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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The best-selling author of The Visible World returns with a stunning coming-of-age novel set in the town of Brewster. As America's fading dream of the fifties is challenged by the Summer of Love and cultural revolution, three friends face the demons of the past and dream of a life beyond their town Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846275005
ISBN
9781846275005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553392265
ISBN
9780553392265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.38

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399177545
ISBN
9780399177545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.60

Paperback.
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553248449
ISBN
9780553248449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179720
ISBN
9780804179720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926991610
ISBN
9781926991610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. Dionisio Vivo, a South American lecturer in philosphy, is puzzled by the hideously mutilated corpses that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, one of the few honest policement in town, the message is all too clear: Dionisio's letters to the press, exposing the drug barons, must stop. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0003058
ISBN
9780749399627
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, with whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfilment. But for Cardinal Guzman, a man tormented by his own private daemons, their hedonistic fiestas represent the epicentre of all heresies that must be challenged. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Minerva
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002009
ISBN
9780749398576
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the Government dispatches a squadron of soldiers led by the fat, brutal and stupid Figueras to deal with them. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0011028
ISBN
9780749391300
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, and a consumate musician. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Paperback Edition
SKU
KKD0011027
ISBN
9780749397548
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, and a consumate musician. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First Paperback Edition
SKU
KSS0006148
ISBN
9780749397548
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Introduces the village of Notwithstanding where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542025
ISBN
9780099542025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781846558771
ISBN
9781846558771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 6.00

paperback. When war is declared and the outside world intrudes, the twin scourges of religion and nationalism lead to forced marches and massacres, and the peaceful fabric of life is destroyed. Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim the Goatherd who has courted her since infancy are but two of the many casualties. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478980
ISBN
9780099478980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh and her three sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099597834
ISBN
9780099597834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540861
ISBN
9780099540861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A story to celebrate the life of a dog. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429043
ISBN
9780099429043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. When a family tragedy means Mick is sent to the outback to live with his Granpa, it looks as if he has a lonely life ahead of him. The cattle station is a tough place for a child, where nature is brutal and the men must work hard in the heat and dust. However, after a cyclone hits, things change for Mick. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784704179
ISBN
9781784704179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
Publisher
Atlas Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900565691
ISBN
9781900565691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.62

Hardcover. A new short story collection from Luis Alberto Urrea, author of the bestselling The Humingbird's Daughter and The Devil's Highway. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316334372
ISBN
9780316334372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. A hilarious romantic comedy which takes place during a momentous summer holiday in Tuscany Num Pages: 416 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 25. Weight in Grams: 213. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004435
ISBN
9780340733806
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Fairlight Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781912054053
ISBN
9781912054053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Original, haunting and utterly gripping, Kiss Me First is an electrifying debut from a phenomenally gifted storyteller. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KOC0022509
ISBN
9781447233206
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780997261
ISBN
9781780997261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

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