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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. The horizon is a blue streak across the pale sea, giving the trick of land close enough to sail to. Pearl imagines a packet ship surging to another world with two passengers safe in the bows, their hands joined together. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 205 x 28. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909844087
ISBN
9781909844087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

paperback. Presents sixteen stories of rural Midwest America: smalltown secrets, the powerful silences that bind families, and seven shades of female friendship. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638744
ISBN
9781902638744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

paperback. Big Dan's Sofie is a poignant tale of family and compassion against the setting of the woodcutter's lives in the Knysna forest. It tells the story of Sofie, a woman born into abject poverty with no prospect of marriage. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Jacana Media South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770098688
ISBN
9781770098688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.62

Paperback. Three women live on The Wonder House, a boat moored on Nagin Lake, and carved from the great cedars that watch over the Kashmir Valley. Suriya is mute, and carries a terrible secret. Her daughter, Lila, wants to escape the past, and live a different kind of life. But together, they tend to Gracie, a defiant Yorkshirewoman. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843544340
ISBN
9781843544340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.24

Paperback. We're all different. When Ismae Rogers was born, her difference was just easier to see. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0020146
ISBN
9781473625877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. We're all different. When Ismae Rogers was born, her difference was just easier to see. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473625884
ISBN
9781473625884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. Declan and Sinead Boyle are pillars of society - born into prosperous families, educated at Dublin's finest schools, dwellers in a fine house in a leafy suburb. So why are they in so much trouble? Declan wants to serve his country - but he also wants to serve his own ambition. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
KRF2233111
ISBN
9780241964064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The Burden of the Desert is fast-paced and gripping, and asks questions that will linger long after the last page is turned. Via the lives of a fascinating group of characters, former war correspondent Justin Huggler memorably evokes the atmosphere of a military occupation whose aftershocks are still being felt today. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780722009
ISBN
9781780722009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. When Jack, a war correspondent and wayward soul, returns home to Jersey injured from Afghanistan, he turns the lives of Ben Merryweather and his family upside down.; Twenty years later, an adult Ben Merryweather returns home after a long absence to finally make sense of that fateful winter with his uncle Jack to help him decide his future. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780722023
ISBN
9781780722023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. * A superbly evocative novel that was published to critical acclain, which chronicles the momentous events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 Num Pages: 512 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123370
ISBN
9780349123370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. A beautifully crafted, gently funny and surprising debut novel set at the end of the 20th century, an arresting depiction of the dangers of privileged and desultory lives. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Picador London
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KEX0200402
ISBN
9780330419895
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. A young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Just after graduating college, Tristan Campbell receives a letter delivered by special courier to his apartment in San Francisco. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 828. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
William Heinemann London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000177
ISBN
9780434022335
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. An epic, awe-inspiring novel of good and evil - the most talked about book of the year, and now a global bestseller. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 46. Weight in Grams: 602.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Orion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752883304
ISBN
9780752883304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650209
ISBN
9781890650209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. Charles Judd meanders round his local Cornish beach, contemplating the turns his life has taken. His wife Daphne struggles hopelessly with the latest fish recipe, trying to keep something in her life under control. Two of their children are keeping it all together - just. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001111
ISBN
9781408807071
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A stunning new novel from the author of The Promise of Happiness Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001657
ISBN
9780747585947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A journalist and film-maker investigates the disappearance of his father in Africa, who may have been kidnapped by a mountain tribe. Another Justin Cartwright novel, "Leading the Cheers", won the 1998 Whitbread Novel Award. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001655
ISBN
9780340767610
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Wonderful Booker Prize-shortlisted novel now reissued Num Pages: 224 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017659
ISBN
9780340637838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A stunning new novel from the author of The Promise of Happiness Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238. Fine clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTJ0020491
ISBN
9780747585947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The new novel by the author of the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet and Richard & Judy selection The Promise of Happiness. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000847
ISBN
9781408821695
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'A wonderfully observed novel which provides a rare outsider's glimpse of the quiet despair that lurks behind those bright, perfectly-formed American smiles' Literary Review Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004922
ISBN
9780340637852
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. The new novel by the author of the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet and Richard & Judy selection The Promise of Happiness. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper . First edition signed by the author
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0303544
ISBN
9781408803882
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. David Cross is surrounded by secrets. When his wife Nancy was alive he kept secrets from her and now that she is dead, he must hide his new happiness from his children, Lucy and Ed. But they too have their troubles: Ed's marriage is in trouble, Lucy is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend, and both worry that their father will find a new partner. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRA0012104
ISBN
9781408801031
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel about politics, film, history and, above all, love. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KSG0008112
ISBN
9780340766309
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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