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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. On the surface, his move to the isolated village on the coast makes perfect sense. But the experience is an increasingly unsettling one for Timothy Bucchanan. A dead man no one will discuss. Wasted fish hauled from a contaminated sea. The dream of faceless men. Questions that lead to further questions. What truth are the villagers withholding? Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784630485
- ISBN
- 9781784630485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.70
€ 15.99
€ 11.70
Hardback. Translator(s): Berry, Michael. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166003
- ISBN
- 9780231166003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.47€ 76.26
€ 99.47
€ 76.26
Paperback. On the island of Wayo Wayo, every second son must leave on the day he turns fifteen as a sacrifice to the Sea God. Atile'i is one such boy, but as the strongest swimmer and best sailor, he is determined to defy destiny and become the first to survive. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099575627
- ISBN
- 9780099575627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Covers a cast ranging from Italian partisans to KGB agents, from American Mafiosi to Parisian lowlifes, and features appearances by Alfred Hitchcock, Marshal Tito and the Emperor of Indochina. This work paints a picture of a past age while commenting on our own. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099472339
- ISBN
- 9780099472339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.01
€ 27.99
€ 21.01
Paperback. Translator(s): Porter, D. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 115 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714503592
- ISBN
- 9780714503592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.36
€ 12.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 737 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 35. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589881075
- ISBN
- 9781589881075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.31
€ 31.99
€ 21.31
Paperback. This second novel from Wm Paul Young, author of international bestseller THE SHACK, is an inspiring and provocative story of a man who only realises how bad his life has been when it's too late - yet is miraculously given a chance to put things right. Will he take it? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444745993
- ISBN
- 9781444745993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. A brilliant, semiautobiographical satirical novel from one of the foremost figures in twentieth-century Polish literature, now in a new English translation Translator(s): Borchardt, Danuta. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300175301
- ISBN
- 9780300175301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.27
€ 18.99
€ 15.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; FA; FT; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909621510
- ISBN
- 9781909621510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
perfect. At 6'6", 240 pounds, Forrest Gump is a difficult man to ignore, so follow Forrest from the football dynasties of Bear Bryant to the Vietnam War, from encounters with Presidents Johnson and Nixon to powwows with Chairman Mao. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552996099
- ISBN
- 9780552996099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; FA; FT; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909621503
- ISBN
- 9781909621503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, sixteen-year-old Amber St Clare uses her wits, beauty and courage to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England - that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch himself, Charles II. Num Pages: 992 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 678. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005368
- ISBN
- 9780141009827
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Facsimile of 1938 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155103
- ISBN
- 9781903155103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.26
€ 23.99
€ 19.26
Paperback. Series: Persephone Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906462024
- ISBN
- 9781906462024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.45
€ 18.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155622
- ISBN
- 9781903155622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.36
€ 23.99
€ 19.36
Paperback. The first novel by the author of SOUTH RIDING. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 208 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087914
- ISBN
- 9781844087914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. By the author of SOUTH RIDING. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087921
- ISBN
- 9781844087921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155660
- ISBN
- 9781903155660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.29
€ 23.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. A warm-hearted satire, first published in 1931, by the author of SOUTH RIDING. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087907
- ISBN
- 9781844087907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.97
€ 16.97
Paperback. Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home and some structure to his life. But as the son of a single father working at warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, he's been pretty much on his own for some time. This book opens as he and his father arrive in Portland, Oregon and Charley takes a stables job, illegally, at the local race track. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003244
- ISBN
- 9780571235735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, but finds herself haunted by the mistakes of her past, and lacking any self-belief. Her only comfort seems to come from the imaginary conversations she has with her hero, Paul Newman. This book presents a portrait of small-town America and an emotional tour de force. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571235711
- ISBN
- 9780571235711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee. With intense feeling and compassion, this book explores the frustrations and failed dreams of the two brothers - one a natural storyteller, the other an artist - and renders perfectly the sense of entrapment they feel. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571315598
- ISBN
- 9780571315598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. Severely wounded in the Iraq war, Leroy has lived a half-life in a group home for eight years. Unable to bear it any longer, he commits a desperate act which helps him to disappear to another place. Freddie is the night porter at the home, who works two jobs yet can't make ends meet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571300303
- ISBN
- 9780571300303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a northern town. Until, on the banks of the Rochdale Canal, the flytrapping craze begins and, for Raymond, nothing is ever quite so normal again. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552996457
- ISBN
- 9780552996457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53