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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

hardcover.
Edition
British First
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780857386359
ISBN
9780857386359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A dark, literary, crime novel set near Boston. Written with the controlled violence of a Tarantino film, it is the story of Franck, a private detective of sorts from NY, a cokehead and a dandy, who, in a race against time and the local sheriff, investigates two brutal murders committed by what could be the same psychopath. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 29. .
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908524836
ISBN
9781908524836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.07

Paperback. Never before published fifth novel in the stunning literary crime series that has received international critical acclaim. Series: Inspector Chen Cao. Num Pages: 320 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340935187
ISBN
9780340935187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
FRANCES LINCOLN
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177259
ISBN
9781590177259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Shanghai Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602202573
ISBN
9781602202573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.20

Hardback. Billed as "a Taiwanese 'Gone With the Wind'", this story spans more than half a century of Taiwan's history, tracing the fortunes of the Pengs, a family of Hakka Chinese settlers, across three generations from the 1890s, just before Taiwan was ceded to Japan, to World War II. Translator(s): Liu, Taotao; Balcom, John. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122009
ISBN
9780231122009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.44
€ 79.12

Paperback. This book brings together the essay collection "Written in the margins of life (Xie zai ren sheng bian shang)" and the short story collection "Human, beast, ghost (Ren shou gui)." Editor(s): Rea, Christopher G. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152754
ISBN
9780231152754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. Set on the eve of the Sino-Japanese war, this work recounts the exuberant misadventures of the hapless hero Fang Hung-chien, who after aimlessly studying in Europe at his family's expense returns to Shanghai armed with a bogus degree from a fake university. On the liner back, Fang's life becomes deeply entangled with those of two Chinese beauties. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187860
ISBN
9780141187860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Sinolingua Co.,Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9787802003903
ISBN
9787802003903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
570
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908129352
ISBN
9781908129352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Politics. Escorts. Blackmail. is a story of extortion and coercion that explores the call girl industry as it spills over into the world of politics in the city of New York. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446563345
ISBN
9780446563345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

Paperback. Commercial women's fiction about a professional cook and single mother whose career is jeopardized when she falls for a high-ranking politician. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849162647
ISBN
9781849162647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy, recently widowed, is a cook and food journalist; Joanna, a successful business woman, never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads and they quickly form a bond. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KIN0032455
ISBN
9781849160131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy, recently widowed, is a cook and food journalist; Joanna, a successful business woman, never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads and they quickly form a bond. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KTG0014153
ISBN
9781849160131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The perfect summer read - a novel about love and gardening in which a woman, recovering from divorce, rebuilds a lost garden in Oxfordshire and finds healing - and romance - in the process. Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857382993
ISBN
9780857382993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609804039
ISBN
9781609804039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.28

Hardcover. 691 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 54. Weight: 1038.
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Pr
Number of pages
691
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564784773
ISBN
9781564784773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.88

Paperback. One day in September, a decade ago, all eyes were turned in the same direction. Editor(s): Freeman, John. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Granta Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905881352
ISBN
9781905881352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. America's original literary city - its bare-knuckled, wind-chapped, broad-shouldered, metropolis by the lake - is viscerally conjured by the world's best writers. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905881123
ISBN
9781905881123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Whether you are starved of it or steeped in it; embarrassed or emboldened by it; whether you commit it or omit it, you can't get away from it. In this issue of Granta, we talk about sex. Editor(s): Freeman, John. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905881161
ISBN
9781905881161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

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