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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. At her father's funeral, Melissa makes a shocking discovery that will send her on a journey across continents and into her family's hidden past.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Paperback Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857204028
- ISBN
- 9780857204028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. This work chronicles the antics of J.S.G. Boggs, a young artist whose consuming passion is money, or more precisely value. What Boggs likes to do is to draw money - paper notes in the denominations of currencies from all over the world - and then to go out and try to spend those drawings. Num Pages: 170 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893969
- ISBN
- 9780226893969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.20
€ 25.99
€ 21.20
Paperback. Political and literary thriller set in 1980s Guatemala. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785354748
- ISBN
- 9781785354748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. "A delight" says Nobel-prize winning poet Derek Walcott. Lawrence Scott explores a Caribbean world of yearnings and memory, of escape and return underpinned by the disturbing tensions wrought by religion, race, sexuality and crime. Sensuous and evocative, Scott's prose has a glorious lightness of touch and tone that exhilarates and illuminates. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Papillote Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957118782
- ISBN
- 9780957118782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. His name is Lord Doyle. His plan: to gamble away his last days in the dark and decadent casino halls of Macau. His game: baccarat punto blanco - 'that slutty dirty queen of casino card games.' Though Doyle is not a Lord at all. He is a fake; a corrupt lawyer who has spent a career siphoning money from rich clients. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099599685
- ISBN
- 9780099599685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Robert Grieve - pushing thirty and eager to side-step a life of quiet desperation as a small-town teacher - decides to go missing. As he crosses the border from Thailand to Cambodia, he tests the threshold of a new future. And on that first night, a small windfall precipitates a chain of events which changes Robert's life forever. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 274 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700362
- ISBN
- 9781784700362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
paperback. David and Jo Henniger are on their way to a party at their old friends' home, deep in the Moroccan desert. But as a groggy David navigates the dark desert roads, two young men spring from the roadside, the car swerves and collides with one of the boys.. Meanwhile, festivities at the house are in full flow. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099578932
- ISBN
- 9780099578932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom. After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552775489
- ISBN
- 9780552775489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Set in a world in which aspirin had not been invented, abortion was illegal, and pregnancy could result in agonising death, this novel is an intriguing and richly atmospheric blend of history, early forensic science and knife-edge suspense. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552774109
- ISBN
- 9780552774109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.51
€ 15.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; YXF. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 138 x 206 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811200424
- ISBN
- 9780811200424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140. . Clean copy showing some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0002999
- ISBN
- 9780571109654
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Attempts to reconcile himself to the end of his affair with the dark, passionate Justine Hosnani - setting alight a beguiling exploration of sexual and political intrigue that the author himself described as 'an investigation of modern love'. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 124 x 50. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571283934
- ISBN
- 9780571283934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. Rich in invention, psychological truth and sheer entertainment, the five short novels that comprise 'The Avignon Quintet' form one of the key works of an undisputed modern master. Num Pages: 1376 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571225552
- ISBN
- 9780571225552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.32
€ 26.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. It is a warm summer's evening in 1895 at Rose Point Cottage on White Bear Lake. But Commodore Barnett's planned victory dinner has been spoilt - his team lost the yacht race and he can't figure out way. Against his principles, he agrees to let his kitchen hand try to solve the problem. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 29. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KLN0015876
- ISBN
- 9780006476085
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910974278
- ISBN
- 9781910974278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.37
€ 11.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616962142
- ISBN
- 9781616962142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
Paperback. An international event: a remarkable first novel of modern India, weaving together a rich tapestry of social manners and mores, ambition, greed, and love, which will establish Lavanya Sankaran as one of the most gifted and original writers of fiction today. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755327898
- ISBN
- 9780755327898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558617483
- ISBN
- 9781558617483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.43
€ 14.99
€ 14.43
Paperback. Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry - the pride in poverty, the gypsy intensity in vivid whitewashed slums, and the cult of the bullfight. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099479710
- ISBN
- 9780099479710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Selected from the book Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Liberty by Virginia Woolf Eating by Nigella Lawson Swimming by Roger Deakin Drinking by John Cheever Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; BM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 110. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872922
- ISBN
- 9781784872922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.91
€ 8.99
€ 7.91
Paperback. From the author of the well-reviewed 'The Ten O'Clock Horses', a delightfully funny contemporary novel about a year in the life of a TV cookery-show host and chef. Advertising in The Guardian's The Guide and The Mail on Sunday. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005050
- ISBN
- 9780552996570
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Set in the world of day-time TV cook shows, a wonderfully funny black comedy about the real highs and lows of everyday life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849164702
- ISBN
- 9781849164702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Bernie Gibbs, living on her memories on the seventh floor of an East End high-rise. Her diet is mainly chocolate bars and she yearns for action, or at least for the re-opening of the old Imperial Dance Hall, where she used to have good times. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849163989
- ISBN
- 9781849163989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. A poignant follow-up to The Future Homemakers of America - warm-hearted and sparklingly witty women's fiction for fans of The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Fannie Flagg and Anne Tyler Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784297916
- ISBN
- 9781784297916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02