Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Willem Elsschot's Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life. Translator(s): Berg, Sander. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846884160
- ISBN
- 9781846884160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. The rollercoaster childhood story of the Icelandic comedian turned international celebrity whom Noam Chomsky called his "favorite mayor on Earth." Translator(s): Smith, Lytton. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Publisher
- Deep Vellum Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941920121
- ISBN
- 9781941920121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.59
€ 16.99
€ 15.59
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Garnet Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859643297
- ISBN
- 9781859643297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.23
€ 13.23
Paperback. Explores life on the Makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white settlement. Faced with an alluring, new religion and "magical" customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 160 pages. Explores life on the Makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white settlement. Faced with an alluring, new religion and "magical" customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 8. Weight: 140.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435905484
- ISBN
- 9780435905484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.21
€ 17.21
Paperback. Darcy Rhone is pregnant, unmarried and recovering from a broken engagement. She is completely alone. Casting around for help, she calls Ethan, an old high school friend, and convinces him to let her stay with him in London until she gets her act together. Little does she know what she's in for when she boards the plane to cross the Atlantic! Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KOC0022580
- ISBN
- 9780099461548
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Darcy Rhone is pregnant, unmarried and recovering from a broken engagement. She is completely alone. Casting around for help, she calls Ethan, an old high school friend, and convinces him to let her stay with him in London until she gets her act together. Little does she know what she's in for when she boards the plane to cross the Atlantic! Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KTM0004453
- ISBN
- 9780099461548
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 105. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Kensington Publishing
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781420143157
- ISBN
- 9781420143157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Offers a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and immigrants, journalists and politicians, drop-outs and spooks, all trying to make their way through a country in the throes of great and rapid change. This novel includes stories that give insight into Scotland's history in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141028545
- ISBN
- 9780141028545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Life on the remote island of Papavray in the 1970s was a world away from the author's urban existence in the south of England. And this peaceful environment was just what she was looking for. This title offers an account of community life on a small island in a bygone era. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; BGA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845967901
- ISBN
- 9781845967901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.66
€ 16.99
€ 12.66
Paperback. Two sisters, a world at war and one life-changing secret. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408801123
- ISBN
- 9781408801123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.66
€ 15.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. America's original literary city - its bare-knuckled, wind-chapped, broad-shouldered, metropolis by the lake - is viscerally conjured by the world's best writers. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905881123
- ISBN
- 9781905881123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Legend Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909395336
- ISBN
- 9781909395336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.11
€ 10.99
€ 10.11
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Mandrake
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906958534
- ISBN
- 9781906958534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 200. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- twenty7
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- KIN0036177
- ISBN
- 9781785770265
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Storytelling of the highest calibre Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Pan Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330419093
- ISBN
- 9780330419093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283843
- ISBN
- 9780099283843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. Mr Polly is an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife's nagging and his dreary job as the owner of a regional gentleman's outfitters. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustrating existence is by burning his shop to the ground, and killing himself. Editor(s): James, Simon. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441078
- ISBN
- 9780141441078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408867327
- ISBN
- 9781408867327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. Michel is a civil-servant, an account manager at the Ministry of Culture. When his father is murdered and he comes into some money, Michel takes leave of absence to go on a package tour to Thailand. Relieved to get away, he is nonetheless infuriated by the shallow hypocrisy and mediocrity of his fellow travellers. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099437888
- ISBN
- 9780099437888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241979921
- ISBN
- 9780241979921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73