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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

paperback. 'Six days ago, a man blew himself up by the side of a road in northern Wisconsin ..' In this book, the explosion that detonates the narrative also ends the life of its hero, Benjamin Sachs, and brings two FBI agents to the home of one of Sachs' oldest friends, the writer Peter Aaron. What follows is Aaron's story.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571276615
ISBN
9780571276615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Set against the backdrop of the devastating global recession, and pulsing with the energy of the author's previous novel Invisible, this title is as mythic as it is contemporary, as in love with baseball as it is with literature. It is above all, a story about love and forgiveness - not only among men and women, but also between fathers and sons. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571258802
ISBN
9780571258802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. A triology of three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571276653
ISBN
9780571276653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.64

Paperback. A novel, in which, one man's obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a journey into a shadow-world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780571276639
ISBN
9780571276639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.47

Paperback. Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, this title opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571249527
ISBN
9780571249527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

audioCD. Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and beautifully repackaged. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780008154660
ISBN
9780008154660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.55

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.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183619
ISBN
9780141183619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141510
ISBN
9780349141510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. A pitch-black comedy set in London overshadowed by the looming threat of the Second World War, Hangover Square is a true classic. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 32. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141565
ISBN
9780349141565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Abacus is reissuing all of Patrick Hamilton's novels for a new audience. In The Gorse Trilogy, Patrick Hamilton creates one of fiction's most captivating anti-heroes. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141497
ISBN
9780349141497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. The classic novel from the author of Rope and Hangover Square. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 45. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141473
ISBN
9780349141473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

paperback. First published in 1980, this is the fourth novel in Highsmith's hugely influential, groundbreaking Ripley series. Series: Ripley Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
9780349006253
ISBN
9780349006253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. In 1961, Patricia Highsmith received a fan letter from a prison inmate. A correspondence ensued and Highsmith became fascinated with the psychological traumas that incarceration can inflict. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004952
ISBN
9780349004952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Those Who Walk Away is a brilliant psychological thriller - a deadly game of cat-and-mouse in the labyrinthine streets of Venice. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004860
ISBN
9780349004860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Found in the Street is a haunting psychological thriller, by the queen of the genre, in which there is only a breath between nightmare and reality. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004884
ISBN
9780349004884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Highsmith blends savage humour with brilliant social satire in this dark tale. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004891
ISBN
9780349004891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. People Who Knock on the Door, is a tale about blind faith and the slippery notion of justice that lies beneath the peculiarly American veneer of righteousness. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004976
ISBN
9780349004976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. To everyone around them, Melinda and Vic Van Allen are the perfect couple - young, wealthy and attractive. But when their love sours, their mind games reach a twisted, dangerous climax Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006260
ISBN
9780349006260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Seventeen menacing spine-chillers full of Patricia Highsmith's trademark simmering malice. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004938
ISBN
9780349004938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Completed just months before Patricia Highsmith's death in 1995, Small g explores the labyrinthine intricacies of passion, sexuality, and jealousy in a kinky, charming tale of love misdirected. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004990
ISBN
9780349004990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. In A Game for the Living threads of sexual jealousy and guilt are shot through with all Patricia Highsmith's uncanny talent for the unexpected. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004921
ISBN
9780349004921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Presents a tale from the Viking Age that ranges across Scandinavia and Viking Britain. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 162 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397863
ISBN
9780141397863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.54

Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Dedalus European Classiucs. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
The Illustrious House of Ramires
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213391
ISBN
9781910213391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. A collection of short stories. It includes such stories as "The Amazing Hat Mystery". Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194. Fine in good cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing shelf wear especially to spine. Ex-libris label to inside front cover. Pages edges browned, and with foxing, however text is clean and clear and remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Arrow
Edition
paperback / softcover
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSG0017197
ISBN
9780099514039
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.61

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