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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A semi autobiographical account of Isherwood's time in 1930s Berlin that shows the lives of people at threat from the rise of the Nazis: Natalia Laundauer, the rich, Jewish heiress, Peter and Otto, a gay couple and the 'divinely decadent' Sally Bowles, a young English woman who was so memorably portrayed by Liza Minnelli. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749390549
ISBN
9780749390549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.71

paperback. After a chance encounter on a train the English teacher William Bradshaw starts a close friendship with the mildly sinister Arthur Norris. Norris is a man of contradictions; lavish but heavily in debt, excessively polite but sexually deviant. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099771418
ISBN
9780099771418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609804381
ISBN
9781609804381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609800864
ISBN
9781609800864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.27

Paperback. A political satire and a winner at the 1985 Whitbread Prize for Fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848871632
ISBN
9781848871632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. 336 pages. A brilliant, compelling novel about innocence and betrayal.' Kate Saunders, The Times. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 127 x 196 x 21. Weight: 250.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848873933
ISBN
9781848873933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. From one of South Africa's finest novelists comes a glittering and vivid fable of politics and power Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857898074
ISBN
9780857898074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. A debut novel about adolescence and first love, English nature and the profound changes affecting the rural landscape. With no job and no prospects, young country-boy Lewis Pike is casually seduced by a married woman. When she ends the relationship, his fragile world disintegrates. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 125 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
SKU
KIN0032606
ISBN
9780571203413
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An ancient evil inhabits a cave on the snow-capped, dormant volcano that is Mount Ararat. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472234308
ISBN
9781472234308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. One night, Arthur Bryant witnesses a drunk middle-aged lady coming out of a pub in a London backstreet. The next morning, she is found dead at the exact spot where their paths crossed. Even more disturbing, the pub has vanished. Could he be losing his mind as well? Then it becomes clear that a number of women have met their ends in London pubs. Series: Bryant and May. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Bantam
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553817997
ISBN
9780553817997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785763113
ISBN
9781785763113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. The Golden Age of the English short story lies from its first wide acceptance in the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth, a period when there were a great many outlets in Britain for shorter fictions. This title celebrates this period through some of the most widely known writers of the time. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952856
ISBN
9780241952856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857386366
ISBN
9780857386366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Action-packed, wittily observed and non-PC satire set in California where terrorists are gearing up for the Millenium. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349109282
ISBN
9780349109282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. * Bad language. Scatalogical humour. Razor wit. Convoluted plot. High readability. It's the new Christopher Brookmyre novel. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349120508
ISBN
9780349120508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306. 272 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight: 306.
Publisher
Langton & Wood
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955506710
ISBN
9780955506710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Langton & Wood
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955506741
ISBN
9780955506741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274. 240 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 135 x 18. Weight: 270.
Publisher
Langton & Wood
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955506703
ISBN
9780955506703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Langton & Wood
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955506734
ISBN
9780955506734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2004. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
1st Picador Ed
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312425289
ISBN
9780312425289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. When a teacher is found dead, having apparently committed suicide, his friend Pierre Hoffman takes over class 4F and finds himself responsible for a group of strangely subdued, well-behaved and yet menacing pupils. Over the weeks that follow, he receives a series of signals that cause him to question the circumstances of his colleague's suicide. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099466727
ISBN
9780099466727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Lukas Zbinden leans on the arm of Kazim, as they walk slowly down the stairway towards the door of his old people's home. Step by step, the irrepressible Lukas recounts the life he shared with his wife Emilie and his son. Different in so many ways, what was the secret of their life-long love? And why is it so hard for him to talk to his son? Translator(s): McLaughlin, Donal. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268. 172 pages. Lukas Zbinden leans on the arm of Kazim, as they walk slowly down the stairway towards the door of his old people's home. Step by step, the irrepressible Lukas recounts the life he shared with his wife Emilie and his son. Different in so many ways, what was the secret of their life-long love? And why is it so hard for him to talk to his son?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 209 x 137 x 15. Weight: 268. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Donal.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Number of pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276100
ISBN
9781908276100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.92

Hardback. The humorous target of History of the Abderites is thc ignorance, backwardness, provinciality, bigotry, pedantry, lack of taste, and the sodden contentment with things as they are that Wieland found all around him. Translator(s): Dufner, Max. Num Pages: 327 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223256
ISBN
9780934223256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.26

Paperback. Septembers, Chris Prendergast's first novel, is a simmering tale of burning monuments, bad decisions and growing anger. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773785
ISBN
9781907773785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

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