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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, fearsome Lady Montdore, Polly instead scandalises society by declaring her love for her uncle 'Boy' Dougdale, the Lecherous Lecturer, and promptly eloping to France. But the consequences of this union no one could quite expect.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241974698
ISBN
9780241974698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. In this moving first novel, a Korean-American family faces not only intergenerational cultural conflicts between immigrant parents and their Americanized daughters, but also the results of a terrible prophecy, made by a fortune-teller 20 years earlier to Chinhominey, the long-estranged grandmother. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593491
ISBN
9781882593491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.60

Paperback. White trash, red wine, pink triangles, and Jesus. Gay culture meets God culture in these boozy and off-color stories. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927428146
ISBN
9781927428146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. Centres on an adulterous affair between Saffie, a silent young German woman, who is first maid and then wife to a famous flautist, and Andras, a Jewish flute-mender. The story unfolds in Paris at the height of the Algerian war in the 1950s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0001051
ISBN
9780099283645
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel in which love, music and faith rage against the spectre of evil. It is a tale of a present haunted by the past. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
SKU
KEX0205000
ISBN
9781843548522
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 104 x 20. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kensington Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780758287144
ISBN
9780758287144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.86

Paperback. Series: A Candy-coated Mystery. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496701626
ISBN
9781496701626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.02

Paperback. Beautifully set, brilliantly realised, this acclaimed novel from the golden age of epic storytelling is now repackaged as a Hodder 'Great Read' Num Pages: 640 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340938355
ISBN
9780340938355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 105. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Kensington Publishing United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781420142891
ISBN
9781420142891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.54

Paperback. Describes Jenny Kilgour's coming of age as she has to choose between the kindly harshness of her grandfather's life on a remote hill farm, and the vulgar and glorious energy of Bella Cassie, a local girl who left the community to pursue success as a singer, and has now returned to scandalise them all. Editor(s): Watson, Roderick. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 446. "The Quarrywood", "Weatherhouse", "A Pass in the Grampian", "The Living Mountain". 672 pages, 1 map. Describes Jenny Kilgour's coming of age as she has to choose between the kindly harshness of her grandfather's life on a remote hill farm, and the vulgar and glorious energy of Bella Cassie, a local girl who left the community to pursue success as a singer, and has now returned to scandalise them all. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 43. Weight: 532.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862415891
ISBN
9780862415891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kensington Publishing United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496700704
ISBN
9781496700704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.21

Paperback. * A brutally honest, linguistically inventive and profoundly moving novel that will inspire a generation of readers Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085446
ISBN
9781844085446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.59

Paperback. Translator(s): La Shure, Charles. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628970685
ISBN
9781628970685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.21

Paperback. Translator(s): Leafgren, Arabic Instructor Luke (Harvard University). Series: Interlink World Fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Interlink Pub Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566569927
ISBN
9781566569927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Open Letter
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940953168
ISBN
9781940953168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.81

Hardcover. Translator(s): Memon, Muhammad Umar. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Interlink Pub Group Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566566292
ISBN
9781566566292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.36

Paperback. Read Pure Bronx and find out why this action packed, drama filled story is more potent than just any coming-of-age tale from the hood. Packed with more drama than straphangers on the 1,2, 4, 5 and 6 trains at rush hour, Pure Bronx is a page-turner that'll make you cheer, bringing tears, and laughter. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Augustus Publishing, Div of Augustus Productions United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935883418
ISBN
9781935883418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.30

Hardback. Translator(s): Balcom, John. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148108
ISBN
9780231148108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385498357
ISBN
9780385498357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.32

Paperback. Follows the Al Jawad family into the awakening world of the 1920's and the sometimes violent clash between Islamic ideals, personal dreams and modern realities. Having given up his vices after his son's death, ageing patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad pursues an arousing lute-player - only to find she has married his eldest son. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552995818
ISBN
9780552995818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his gentle, oppressed wife and two daughters to live cloistered lives behind the house's latticed windows, while his three very different sons live in fear of his harsh will. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552995801
ISBN
9780552995801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 183 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Anchor
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385264785
ISBN
9780385264785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.01

Hardback. One of the Nobel laureate's most intriguing novels, available for the first time in English Translator(s): Heikkinen, Kay. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
152
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774163869
ISBN
9789774163869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.75

Hardback. The Nobel laureate puts Egypt's leaders on trial Translator(s): Stock, Raymond. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774162916
ISBN
9789774162916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.67

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