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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Perfect for fans of Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada and The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Simon Mawer - tightly plotted, emotionally gripping and a brilliant sense of place and period. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139760
ISBN
9780349139760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. When Elena falls in love with Riccardo, she also falls in love with the idea of a bigger world beyond her sheltered life in rural Italy. And when she loses him, she gives up her hopes for the future and her expectations of happiness, filling the sudden void in her life with her son and brother-in-law. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846270826
ISBN
9781846270826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bantam Press London
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780593049396
ISBN
9780593049396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. For amiable City trader Jimmy Corby money was the new Rock n' Roll. His whole life was a party, adrenalin charged and cocaine fuelled. If he hadn't met Monica he would probably have ended up either dead or in rehab. But Jimmy was as lucky in love as he was at betting on dodgy derivatives, so instead of burning out, his star just burned brighter. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552775106
ISBN
9780552775106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Chart Throb is the ultimate pop quest. There are ninety five thousand hopefuls, three judges, just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers, he has no idea that the rules are changing. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0011018
ISBN
9780552773768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The war on drugs has been lost, but for want of the courage to face that fact, the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime and this story takes us through the landscape it has created. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270. The war on drugs has been lost, but for want of the courage to face that fact, the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime and this story takes us through the landscape it has created. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy showing some shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0009525
ISBN
9780552999953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Chart Throb is the ultimate pop quest. There are ninety five thousand hopefuls, three judges, just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers, he has no idea that the rules are changing. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KRA0006591
ISBN
9780552773768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552771238
ISBN
9780552771238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Gridlock is when a city dies. Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of oil and steel. Chocked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fluffy dice. How did it come to this? How did the ultimate freedom machine end up paralysing us all? How did we end up driving to our own funeral, in somebody else's gravy train? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552773560
ISBN
9780552773560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Lucy desperately wants a baby. Sam is determined to write a hit movie. The problem is that both their efforts seem to be unfruitful. What Sam and Lucy are about to go through is absolutely inconceivable. The question is, can their love survive? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Transworld
Publication date
2000
SKU
KEX0245537
ISBN
9780552146982
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Stark is a secret consortium with more money than God, and the social conscience of a dog on a lawn. What's more, it knows the Earth is dying. Deep in Western Australia where the Aboriginals used to milk the trees, a planet-sized plot is taking shape. Aboriginals who have lost their land, not much against a conspiracy that controls society. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552773553
ISBN
9780552773553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. It's the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth. No one he has ever known or loved has been born yet. Perhaps now they never will be. Stanton knows that a great and terrible war is coming. A war that will begin with a single bullet. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552779999
ISBN
9780552779999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. The war on drugs has been lost, but for want of the courage to face that fact, the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime and this story takes us through the landscape it has created. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRF0021697
ISBN
9780552999953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. One house, 10 contestants, 30 cameras. Another group of people submit themselves to the exposure of the televised real-life soap opera. But this time it's different. Who is the murderer? How did they manage to kill under the constant gaze of 30 cameras? How did they do it? And who will be next? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KRF0024333
ISBN
9780552999458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. If the end of the world is nigh, then surely it's only sensible to make alternative arrangements. There are those who say that's planetary treason, but who cares what the weirdos and terrorists think? Not Nathan. All he cares is that his movie gets made and that there's somebody left to see it. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552771832
ISBN
9780552771832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. One house, 10 contestants, 30 cameras. Another group of people submit themselves to the exposure of the televised real-life soap opera. But this time it's different. Who is the murderer? How did they manage to kill under the constant gaze of 30 cameras? How did they do it? And who will be next? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274. Clean copy with very light shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KST0017547
ISBN
9780552999458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Bruce shoots movies. Wayne and Scout shoot to kill. In a single night they find out the hard way what's real and what's not, who's the hero and the villain. A nation watches in awe as Bruce and Wayne resolve the serious questions. Does art imitate life? And does Bruce use erection cream? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552771849
ISBN
9780552771849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. A God whose powers are reduced to petty acts of destruction attempts to reclaim his lost seat in the heavens. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
City Lights Books United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872865181
ISBN
9780872865181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. The first great coming of age novel for the In-Betweeners generation Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186. 240 pages. The first great coming of age novel for the In-Betweeners generation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight: 226.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857861870
ISBN
9780857861870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. A fifteen year-old boy meets a middle-aged woman on the internet. When his long-term girlfriend and first love Alice, betrays him at a house party, Etgar goes looking for cyber solace in the arms of Macy, a stunning but bored housewife he meets online. What could possibly go wrong..? Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782111580
ISBN
9781782111580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The stunning new novel from Bella Pollen Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0037757
ISBN
9780330412698
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the bestselling author of Hunting Unicorns comes Bella Pollen's most compelling and moving story yet .. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 332.
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Pan Publishing
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330519069
ISBN
9780330519069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. The stunning new novel from Bella Pollen Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318. Some age wear, but remains a good to very good copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KHS1036529
ISBN
9780330412698
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Out of Africa meets The English Patient.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
V9780719524509
ISBN
9780719524509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

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