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Work, Class, Social Life

Books about labour, money, status, boredom, routine, and the social worlds people move through. Fiction grounded in ordinary life, class pressure, and the politics of getting by.

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'The Wrench' by Primo Levi Quick View

'The Wrench' by Primo Levi

$11.00

'Atomised' by Michel Houellebecq Quick View

'Atomised' by Michel Houellebecq

$16.00

'Under Milk Wood' by Dylan Thomas Quick View

'Under Milk Wood' by Dylan Thomas

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'A Cage Went In Search of a Bird' by Various Authors Quick View

'A Cage Went In Search of a Bird' by Various...

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'Emma' by Jane Austen Quick View

'Emma' by Jane Austen

$13.00

'My Brilliant Career' by Miles Franklin Quick View

'My Brilliant Career' by Miles Franklin

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'Spit' by David Brennan Quick View

'Spit' by David Brennan

$18.00

'Occupation' by Julián Fuks Quick View

'Occupation' by Julián Fuks

$16.00

'Mr. Darwin's Gardener' by Kristina Carlson Quick View

'Mr. Darwin's Gardener' by Kristina Carlson

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'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald Quick View

'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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'Of Love and Other Demons' by Gabriel García Márquez Quick View

'Of Love and Other Demons' by Gabriel García Márquez

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'Cherries on a Pomegranate Tree' by Li Er Quick View

'Cherries on a Pomegranate Tree' by Li Er

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'The Writer in the Modern World' edited by H. P. Heseltine and S. Tick Quick View

'The Writer in the Modern World' edited by H. P....

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'The Great War' by Aleksander Galatica Quick View

'The Great War' by Aleksander Galatica

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'The Secret Self 2: Short Stories by Women' edited by Hermione Lee Quick View

'The Secret Self 2: Short Stories by Women' edited by...

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'Imagist Poetry' edited by Peter Jones Quick View

'Imagist Poetry' edited by Peter Jones

$12.00

'The Power and the Glory' by Graham Greene Quick View

'The Power and the Glory' by Graham Greene

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'Nostromo' by Joseph Conrad Quick View

'Nostromo' by Joseph Conrad

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'The Unfilial: Four Tragic Tales from Modern China' by Yao Emei Quick View

'The Unfilial: Four Tragic Tales from Modern China' by Yao...

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'i felt like a fight, alright?' by Ruth Carr Quick View

'i felt like a fight, alright?' by Ruth Carr

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'Daughter of Satan' by Jean Plaidy Quick View

'Daughter of Satan' by Jean Plaidy

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'Girl, Woman, Other' by Bernadine Evaristo Quick View

'Girl, Woman, Other' by Bernadine Evaristo

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'Collected Poems' by Margaret Scott Quick View

'Collected Poems' by Margaret Scott

$16.00

'The Last Weynfeldt' by Martin Suter Quick View

'The Last Weynfeldt' by Martin Suter

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'The Catcher in the Rye' by J. D. Salinger Quick View

'The Catcher in the Rye' by J. D. Salinger

$13.00

'The Remains of the Day' by Kazuo Ishiguro Quick View

'The Remains of the Day' by Kazuo Ishiguro

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'The Deer Park' by Norman Mailer Quick View

'The Deer Park' by Norman Mailer

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'1984' by George Orwell Quick View

'1984' by George Orwell

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'Europa' by Tim Parks Quick View

'Europa' by Tim Parks

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'Brown Girls' by Daphne Palasi Andreades Quick View

'Brown Girls' by Daphne Palasi Andreades

$16.00

'Voyage in the Dark' by Jean Rhys Quick View

'Voyage in the Dark' by Jean Rhys

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'The Terranauts' by T. C. Boyle Quick View

'The Terranauts' by T. C. Boyle

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'The Engineer of Human Souls' by Josef Škvorecký Quick View

'The Engineer of Human Souls' by Josef Škvorecký

$14.00

'A Grave for a Dolphin' by Alberto Denti di Pirajno Quick View

'A Grave for a Dolphin' by Alberto Denti di Pirajno

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'Reaching Tin River' by Thea Astley Quick View

'Reaching Tin River' by Thea Astley

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'Rivers of the Unspoilt World' by David Constantine Quick View

'Rivers of the Unspoilt World' by David Constantine

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'The Wall of the Plague' by André Brink Quick View

'The Wall of the Plague' by André Brink

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'In a Free State' by V. S. Naipaul Quick View

'In a Free State' by V. S. Naipaul

$11.00

'The White Hotel' by D. M. Thomas Quick View

'The White Hotel' by D. M. Thomas

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'Loyalties' by Raymond Williams Quick View

'Loyalties' by Raymond Williams

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'Kristin Lavransdatter' by Sigrid Undset Quick View

'Kristin Lavransdatter' by Sigrid Undset

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'A Shock' by Keith Ridgway Quick View

'A Shock' by Keith Ridgway

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'The Burn' by James Kelman Quick View

'The Burn' by James Kelman

$16.00

'A Decadent Woman' by Georges de Peyrebrune Quick View

'A Decadent Woman' by Georges de Peyrebrune

$18.00

'The Swedish Cavalier' by Leo Perutz Quick View

'The Swedish Cavalier' by Leo Perutz

$15.00

'Ülker Abla' by Seray Şahiner (Turkish) Quick View

'Ülker Abla' by Seray Şahiner (Turkish)

$12.00

'Down Among the Women' by Fay Weldon Quick View

'Down Among the Women' by Fay Weldon

$11.00

'Slowness' by Milan Kundera Quick View

'Slowness' by Milan Kundera

$25.00

'Seven Types of Ambiguity' by Elliot Perlman Quick View

'Seven Types of Ambiguity' by Elliot Perlman

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