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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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
€ 10.90

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
€ 11.02

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
€ 10.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486797038
ISBN
9780486797038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.71

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
€ 10.23

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

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

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
€ 5.58

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

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

Paperback. Lynne Truss's first novel, in which she shows herself to be one of the very best comic writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007355280
ISBN
9780007355280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

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

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 388. 432 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 213 x 143 x 28. Weight: 388.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprinted
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764228919
ISBN
9780764228919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

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
€ 10.23

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
€ 10.73

Hardcover. Manny Riley is a recovering alcoholic and struggling scriptwriter with a serious anger management problem. Lately, though, things have started to change for the better. A happy marriage, a move away from Glasgow to an idyllic seaside village and the adoption of Bailey, a lurcher with epilepsy. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906307226
ISBN
9781906307226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

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
€ 10.66

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
€ 10.29

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.62

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
€ 11.09

Paperback. Celibate, irreproachable and distinguished, Thomas Cavendish is in his mid-fifties and the obvious man to become Master of his college. But, walking by the river, Thomas sees a young girl standing on the bridge. It is an apocalyptic vision, one that alters his life irrevocably and tragically, but with the beauty of joy of a love never imagined. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284680
ISBN
9780099284680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Under a weak winter sun in small-town Spain, a man discovers a rotting corpse in a marsh. It's a despairing place filled with half-finished housing developments and unemployment, a place defeated by the burst of the economic bubble. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593171
ISBN
9780099593171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.37

Hardcover. With this novel about the anguish of loving, and society's brutal treatment of those who transgress its codes, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
308
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152029
ISBN
9781857152029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.87

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