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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099983002
ISBN
9780099983002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey to discover the real Arcadia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784082574
ISBN
9781784082574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. A group of world-weary travellers discover the meaning of life in a mysterious Swiss mountain village. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784081485
ISBN
9781784081485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. This collection of short stories is set in Nigeria and reflects the mad, exotic and often dangerous chaos which reigns there. They include jumbled up voodoo stories, stories of shanty towns and of men from the villages seeking their fortunes in the streets and filthy gutters of the new towns. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283881
ISBN
9780099283881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. A story of music, madness and the Manic Street Preachers Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Macmillan UK
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330517041
ISBN
9780330517041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Contains short tales such as "Not Everything is Significant" and "Supercollider for the Family". Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271984
ISBN
9781846271984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Series: Spirit Bear. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFP; YNNR. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 194 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780380805600
ISBN
9780380805600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.40

Hardback. Hailed by Robert Coover as "the most audacious literary debut in decades", The Age of Wire and String is unlike anything you've read before -- now appearing for the first time heightened by an artist's visual interpretation of this legendary work. Illustrator(s): Morgan, Catrin. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086389
ISBN
9781847086389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 61. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Granta
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783781485
ISBN
9781783781485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Ben Marcus's highly anticipated new short story collection - his first since his extraordinary debut The Age of Wire and String Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086365
ISBN
9781847086365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. In The Flame Alphabet, the most maniacally gifted writer of our generation delivers a work of heartbreak and horror, a novel about how far we will go, and the sorrows we will endure, in order to protect our families Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086242
ISBN
9781847086242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Veering between the comic and tragic, the self-contemptuous and the inspired, Leaving the Atocha Station is a dazzling introduction to one of the smartest, funniest and most audacious writers of a generation Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086914
ISBN
9781847086914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847088932
ISBN
9781847088932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. 213 BC. Syracuse. Under the merciless Sicilian sun, a city is at war. Outside the walls, a vast Roman army waits. Yet the city's incredible defences, designed by Archimedes, mean that Syracuse will not be taken easily. A veteran of the bitter war since its beginning, Quintus is ready to give his life in the service of the Republic. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099580768
ISBN
9780099580768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. The original hardcover "Superbad" was a collection of two dozen pieces ranging from postmodern satire to more serious fiction. The lot of it has been remixed--much like popular music--and reprinted in trade paper, the result a challenging novel with a clear set of themes and characters, tightly constructed and intricately interwoven. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Counterpoint New York
Number of pages
156
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228313
ISBN
9781932360134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. To be adapted into a major motion picture directed by Oscar-winning director Ang Lee Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857864406
ISBN
9780857864406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. From the slums of Haiti to a golf course in Myanmar, and from the Colombian jungle to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, this title stories describe a world in political and social upheaval, and the lives caught in the balance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857867117
ISBN
9780857867117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

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
€ 11.02

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
€ 9.24

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
€ 27.73

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
€ 11.06

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

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