Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Can she save both her children? A single mother faces down a ruthless killer on a Manchester estate in Mandasue Heller's thrilling new bestseller. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340899557
- ISBN
- 9780340899557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. Atticus Craftsman never travels without a supply of Earl Grey and a favourite book. So when he is sent to shut down a failing literary magazine in Madrid, he packs both. A short Spanish jaunt later, he'll be back in Kent, cup of tea and smoked-salmon sandwich in hand. But the five ladies who run the magazine have other ideas. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552772396
- ISBN
- 9780552772396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.31
€ 10.99
€ 9.31
Hardback. Through its heroine, Kenza, and her search for herself through the mother she doesn't know, this novel mirrors the struggle of Algerian women to make a place in a society that has stripped them of their rights. Translator(s): Marcus, K. Melissa (Associate Professor of French, Northern Arizona University, USA). Series: Caribbean & African Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919331
- ISBN
- 9780813919331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.85
€ 77.85
Paperback. How does a gunman retire? Frank MacLeod was the best at what he does. Thoughtful. Efficient. Ruthless. But is he still the best?A new job. A target. But something is about to go horribly wrong. Someone is going to end up dead.Most gunmen say goodbye to the world with a bang. Frank's still here. He's lasted longer than he should have.. Series: The Glasgow Trilogy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 232 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Open market & Airside ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447235965
- ISBN
- 9781447235965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.21
€ 17.99
€ 13.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 225 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447291596
- ISBN
- 9781447291596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.30
€ 21.99
€ 16.30
Paperback. It is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the shadow of the volcano, ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate, ugly pariah dogs roam the streets and Geoffrey Firmin - ex-consul, ex-husband, an alcoholic and a ruined man - is living out the last day of his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182254
- ISBN
- 9780141182254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905847747
- ISBN
- 9781905847747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.22
€ 11.22
Paperback. What's the worst thing that can happen to a man who has not one, not two, but three secret families on the go? He falls in love. A spectacular new work of imagination from one of Australia's finest writers. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781760291129
- ISBN
- 9781760291129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.79
€ 17.99
€ 12.79
Paperback. A brilliant, enthralling debut novel about an extraordinary young woman's quest to tame a wild landscape, the tide of progress in the middle of the "American century," and a beautiful, passionate love story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611855562
- ISBN
- 9781611855562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.79
€ 17.99
€ 12.79
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940322967
- ISBN
- 9780940322967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.73
€ 18.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. A collection of the finest short stories from our best loved authors, including Samuel Beckett, Graham Greene, William Golding, Kingsley Amis, Doris Lessing, Muriel Spark, J G Ballard, William Trevor, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Rose Tremain, Salman Rushdie, Graham Swift and Kazuo Ishiguro. Editor(s): Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952863
- ISBN
- 9780241952863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509823390
- ISBN
- 9781509823390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Women's writing in Cameroon has so far been dominated by Francophone writers. This title includes short stories that represent the yearnings and vision of an Anglophone woman, who writes both as a Cameroonian and as a woman whose life has been shaped by the minority status her people occupy within the nation-state. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB; FA; FYB; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896802063
- ISBN
- 9780896802063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.84
€ 21.99
€ 21.84
Paperback. When Majok Tulba was 9, rebel soldiers attacked his village, taking all children taller than an AK47 to become soldiers. Majok was an inch too short. This novel is the story of what might have happened had he been an inch taller. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780742410
- ISBN
- 9781780742410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.08
€ 16.99
€ 13.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556437649
- ISBN
- 9781556437649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.58
€ 16.99
€ 15.58
paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kwela South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780795701900
- ISBN
- 9780795701900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.22
€ 16.99
€ 15.22
Paperback. Translator(s): Lewis, Tess. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Archipelago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671466
- ISBN
- 9780914671466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. An account of the experiences of Maitreyi Devi, the highly educated Indian daughter of an intellectual father who fell in love with a female student staying at her home in the 1930s. the book was written as a response to Bengal Nights, by Mircea Eliade, the young student who had stayed with the family in Calcutta. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143651
- ISBN
- 9780226143651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.76
€ 31.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Mac Con Iomaire,Liam; Robinson, Tim. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 b/w. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 117. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300227062
- ISBN
- 9780300227062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.78
€ 17.99
€ 13.78
Paperback. Now available in paperback, the original English-language translation of O Cadhain's raucous masterpiece Translator(s): Titley, Alan (Professor Emeritus of Modern Irish UCC). Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300219821
- ISBN
- 9780300219821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.00€ 11.93
€ 14.00
€ 11.93
Paperback. Travelling from chilly Edinburgh to sunbaked Malawi to investigate, Lexy uncovers a story of love, deceit and loyalty spanning three generations - but to discover the truth about who she really is, she must must embark on a perilous journey. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785300080
- ISBN
- 9781785300080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.02
€ 10.99
€ 9.02
Paperback. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize - this wonderful debut novel about family secrets is a perfect book for the summer Num Pages: 272 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Edition
- 1st UK Paperback Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0200809
- ISBN
- 9780719566455
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From the author of LIARS AND SAINTS (shortlisted for the Orange Prize and a Richard & Judy Summer Read) comes a wonderful new book exploring extraordinary moments of everyday life Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174. 224 pages. From the author of LIARS AND SAINTS (shortlisted for the Orange Prize and a Richard & Judy Summer Read) comes a wonderful new book exploring extraordinary moments of everyday life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 134 x 17. Weight: 176.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847674166
- ISBN
- 9781847674166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize - this wonderful debut novel about family secrets is a perfect book for the summer Num Pages: 272 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st UK Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KIN0007630
- ISBN
- 9780719566455
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99