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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The 1970 Booker Prize-winning novel. Norman is the clever one of a closely-knit Jewish family in London's East End. Infant prodigy, brilliant barrister, the apple of his parents' eyes - until at 41 he becomes a drug addict, confined to his bedroom, at the mercy of his hallucinations and paranoia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349130224
ISBN
9780349130224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Tells the story of Amy Evans' bold play for happiness, and her dangerous success. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Library of Wales Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762521
ISBN
9781905762521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

Paperback. Elegantly simple fairy tales where nonsense is as commonplace as violence from a master of the form. Illustrator(s): Eyde, Catherine. Num Pages: 158 pages, B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Coffee House Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566893473
ISBN
9781566893473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.67

paperback. An exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicholson London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KIN0006995
ISBN
9780753804704
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Obaba is peopled with innocents and intellectuals, shepherds and schoolchildren, whilst everyone from a lovelorn schoolmistress to a cultured but self-hating dwarf wanders across the page. This is a novel about life in Obaba, a remote, exotic, Basque village. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099512998
ISBN
9780099512998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.62

Paperback. 1903, and Captain Lalande Biran, overseeing a garrison on the banks of the Congo, has an ambition: to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafes of Paris. His glamorous wife Christine has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552253
ISBN
9780099552253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. A contemporary saga in the bestselling tradition of Lesley Pearse Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 35. Weight in Grams: 286. Clean copy
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0224853
ISBN
9780747266464
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It's a hot summer afternoon. Tension is in the air. A gang of youths on bikes gathers outside a chip shop. A teenage boy is stabbed and left bleeding on the street. The boy's mother wonders how this could have happened to her son. She is full of questions, but when the answers lie so close to home, are they really what she wants to hear? Series: Quick Read. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044385
ISBN
9780141044385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.73

Paperback. A semi-autobiographical novel-in-verse based on the author's own childhood and family history. It explores the lives of those who leave one country in search of a better life elsewhere, but who end up struggling to be accepted even as they lay the foundations for their children and future generations. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781852248314
ISBN
9781852248314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140297829
ISBN
9780140297829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Through bustling, hustling city, its slum tenements and sumptuous villas, this book follows Zuleika the daughter of Sudanese immigrants. Married to a fat, rich absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day, Septimus Severus, Emperor himself, comes to town, bringing with him not just love - but danger.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140297812
ISBN
9780140297812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Presents an imaginative inversion of the transatlantic slave trade - in which 'whytes' are enslaved by black people. This title brings the shackles and cries of long-ago barbarity uncomfortably close and raises questions about the society. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141031521
ISBN
9780141031521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. French Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241145784
ISBN
9780241145784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed UNEXPECTED LESSONS IN LOVE - 'impossible to recommend more highly' Guardian Num Pages: 384 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444789270
ISBN
9781444789270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. With the wit of Marina Lewycka, the piercing observation of Jane Gardam, and the bittersweet charm of Mary Wesley, Unexpected Lessons in Love will appeal to all who love Penelope Fitzgerald. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547841
ISBN
9781848547841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed Unexpected Lessons in Love - 'impossible to recommend more highly' Guardian Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444789249
ISBN
9781444789249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Hardback. From the author of the acclaimed Unexpected Lessons in Love - shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel of the Year. 'It is impossible to recommend Bernardine Bishop more highly' Guardian Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444789829
ISBN
9781444789829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220. .
Publisher
Apollos
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851114422
ISBN
9780851114422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564785411
ISBN
9781564785411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. Private detective Jack Ross has been in the desert for six months when he is interrupted by a reporter. She needs Jack's help to solve a case involving two Las Vegas showgirls, one of whom was Jack's mother. He embarks on a quest to find out if her death was murder rather than accidental. Series: Western Literature Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874172591
ISBN
9780874172591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.80

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