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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. The arrival of a stranger to his house in Auckland leads renowned novelist Laslo Winter to look back to the past, to London, the late 1950s. Series: Panther S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 457. "The arrival of a stranger to his house in Auckland leads renowned novelist Laslo Winter to look back to the past, to London, the late 1950s. Series: Panther S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 457. Clean copy. Fine in fine unclipped dustwrapper"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KOC0025124
ISBN
9781860469312
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.00

Hardcover. What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 460. "What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 460. Fine in dustwrapper"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KTJ0050303
ISBN
9781860467103
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 12.00

Paperback. A powerful, sparse debut novel with a moral crux at its heart, Brother's Keeper explores themes of addiction, guilt, forgiveness and redemption. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782394273
ISBN
9781782394273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0014630
ISBN
9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0302243
ISBN
9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0301868
ISBN
9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9780008173319
ISBN
9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Harare, Zimbabwe. A gun lost in a taxi will bind the fate of five couples - expats and locals - who will either be torn apart or brought together under its violent gravity Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857054296
ISBN
9780857054296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Professor Harry Butler is obsessed with the mind/body problem. Unfortunately, this is not the least of his problems. His wife has turned his study into a Sufi shrine, the Drug Squad have taken up residence in his kitchen, and some of his colleagues suspect him of going astray academically. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Harvill P. London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
SKU
KNH0003788
ISBN
9781860467547
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 104 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gazelle Book Services
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120756915
ISBN
9788120756915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages, illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 233 x 8. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120750494
ISBN
9788120750494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

paperback. South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ecco
Condition
New
SKU
9780876851890
ISBN
9780876851890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 52 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Little Lagoon United Kingdom
Number of pages
52
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953523108
ISBN
9780953523108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.27

Paperback. Adah's desire to write is pitted against the forces of an egotistical and unfeeling husband and a largely indifferent white society. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 192 pages. Adah's desire to write is pitted against the forces of an egotistical and unfeeling husband and a largely indifferent white society. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight: 168.
Publisher
Heinemann
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435909918
ISBN
9780435909918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.26

Paperback. Winner of the Best First Book Award at Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2010. Ellie is a shy girl growing up in post-Independence Zimbabwe, longing for escape from the confines of small-town life. When she eventually moves to Britain, her wish seems to have come true. But life there is not all she imagined. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998530
ISBN
9781906998530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Cheyette, Bryan. Series: Jewish Writing in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803263888
ISBN
9780803263888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

Paperback. An evocative historical thriller based in one of London's original suburbs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780228389
ISBN
9781780228389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. In November 1942, Bruno Schulz, teacher of drawing and handicrafts at a boys' college in Drohobycz, was shot dead by a Gestapo officer as he brought home a loaf of bread. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447219477
ISBN
9781447219477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. Explores how the history we think we know is not a series of events but rather a constellation of countless individual lives. And although every story is unique, each is founded on the same human desire - to be remembered. Translator(s): Proctor, Minna. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959832
ISBN
9781841959832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300252
ISBN
9781896300252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. This is the story of Joseph, a tall, scattered looking boy of 17, and his wonderfully indomitable mother, Meg, who is resolved, in the summer after her son's high-school graduation, to start arranging his life for him, even going so far as to accompany him to college. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226264165
ISBN
9780226264165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173602
ISBN
9781590173602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.18

Paperback. A tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only occasionally by the advances of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099769712
ISBN
9780099769712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

paperback. The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, ancient tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries. This is an account which recalls the authors' travels across the length and breadth of Australia seeking to find the truth about the songs and unravel the mysteries of their stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; FA; JFC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099769910
ISBN
9780099769910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

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