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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize and a modern Chinese classic with over one million copies sold. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780007489886
ISBN
9780007489886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. To a small flat in South London comes a Sumerian bowl, but the bowl is the Collector Collector, clay with something to say, an object d'art who will offer Rosa, its owner, vast swathes of unrecorded history from the last 5000 years. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268192
ISBN
9780099268192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Features the adventures of two young Hungarian basketball players through the turbulent years between the end of World War II and the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956. This work tells the story of the two improbably heroes, Pataki and Gyuri, who travel the length and breadth of Hungary in a epic quest for food, lodging, and female companionship. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099438052
ISBN
9780099438052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. France. A skint, clapped-out British philosopher meets an incompetent, freshly released, one-armed, armed robber. The Thought Gang is born as the duo blag their way from Montpellier to Toulon for the ultimate bank robbery. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099516927
ISBN
9780099516927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Using the credit card and identity of a handcuffs salesman, professional failure Tyndale Corbett arrives in Miami for a law enforcement conference to discover the joys of luxury hotels and above all the delight of being someone else, someone successful. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274. 300 pages. Using the credit card and identity of a handcuffs salesman, professional failure Tyndale Corbett arrives in Miami for a law enforcement conference to discover the joys of luxury hotels and above all the delight of being someone else, someone successful. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 202 x 132 x 22. Weight: 240.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846880841
ISBN
9781846880841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Paperback. In this beautifully crafted novel about the interlinked lives of two women, Thrity Umrigar explores the complex relationships between the classes in India, rarely addressed in contemporary fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007212330
ISBN
9780007212330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. A novel about a widow in Ohio dealing with the loss of her husband and country. After he died she has to make a decision: go back to India, the place where her fondest memories were born, or remain in Ohio with her only son and his American wife. She marvels at how successful he has been adjusting to American culture. Series: P.S. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061240249
ISBN
9780061240249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062259318
ISBN
9780062259318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.94

BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 289. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publisher
GARDNERS BOOKS HOLDING ACC
Condition
Used, Like New
Publication date
1900
SKU
KIN0037098
ISBN
9781472231765
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 7.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 393 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655697
ISBN
9780875655697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530413
ISBN
9780714530413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643490
ISBN
9780888643490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590175835
ISBN
9781590175835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. In contemporary Spain, a man arrives at an insane asylum in Seville claiming to be the legendary navigator Christopher Columbus. Who he really is, and the events that lead him to break with reality, lie at the centre of this page-turning novel. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 338. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
On Demand
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRA0010711
ISBN
9780330471985
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This text looks at the United States-Mexico border in fiction, film and song. Borderlands have long served as backgrounds for depicting social instability. They are readily used as backdrops for films, novels, ballads, and tales in which characters shift easily from one culture to another. Num Pages: 312 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; AB; APF; AVQ; FA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652573
ISBN
9780875652573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Phil and George are brothers, more than partners, joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley. Phil is the bright one, George the plodder. Phil is a brilliant chess player, a voracious reader, an eloquent storyteller; George learns slowly, and devotes himself to the business. Phil is a sadist; George has a gentle, loving soul. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781784870621
ISBN
9781784870621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New Falcon Publications,U.S. United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781561841288
ISBN
9781561841288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.59

paperback. Vineland, a zone of blessed anarchy in northern California, is the last refuge of hippiedom, a culture devastated by the sobriety epidemic, Reaganomics, and the Tube. Here, in an Orwellian 1984, Zoyd Wheeler and his daughter Prairie search for Prairie's long-lost mother, a Sixties radical who ran off with a narc. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780749391416
ISBN
9780749391416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Tyrone Slothrop, a GI in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets an erection, a Blitz bomb hits. Slothrop gets excited, and then, "a screaming comes across the sky," heralding an angel of death, a V-2 rocket. Soon Tyrone is on the run from legions of bizarre enemies through the phantasmagoric horrors of Germany. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099533214
ISBN
9780099533214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Charles Mason (1728 -1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British Surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line. This title tells their story. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099771913
ISBN
9780099771913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

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