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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Mrs Halloran has inherited the great Halloran house on the death of her son, much to the disgust of her daughter-in-law, the delight of her wicked granddaughter and the confusion of the rest of the household. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141391960
ISBN
9780141391960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Four seekers have arrived at the rambling old pile known as Hill House: Dr Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of psychic phenomena; Theodora, his lovely assistant; Luke, the future inheritor of the estate; and Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman with a dark past. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141191447
ISBN
9780141191447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn't leaving the Blackwoods alone. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780141191454
ISBN
9780141191454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 2. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141983202
ISBN
9780141983202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Hyman, Laurence Jackson. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241198209
ISBN
9780241198209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Elizabeth Richmond is almost too quiet to be believed, with no friends, no parents, and a job that leaves her strangely unnoticed. But soon she starts to behave in ways she can neither control nor understand, to the increasing horror of her doctor, and the humiliation of her self-centred aunt. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391946
ISBN
9780141391946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories, in which an excellent host finds himself turned out of home by his own guests; a woman spends her wedding day frantically searching for her husband-to-be; and a small farming village comes together for a terrible annual ritual. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191430
ISBN
9780141191430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Natalie Waite, daughter of a mediocre writer and a neurotic housewife, is increasingly unsure of her place in the world. In the midst of adolescence she senses a creeping darkness in her life, which will spread among nightmarish parties, and the manipulations of the intellectual men who surround her, as her identity gradually crumbles. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391984
ISBN
9780141391984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. In Pepper Street, an attractive suburban neighbourhood filled with bullies and egotistical bigots, the feelings of the inhabitants are shallow and selfish: What can a neighbour gain from another neighbour, what may be won from a friend? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392004
ISBN
9780141392004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. From the prizewinning author of The Great Fire comes 'an authentic work of art .. A cause for delight and gratitude .. Beautiful, absorbing, satisfying' Chicago Tribune Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082179
ISBN
9781844082179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Reissue of this highly acclaimed Virago title, a 'finely written, beautiful and tragic novel' - Hermione Lee, FT Series: VMC. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860491818
ISBN
9781860491818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.86

Paperback. From our much loved writer Shirley Hazzard, comes a ravishing novel set in Naples - full of observation, feeling, love and life. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860494543
ISBN
9781860494543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

paperback. THE SCANDALOUS CLASSIC THAT DEFINED AN ERA - THREE MILLION COPIES SOLD Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 50. Weight in Grams: 516. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0011145
ISBN
9780857863904
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 9.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. Rush Oh! is a deeply moving and captivating novel that will capture readers' imaginations - for fans of I Capture the Castle and The Observations by Jane Harris Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Fleet
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006659
ISBN
9780349006659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
ibooks United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596871595
ISBN
9781596871595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Collects stories that capture the emotional undercurrents hidden beneath ordinary events. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140186550
ISBN
9780140186550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. The central character is George Willard, a young reporter on the Winesburg Eagle to whom, one by one, the town's inhabitants confide their hopes, their dreams, and their fears. The town of friendly but solitary people comes to life as Anderson's special talent exposes the emotional undercurrants that bind its people together. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589082
ISBN
9780099589082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. Seductive, provocative and compulsive, this novel won't let you go until the final page Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444763737
ISBN
9781444763737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

paperback. Weaves characters, themes and language in 22 linked stories that evoke the complex density of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation. The author is one of Granta's 20 Best Young American Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780749386696
ISBN
9780749386696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. As he's about to commit a massive act of violence, he finds himself shot back through time to resurface in the body of an FBI agent during the civil rights era, where he sees why 'Hell is Red River, Idaho, in the 1970s'. This book seeks an understanding of why human beings hate. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846551529
ISBN
9781846551529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.11

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