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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Emily is a traumatised burns victim, Arta is recovering from a rape. David Temple is a longterm depressive, while the Rt Hon Ralph Hall MP lives in terror of his drink problem being exposed. They share one thing: every week they spend an hour at the Prince Regent hospital, revealing the secrets of their psyche to Professor Martin Sturrock. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528029
ISBN
9780099528029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

A fantastic layered novel of stories within stories set in Athens, Florence, Somerset, and Glasgow. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 Woodcuts. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Small Beer Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931520690
ISBN
9781931520690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.30

paperback. A tale of border warfare, military and erotic, set in the twenty-third century, where the women rule the kingdom and the men play war games. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955766
ISBN
9781841955766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

paperback. Fabulous historical novel from the award-winning author Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
Edition
New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747562283
ISBN
9780747562283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Includes sixteen tales that were published by in 1983 with the title Unlikely Stories, Mostly. This collection also has fifty-seven tales from later books. Num Pages: 944 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857865618
ISBN
9780857865618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. 'The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' ANTHONY BURGESS This cornerstone epic is now available as a beautiful canon with an introduction by William Boyd Series: Canons. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main - Canons Edition Re-Issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782117148
ISBN
9781782117148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. For 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there is not a lot to do. Going nowhere, fed up with school, he leaves to work as a driver on the trains. That summer he is introduced to a world of grown-up glamour, strikes and girlfriends. When Simon falls for the ethereal, aristocratic Varie, he finds freedom and adventure but will it be at a price? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268765
ISBN
9780099268765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. High up in the Conrad Flats that loom bleakly over Acton, two future stars of the literary scene - or so they assume - are hard at work, tapping out words of wit and brilliance between ill-paid jobs writing captions for the Cat Calendar 1985 and blurbs for trashy novels with titles like Brothel of the Vampire. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571311286
ISBN
9780571311286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

paperback. It is off-season in a remote Highland sea port: twenty-one-year-old Morvern Callar, a low-paid employee in the local supermarket, wakes one morning to find her strange boyfriend has committed suicide and is dead on their kitchen floor. Morvern's laconic reaction is both intriguing and immoral. What she does next is even more appalling.. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870102
ISBN
9781784870102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The choir from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour School for Girls is being bussed to the national finals in the big, big city. And it's an important day for The Sopranos - Orla, Kylah, (Ra)Chell, Amanda Konky and Fionnula (the Cooler) - pub-crawling, shoplifting and body-piercing being the top priorities. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Vintage Book Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268741
ISBN
9780099268741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Sean Tallow has two desires in life. One is to step into the shoes of his glamorous friend Daniel Pagett and the other is to establish the truth about the School of the Night, a shadowy group of Elizabethans who clustered around Sir Walter Raleigh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 218. Sean Tallow has two desires in life. One is to step into the shoes of his glamorous friend Daniel Pagett and the other is to establish the truth about the School of the Night, a shadowy group of Elizabethans who clustered around Sir Walter Raleigh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000980
ISBN
9780099285861
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Harbour Books (East) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905128228
ISBN
9781905128228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.44

Hardback. The new bestselling novel from Britain's favourite gardener and TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh. Mr Gandy escapes his humdrum life with an unexpected Grand Tour of Europe where drama, romance and friendship await in this beguiling tale of self-discovery. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0019399
ISBN
9780340953075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743478472
ISBN
9780743478472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. The new bestselling novel from Britain's favourite gardener and TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh. Mr Gandy escapes his humdrum life with an unexpected Grand Tour of Europe where drama, romance and friendship await in this beguiling tale of self-discovery. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340953099
ISBN
9780340953099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. This is a new novel from the author of 'ANIMAL INSTINCTS' and 'ONLY DAD'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 20. Weight in Grams: 174.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
SKU
KEX0198280
ISBN
9780743430104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. According to their friends, Tom and Pippa Drummond have the perfect existence - a great lifestyle, a lively marriage, and a great kid in Tally. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 106 x 25. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743478465
ISBN
9780743478465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. This is a new novel from the author of 'ANIMAL INSTINCTS' and 'ONLY DAD'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 20. Weight in Grams: 174. As new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
SKU
KRF0028369
ISBN
9780743430104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A gritty and compelling saga 'in the bestselling tradition of Catherine Cookson' Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 21. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Coronet
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0021542
ISBN
9780340750858
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. On the side of a mountain, in eighteenth century Japan, sits a man in perfect stillness as the summit erupts, spitting fire and molten rock onto the land around him. The man is Hakuin. He will become the world's most famous teacher of zen. This is not the first time he has seen hell. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857868541
ISBN
9780857868541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. The year is 1858. Thomas Glover is an eighteen-year-old who grasps the chance of escape to foreign lands and takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten years he amasses a great fortune, learns the ways of the samurai, and, on the other side of the law, brings about the overthrow of the Shogun. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292. 400 pages. The year is 1858. Thomas Glover is a gutsy eighteen-year-old who grasps the chance of escape to foreign lands and takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten years, he amasses a great fortune, learns the ways of the samurai, and, on the other side of the law, brings about the overthrow of the Shogun. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight: 292.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959597
ISBN
9781841959597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 34. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609807238
ISBN
9781609807238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.61

Paperback. The sequel to 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001278
ISBN
9780007108831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. This cult classic of working class life in post-war Nottingham follows the exploits of rebellious factory worker Arthur Seaton and is introduced by Richard Bradford. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007205028
ISBN
9780007205028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

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