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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Offers a collection of stories about the American family. This book brings to life a world of lost fathers and redemptive con men, of personal struggles and diminished dreams, a world marked by the wry wit and generosity of spirit that has made Jess Walter one of America's most talked-about writers. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Viking
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241003855
ISBN
9780241003855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Offers the reader insight into the double-life of Andre Parent in six compelling snapshots. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950494
ISBN
9780241950494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 to 3 black and white photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781101906699
ISBN
9781101906699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.48

Paperback. Humphrey and Ailsa meet as children by a grey, northern sea. Humphrey is quiet, serious - and will in time explore the sea's mysteries; Ailsa is angry, a freckled cobra ready to strike. Yet they fascinate one another and when they meet again years later they fall briefly - and disastrously - in love. Num Pages: 352 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141027456
ISBN
9780141027456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Series: Dover Children's Thrift Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486433219
ISBN
9780486433219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.20

Paperback. In Karen Rose's brilliant thriller I CAN SEE YOU, the first in her Minneapolis series, a killer is targeting the participants of an online role-playing game called Shadowland. Series: Minneapolis Series. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755370979
ISBN
9780755370979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. She was born Princess Marguerite Alexandrovna Valensky. But everyone called her Daisy. She was a blonde beauty living in a world of aristocrats and countless wealth. Her father was a prince, a Russian nobleman. Her mother was an American movie goddess. Men desired her. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 108 x 33. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857501653
ISBN
9780857501653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. A man's mother can be a terrible burden sometimes. For Tarry Flynn - poet, farmer and lover-from-afar of beautiful young virgins - the responsibility of family, farm, poetic inspiration and his own unyielding lust is a heavy one. The only solution is to rise above all - or escape over the nearest horizon. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183619
ISBN
9780141183619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141185071
ISBN
9780141185071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Jody Tiflin is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and death, but made painfully aware of the fallibilty of adults. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780141185095
ISBN
9780141185095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Illustrator(s): Orozco, Jose Luis. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185125
ISBN
9780141185125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. A collection of short stories, set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world. This book includes the tales: The Murderer and The Chrysanthemums. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185514
ISBN
9780141185514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Dealing with the motivations and emotions of the enemy, this title uncovers profound and often unsettling truths both about war and human nature. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185538
ISBN
9780141185538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.80

Paperback. A collection of ten stories of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the infectious madness of conflict; and of the nervy jollity of the Mess and Ops room. It conveys the reality of a wartime pilot's daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141189659
ISBN
9780141189659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Hardcover. A trilogy of novels - "The Sportswriter", "Independence Day", and "The Lay of the Land" - that charts the life and times of one of the most beloved and enduring characters in modern fiction. Num Pages: 1336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 135 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1194.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781841593197
ISBN
9781841593197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 21.87

Hardcover. Takes us into the hauntingly confused worlds of two ageing male protagonists - washed-up scientist Freddie Montgomery, desperate to explain why he is being held in an Irish prison for murder and recently widowed art historian Max Morden, who has returned to a sleepy seaside boarding house to relive the events of his first adolescent awakenings. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 211 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781841593678
ISBN
9781841593678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486250250
ISBN
9780486250250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.27

Paperback. The UK Top Ten bestseller - a gripping novel of murder, drama .. and love. From the legendary Nora Roberts Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749959326
ISBN
9780749959326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. The kids are out of school, trying to start a band, trying to find work; looking for something to do within the degraded terrain of their suburban hometown. This novel captures the lyricalism of their lives in an intense story of friendship and betrayal. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 16. Weight in Grams: 163. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st ed.
SKU
KKD0006164
ISBN
9780571200610
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. From the Times No 1 bestselling author Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hodder Paperbacks
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006176
ISBN
9780340696880
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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