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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down. As their parallel odysseys unravel, cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky. Series: Vintage Magic. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458326
ISBN
9780099458326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 14. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Export ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520863
ISBN
9780099520863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Media tie-in
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554561
ISBN
9780099554561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Features such characters as: High-class call girls billed to Mastercard; a psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads; a hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers; and, a one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448761
ISBN
9780099448761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 181 x 137 x 39. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099494096
ISBN
9780099494096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. An evocative account of a childhood summer spent beside the sea in Norfolk by brother and sister, Eustace and Hilda. Series: FF Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
FF Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571203826
ISBN
9780571203826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. A masterly evocation of childhood and its influences on the adult mind, from the author of The Go-Between Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547803
ISBN
9781848547803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. * A revenger's tragedy of lust, cruelty and betrayal - the magnificent novel from Josephine Hart, reissued now as a Virago Modern Classic Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001497
ISBN
9781844087174
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Coolly and compellingly narrated by a man, this is a novel of psychological insight and power, about the reckless quality of exclusive love, about the damage families do - and try, sometimes dangerously, to undo. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 7058. Clean copy in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KST0026429
ISBN
9780099424338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.78

Paperback. Packed full of action, vivid characters, ideas and explorations of science and religion, this brilliant historical novel was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2005 Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 50. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Tinder Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755302819
ISBN
9780755302819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Imagine if your whole life changed in the blink of an eye.. Captain Tom Barnes is leading British troops into a war zone when he is gravely injured by an exploding IED. In this book, this devastating moment and the transformative months that follow are narrated by forty-five objects, telling one unforgettable story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571325832
ISBN
9780571325832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Pantheon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
American ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780394744209
ISBN
9780394744209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.97

Paperback. The internationally-renowned author of "The Assault" delivers a rich mosaic of 20th-century trauma in which many themes--loyalty, friendship, family, art, fate, good and evil--suffuse a suspenseful and resplendent narrative. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 496.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953204
ISBN
9780241953204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564781659
ISBN
9781564781659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564781666
ISBN
9781564781666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. * A brilliantly funny novel from award-winning comedian and TV Burp star Harry Hill Num Pages: 304 pages, 12pp of maps by author. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751542349
ISBN
9780751542349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. The poignant and heartwarming story of a community struggling to survive the dangers of the Blitz Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Headline
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747230632
ISBN
9780747230632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062067692
ISBN
9780062067692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.25

Hardcover. When his mother, Charlotte, was killed, Paul Power Clay and his closest friend, Tanya Beauty Long, fell under the spell of Slim, a saavy and ruthless Atlanta businessman who promised to protect them. Though it didn't take long for the levelheaded Beauty to recognize simmering violence beneath Slim's street charm, getting away from him wasn't easy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062067685
ISBN
9780062067685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.59

Paperback. Paul Power Clay and Tanya Beauty Long have only each other when the woman who loved them, Power's mother, Charlotte, unexpectedly dies. Sexually drawn to each other, the sixteen year olds know they must keep their attraction hidden, especially from their new guardian, Charlie "Slim" Simmons, a rich hustler who has his own plans for them. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062067661
ISBN
9780062067661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.16

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231651
ISBN
9781845231651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Gertie is the young mother of five children - uneducated, determined, strong. Her only ambition is to own her own small farm in the Kentucky hills where she lives, to become self-sufficient and free. Because Gertie is also an artist, a sculptor of wood and creator of beautiful handmade dolls. When the family is forced to move.. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871871
ISBN
9781784871871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Under the intense summer sun on the Essex coast a gull falls from the sky and strikes a local council worker sitting on the beach below. He becomes obsessed, a crazed visionary repeatedly depicting the figure which filled his view at the moment of impact but what of the mysterious beauty of his creations and what does possess him? Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Bluemoose Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9781910422298
ISBN
9781910422298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. You don't remember her .. but she remembers you. 'The ultimate frenemy thriller' NOW and smash critical hit from the publishers that bought you GONE GIRL. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780220024
ISBN
9781780220024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

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