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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardback. This book asks how a selection of South African writers have responded to the period since the end of apartheid. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSA; DSBH5; FA; FYT; HBJH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198793762
ISBN
9780198793762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.02

Paperback. A 24-carat debut involving a golden monkey, a toy troll, a transvestite, his lover, and a lot of BINGO by the sea in the North East town of Deerpool. Top of the House is a hilarious caper, a surprising love story, a thumping good heist, and a defiantly life-affirming read. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472119186
ISBN
9781472119186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. The first book in the acclaimed William Dougal crime series, from Richard & Judy bestselling author and CWA Dagger winner, Andrew Taylor. Series: The William Dougal Crime Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340932919
ISBN
9780340932919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. The third book in Andrew Taylor's acclaimed William Dougal crime series - from the Richard & Judy bestselling author of The American Boy. Series: The William Dougal Crime Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340932933
ISBN
9780340932933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 205.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Number of pages
288
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0006433
ISBN
9780571220229
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It is 1985, and Greta Wells wishes she lived in any time but this one: she has lost her brother to AIDS, her lover Nathan to another woman, and can not seem to go on alone. To ease her sadness, her doctor suggest an unusual procedure, one that opens doors of insight into the relationships in her life, and her conflicting affections. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571295432
ISBN
9780571295432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. It is 1953, and America is still haunted by the war. Pearlie and Holland live quietly with their son in San Francisco, with a barkless dog in a vine-covered house. Apart from Holland's elderly aunts, the family have no regular visitors. That is until one day, a neat and elegantly dressed gentleman named Buzz appears at their door. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KTM0000759
ISBN
9780571241019
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 205.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main - Re-issue
SKU
KNW0006781
ISBN
9780571220229
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When an English priest takes over a small Scottish parish, not everyone is ready to accept him. He makes friends with two local youths, Mark and Lisa, and clashes with a world he can barely understand. The town seems to grow darker each night. Fate comes calling, and before the summer is out his quiet life is the focus of public hysteria. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571216048
ISBN
9780571216048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Maria Tambini is a thirteen-year-old girl with a great singing voice. Growing up on a small Scottish island, she is ready for the big time and keen to escape her ordinary life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Edition
Main
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571217755
ISBN
9780571217755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Hugh Bawn, modern Scottish hero and legendary social reformer, lies dying in one of the high-rise tower blocks he helped establish. His grandson Jamie comes home to watch over him, and it is Jamie who tells the story of their family, of three generations of pride and delusion, of Catholic faith and the end of the old left. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ0049171
ISBN
9780571201068
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Standing one evening at the window of her house by the sea, Anne Quirk sees a rabbit disappearing in the snow. Nobody remembers her now, but this elderly woman was in her youth a pioneer of British documentary photography. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571273669
ISBN
9780571273669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Otto Witte was once many things. But now, sitting in his caravan, drinking what's left of his coffee (dust), listening to the Allies rain their bombs on his city, he is simply scared. And so he's decided to write the story of his life. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857384942
ISBN
9780857384942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Set in the little town of Dot in a forgotten part of the Baltic, this novel tells the story of Tibo Krovic, the good and honest Mayor of Dot, and his love for his secretary, the beautiful, lonely, but married, Mrs Agathe Stopak. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Black & White Publishing
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845021924
ISBN
9781845021924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. "The Last Agrarian" portrays the history and character of the people of the mid-South through a history of his family, giving, in the words of critic J. A. Bryant, Jr., a "rendering of a bygone world that brings the ache of beauty remembered." Southern Classics Series. Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
J S Sanders and Company Incorporated United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879941106
ISBN
9781879941106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.91

paperback. Andrew Miller's extraordinarily acclaimed and prizewinning debut, featuring an 18th-century surgeon who is unable to feel pain Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Very good copy showing minor age and wear. Slight scuffing to cover
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Sceptre London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025698
ISBN
9780340682081
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. The timely, exceptionally powerful new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of OXYGEN Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001438
ISBN
9780340825136
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Set in Japan in the run-up to Pearl Harbour, the mesmerising tale of a young man forced to make life-changing decisions, by one of the most highly acclaimed British writers Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340825150
ISBN
9780340825150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A stunning successor to INGENIOUS PAIN, Andrew Miller's second novel brilliantly portrays the legendary Casanova at a turning point in his life and loves. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Sceptre
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340682104
ISBN
9780340682104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Dub Steps has a strange long aftertaste. It is science fiction with ordinary characters trying to understand what it is to be alive. People have gone, suddenly, inexplicably, and the remaining handful have to find each other and start again. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431422203
ISBN
9781431422203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. From the author of the Costa Book of the Year Pure, a hynoptic, luminous exploration of buried grief and the mysterious workings of the heart. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Cardinal Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444753523
ISBN
9781444753523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, a deeply moving exploration of courage, love and liberation in the modern age Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Sceptre
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340728260
ISBN
9780340728260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. From the author of "Bilton", this is a funny, macabre thriller about jealousy, drugs, media-friendly Yorkshiremen, salmon fishing, modernist chair design and gruesome death (both accidental and premeditated), all set against a backdrop of beautiful Georgian architecture and the English countryside. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002089
ISBN
9780571212293
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. ONE DOOMED PRIME MINISTER. TWO WOULD-BE SUCCESSORS. BUT WHO'S PULLING THE STRINGS? The second novel from Britain's foremost political commentator is a thrillingly intimate look at the inner workings of Whitehall, and who really controls party politics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Fourth Estate Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007596492
ISBN
9780007596492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.42

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