literally, by an earthquake, and then, spiritually, by forces that threaten to change the convent for ever. She begins to ask questions about her faith and her future. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571305087
- ISBN
- 9780571305087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Joseph Connolly's comic outrage skewers over-inflated celebrity culture and dethrones child stardom in this violently funny satire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848666313
- ISBN
- 9781848666313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. Features disturbing stories that vividly capture an Ireland in flux and crisis where the coping classes, "the squeezed middle", increasingly face the threat of economic and emotional meltdown. In this title, the protagonists must seek whatever salvation they can as certainties collapse around them. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Liffey Pr
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908308177
- ISBN
- 9781908308177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.56
€ 13.99
€ 13.56
Paperback. The story of two brilliant women and the men to whom they ransomed their hearts. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 118 x 49. Weight in Grams: 542. Some shelf wear, but remains good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTJ0007304
- ISBN
- 9780586058480
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536. A Morgan & McCoy Chronicle. 320 pages, black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight: 536.
- Publisher
- Lulu.com
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847284143
- ISBN
- 9781847284143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 5.62
€ 20.99
€ 5.62
Paperback. Five dynamic, powerful and famous couples are invited on the maiden voyage of a Russian billionaire's yacht. Could this be the trip of a lifetime? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear to the cover
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KIN0034978
- ISBN
- 9781849831420
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Kalika loses one of her twins at childbirth, a daughter she longs for. Her son survives but loses the love of his mother because he can't be what she wants him to be. An Indian tale of history, religion & gender in a family scarred by its past and struggling with the present. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 600 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Bluemoose Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910422144
- ISBN
- 9781910422144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Jane's son David is eight years old and Jane is filled with doubts as he grows up without a father. Toby, her first love, has gone to Israel after the collapse of his marriage to Melissa. Then there is Andy, close at hand, a complex personality with his own problem son. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529088
- ISBN
- 9780099529088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. She was looking for domestic perfection and she found it .. perfect chaos Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 129 x 197. Weight in Grams: 188. A very good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KAK0002142
- ISBN
- 9780340950838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183725
- ISBN
- 9780141183725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. A deceptively simple story, by the author of "Pig Tales", about a deserted wife whose loneliness and fright become tangible. When her husband goes to buy bread but never returns, the narrator's life falls apart. She enters a distorted world, mesmerized by visions and besieged by childhood terrors. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 153
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571203369
- ISBN
- 9780571203369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Jesse and Lee share a house owned by a very nice Chinese dentist, where it rains in the hall. They move to cabins on the cliffs at Big Sur where the deafening croaks of frogs can be temporarily silenced by the cry, 'Campbell's Soup'. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main - Canons ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113799
- ISBN
- 9781782113799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. It is the French Riviera in the 1920s. Nicole and Dick Diver are a wealthy, elegant, magnetic couple. A coterie of admirers are drawn to them, none more so than the blooming young starlet Rosemary Hoyt. When Rosemary falls for Dick, the Diver's calculated perfection begins to crack. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099541523
- ISBN
- 9780099541523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Richard lands in East Asia in search of an earthly utopia. In Thailand, he is given a map promising an unknown island, a secluded beach - and a new way of life. What Richard finds when he gets there is breathtaking: more extraordinary, more frightening than his wildest dreams. But how long can paradise survive here on Earth? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241976562
- ISBN
- 9780241976562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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€ 11.10
Paperback. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304. Short Stories. 368 pages. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight: 250.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747592297
- ISBN
- 9780747592297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. By the author or "Wilfred and Eileen". While making a speech attacking modern art, Sir Alfred Munnings is taken back 40 years to a special time and place. Major Evans, listening to him on the radio, is also flooded with memories, and wonders how everything changed in both their lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349107462
- ISBN
- 9780349107462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12