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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811218009
ISBN
9780811218009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Translator(s): Silver, Katherine. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811219174
ISBN
9780811219174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. The remarkable debut novel from Khaled Hosseini, now out in paperback in a stunning new package Translator(s): Abdel Hamid, Ehab. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 201 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Edition
Arabic ed
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992178966
ISBN
9789992178966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. January 1961, and the beaten, stabbed and strangled body of a nineteen year old Pearl Gambol is discovered, after a dance the previous night at the Newry Orange Hall. Returning from London to investigate the case, Detective Eddie McCrink soon suspects that their may be people wielding influence over affairs. Series: The Blue Trilogy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244. 298pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571237562
ISBN
9780571237562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. Since the publication of "Self-Help", her first collection of stories, Lorrie Moore has been hailed as one of the greatest and most influential voices in American fiction. This title gathers together her complete stories and also includes: "Paper Losses", "The Juniper Tree", and "Debarking". Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571239368
ISBN
9780571239368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.87

Paperback. Lying on a four-poster bed, unable to sleep, Mary Hooligan recounts (mis)adventures, courtships, and sexual encounters of the most transgressive kind, in a narrative voice of blistering originality. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571270293
ISBN
9780571270293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. When Euan and Ruth set off with their young daughter to live in Bahrain, it is meant to be an experience and adventure they will cherish. But on the night they arrive, Ruth discovers the truth behind the missionary work Euan has planned and feels her world start to crumble. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571270538
ISBN
9780571270538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 4.82

Paperback. A novel that is both a moving love story and a thought-provoking meditation upon the nature of painting. It is above all an exploration of what it means to be an artist in contemporary society. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571298754
ISBN
9780571298754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. A title that follows a week in the lives of three sisters shortly before the start of the IRA ceasefire in 1994, undercut with the story of their childhood in Northern Ireland of the 1960s and 1970s. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
9780571298808
ISBN
9780571298808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Grace Sachs, a happily married therapist with a young son, thinks she knows everything about women, men and marriage. She is about to publish a book called You Should Have Known, based on her pet theory: women don't value their intuition about what men are really like, leading to serious trouble later on. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571307531
ISBN
9780571307531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Separated from her husband and with her young son away, Ellen leaves behind the loneliness of London for a new life of excitement and sexual freedom. But she soon discovers that independence isn't quite so straightforward. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571330553
ISBN
9780571330553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Summoning up more than 20 years of Japan's most dramatic history, the geisha's story uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. It moves from a small fishing village in 1929 to the glamorous and decadent Kyoto of the 30s and on to postwar New York. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with some light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KTK0080838
ISBN
9780099771517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Right in the middle of everywhere, which could be anywhere. WWII has ended and the joyous transitions to peace are being - mostly - embraced. This book portrays characters ranging from Bobby Smith, the son of the well-known radio hostess Neighbour Dorothy, to the phenomena known as the Sunset Club, Dinner on the Ground and the Funeral King. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448938
ISBN
9780099448938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. * The bestselling novel behind the Hollywood blockbuster - at cinemas autumn 2014 * An epic love story from the bestselling author of The Last Song and The Notebook Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751553338
ISBN
9780751553338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. The Phelans have owned Mossgrove for generations. But when it is put up for sale, the lengths to which Irish people will go to keep their land become clear. An enchanting novel by Ireland's favourite writer. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Brandon
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863222498
ISBN
9780863222498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is broke and out of love. His wife has gone to America, taking his daughter with him; his mother has become a celebrity chef on daytime television, with a particular skill for handling phallic ingredients; and his father continues to languish in Mountjoy Jail. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
V9781844881277
ISBN
9781844881277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Spanning the decades that saw Northern Ireland move from brutal conflict to uncertain peace in the 1990s, this powerful new take on the literature of the Troubles is both a political coming-of-age novel and a fast-paced literary thriller. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Myriad Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908434142
ISBN
9781908434142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Three cities, two years, one chance: from the author of the critically acclaimed debut So It Is - shortlisted for best first book at the Scottish Book Awards 2013 - comes the hard-hitting story of a young man determined to find his voice. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Myriad Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908434371
ISBN
9781908434371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. The stories in this debut collection present a harsh and unsentimental view of the mundane, underscored by moments of beauty, humour and pathos. The characters inhabit a world that can seem dangerously indifferent to human feeling, but alive to the thrills of living on the edge. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571206544
ISBN
9780571206544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.05

Paperback. When Lara was twelve, and her younger brother Alfie eight, their father died in a helicopter crash. A prominent plastic surgeon, and Irishman, he had honed his skills on the bomb victims of the Troubles. But the family grew up used to him being absent: he only came to London for two weekends a month to work at the Harley Street Clinic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571270569
ISBN
9780571270569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 8.70

Paperback. A study of a young woman coming to terms with herself in a changing world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 153.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571298815
ISBN
9780571298815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.55

Paperback. Belfast, 1970s: Craig, St John and Mazine meet while at secondary school. Three very different people, they each come from testing backgrounds, and become friends just as life gets exciting and adulthood beckons. The years pass, and they try to live with themselves and the darker deeds of their hometown as honestly as they can. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571305230
ISBN
9780571305230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. THE FINAL NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING RAVENSCAR TRILOGY Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007197668
ISBN
9780007197668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.41

Paperback. The warm, engrossing new novel from the No. 1 bestseller, Cathy Kelly Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007373635
ISBN
9780007373635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.38

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