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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. * Erotic, passionate coming-of-age novel, set in an exclusive boys' choir school in South Africa. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 201 x 48. Weight in Grams: 502. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0006365
- ISBN
- 9780349113005
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This book is the story of the struggle for reconciliation by three men who return to their changed hometown along very different paths-Cappy Giberson from journalism school, Drayton Hunt, his biological father, from prison, and Tick Giberson from a traveling evangelist's life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593750
- ISBN
- 9781882593750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.90
€ 25.99
€ 22.90
Paperback. Clutching his vodka and his memories, he seeks refuge on an island in the Cyclades. There by chance he meets a young woman who reactivates love's vocabulary. His survival instinct faintly reappears through the distorting mirror of alcohol. Yet the craving is an irresistible, clever adversary that shows no mercy. Translator(s): Connolly, David. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900850216
- ISBN
- 9781900850216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, offering a unique perspective on the Vietnam war. Destined to become a modern classic Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472151360
- ISBN
- 9781472151360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.41
€ 14.99
€ 12.41
Paperback. In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner bound for England - a 'castle that was to cross the sea'. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys become involved in the worlds and stories of the adults around them, tumbling from one adventure and to another. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554424
- ISBN
- 9780099554424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardback. This postmodern, first-person tale of a contemporary Taiwanese gay man reflecting on his life, loves, and intellectual influences is among the most important novels to emerge from Taiwan in recent memory. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard; Lin, Sylvia Li-Chun. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116084
- ISBN
- 9780231116084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.66
€ 102.66
Paperback. A manic satire of psychiatry, crime and corruption in Russia. Peter Null is undergoing treatment in Moscow's Psychiatric Clinic number 17, where his consultant believes the way to treat his condition is to humour his delusive personality until it achieves reintegration with the rest of his psyche. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571201266
- ISBN
- 9780571201266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.54
€ 17.99
€ 11.54
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602826755
- ISBN
- 9781602826755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.29
€ 17.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. A story of Joad family, who are forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141185064
- ISBN
- 9780141185064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
paperback. An exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025709
- ISBN
- 9780753804704
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 203 x 29. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425277072
- ISBN
- 9780425277072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.00
€ 15.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813529530
- ISBN
- 9780813529530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. A new edition of the classic Canadian novel, "What the Crow Said," a major work by one of western Canada's best-known and best-respected authors. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643032
- ISBN
- 9780888643032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.55
€ 16.99
€ 13.55
Hardback. Based on the true story of the author's aunt and namesake, and on the search to uncover her remarkable past, A Thin Bright Line encompasses Cold War intrigues, the origins of climate research, the joyful pangs of love, and the impossible compromises of queer life in the 1950s and '60s. Num Pages: 280 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299309305
- ISBN
- 9780299309305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.73
€ 27.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. This is the story of Joseph, a tall, scattered looking boy of 17, and his wonderfully indomitable mother, Meg, who is resolved, in the summer after her son's high-school graduation, to start arranging his life for him, even going so far as to accompany him to college. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226264165
- ISBN
- 9780226264165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.88
€ 31.99
€ 24.88
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Mosaic Press
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771610674
- ISBN
- 9781771610674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.39
€ 16.99
€ 15.39
Hardback. Rebecca's parents were born to very different families. One wealthy, one all but destitute, they were united only by their striking mutual beauty. But their only child, Rebecca, is a daughter of startling ugliness. An irresistible modern fable that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt that they don't belong. Translator(s): Viti, Cristina. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857052339
- ISBN
- 9780857052339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.64
€ 16.99
€ 12.64
paperback. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Wordsworth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKE0000935
- ISBN
- 9781853260483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A sweeping, suspenseful coming-of-age tale from "gifted storyteller" Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451695687
- ISBN
- 9781451695687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.90
€ 17.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Re-issue
- SKU
- KEX0216068
- ISBN
- 9780747536932
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375751547
- ISBN
- 9780375751547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.97
€ 18.99
€ 17.97
Paperback. A compelling urban portrait and touching love story, "Say Nice Things about Detroit" takes place in a racially polarized, economically collapsing city where a man struggles with the double shooting death of a high school classmate and her brother. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393345537
- ISBN
- 9780393345537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.11
€ 15.99
€ 15.11
Paperback. A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting encounter with another; a brother and sister find themselves at the bottom of a coal mine with a Japanese tourist; a Welsh stag on a debauched weekend in Dublin confesses an unimaginable truth; and more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571317028
- ISBN
- 9780571317028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.47
€ 12.99
€ 5.47
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611454260
- ISBN
- 9781611454260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.28
€ 15.99
€ 15.28