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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Reflects the consequences of 9/11, that forces us to confront the blackness of night even as it celebrates the existence of ordinary joys in a world capable of the most grotesque violence. This novel presents the story of a seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his daughter's house in Vermont. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber, London
Condition
New
SKU
9780571240777
ISBN
9780571240777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.64

paperback. From the author of the cult classic The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear comes another fantastical journey into Zamonia. This captivating story from the unique imagination of Walter Moers is astonishingly inventive, amusing and engrossing. Num Pages: 688 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099472223
ISBN
9780099472223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.97

paperback. Faulkner's final novel is a tale of three Mississippi travellers. Ned, Boon and young Lucius travel to Memphis in a stolen car to find love and fortune. Once there, Ned trades in the car for a racehorse, Lucius comes of age, and Boon sets about trying to win the heart of a prostitute named 'Miss Corrie'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099542360
ISBN
9780099542360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.60

Paperback. Several months into his recovery from a near-fatal illness, novelist Sidney Orr buys a blue notebook. It is September 18, 1982, and for the next nine days Orr will live under the spell of this blank book, trapped inside a world of eerie premonitions and bewildering events that threaten to destroy his marriage and undermine his faith in reality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 123 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571276622
ISBN
9780571276622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

First published in 1977, this novel of ideas follows Konrad Rutkowski - professor of medieval history and former Gestapo officer - as he returns to the scene of his war crimes determined to renounce, or perhaps justify, his Nazi past. Translator(s): Rakic, Bogdan; Dickey, Stephen M. Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe S. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 121 x 32. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810117198
ISBN
9780810117198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.52

Paperback. Festive family life can be a disaster.. FOOLISH MORTALS is a witty yet subtle novel from the celebrated, prize-winning Irish writer, Jennifer Johnston Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Headline Review
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755330539
ISBN
9780755330539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seren
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781721407
ISBN
9781781721407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 528. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hutchinson
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024179
ISBN
9780091953959
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. The international bestseller THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP is a delightful, bittersweet tale about the distance one man will travel for the sake of love and friendship. Translator(s): Pare, Simon. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 308. Clean copy showing light reading wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024188
ISBN
9780349140377
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Translator(s): Burr, Malcolm. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; HB; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
McPherson & Co Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929701493
ISBN
9780929701493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.56

paperback. An edition of largely anonymous trouvere devotional songs from the rich medieval French vernacular tradition, designed for both scholars and performers, from two late-13th-century manuscripts. Editor(s): Epstein, Marcia J. Series: Toronto Mediaeval Texts & Translations S. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGD; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802078261
ISBN
9780802078261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.89

paperback. THE SCANDALOUS CLASSIC THAT DEFINED AN ERA - THREE MILLION COPIES SOLD Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 50. Weight in Grams: 516. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0011145
ISBN
9780857863904
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 9.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. In a shocking yet all too prosaic moment, Joe and Eileen O'Kane experience a terrible tragedy which leaves them bereft. A new chapter of Joe's life begins when he is offered a job of researching the story of the renowned 19th-century Derry ship builder, William Coppin, and his connection with the fate of the Artic explorer, Sir John Franklin. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0012257
ISBN
9780747585794
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 122. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
New Africa Books South Africa
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864860361
ISBN
9780864860361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Hinnant, Charles H. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 212 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 321.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117379
ISBN
9781551117379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.27

Paperback. This is story of Loyal Blood, a man who spends a lifetime on the run from a crime so terrible that it renders him forever incapable of touching a woman. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
9781841155012
ISBN
9781841155012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.34

Paperback. What would you do if your sister disappeared without a trace? This is an emotionally fraught and at some times terrifying story about two sisters and the strength that binds them. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. 8vo. Good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Piatkus
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0271890
ISBN
9780749942014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Stunning reissue of an international bestseller, from the author of 'The Joy Luck Club' and 'The Bonesetter's Daughter'. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006550525
ISBN
9780006550525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.41

Paperback. Featherbones is an ethereal love song to a city by the sea. This beautiful novel depicts a liminal world of statues, drownings and winged creatures. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Sparkling Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907230516
ISBN
9781907230516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Caitlin Press Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927575284
ISBN
9781927575284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

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