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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. On Millennium night, with Blair presiding over a sexed-up new version of the country, Benjamin Trotter finds himself watching the celebrations on his parents' TV. Watching, in fact, his younger brother, Paul, now a New Labour MP who has bought wholeheartedly into the Blairite dream. Neither of them can know that their lives are about to implode. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967720
ISBN
9780241967720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom: separated from his wife and daughter, estranged from his father, and with no one to confide in even though he has 74 friends on Facebook. He's not even sure whether he's got a job until suddenly a strange business proposition comes his way which involves a long journey to the Shetland Isles. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967775
ISBN
9780241967775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. London, 1958: unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk job and sent on a six-month trip to Brussels. His task: to keep an eye on The Britannia, a brand new pub which will form the heart of the British presence at Expo 58 - the biggest World's Fair of the century. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241966907
ISBN
9780241966907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. A zestful comedy of personal and social upheaval, this book captures a fateful moment in British politics - the collapse of 'Old Labour' - and imagines its impact on the topsy-turvy world of the bemused teenager: a world in which a lost pair of swimming trunks can be just as devastating as an IRA bomb. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967768
ISBN
9780241967768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. William has a lot on his mind. Firstly there's The Alaska Factory, the band he plays in. They're no good and they make his songs sound about as groovy as an unpressed record. Secondly, there's Madeleine, his high-maintenance girlfriend whose idea of a night of passion is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical followed by a doorstep peck on the cheek. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967737
ISBN
9780241967737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.85

Paperback. Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events; Robert has had his life changed for ever by the misunderstandings arising from her condition; and Terry, the insomniac, spends his wakeful nights fuelling his obsession with movies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967744
ISBN
9780241967744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881900289
ISBN
9789881900289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Hardcover. A widely-praised author weaves a narrative of art, history and human relationships under the Tuscan sun. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 38. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Sort of Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908745316
ISBN
9781908745316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.09

Paperback. Daniel Brennan, approaching the premature end of his life, retreats to a room in his brother's suburban house. To divert himself and to entertain Ellen, his carer, he writes the journal that is Telescope, blurring truth, gossip and fiction in vignettes of his own life and the lives of those close to him. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sort of Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956308627
ISBN
9780956308627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Dominic Pattison's life is one of level contentment: his marriage has proved happy and durable; his business, too, is successful. And then Sam Williams, a builder and ex-squaddie, enters his life. Sam claims to be his son. Yet is Sam who he says he is? After almost thirty years, Dominic can remember little of the affair with Sam's mother. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sort of Books
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
V9780956003867
ISBN
9780956003867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Sort of Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908745545
ISBN
9781908745545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782271215
ISBN
9781782271215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.49

Hardcover. Explores the city's fateful impact through the writing of classical historians, a Renaissance sculptor, 18th-century tourists, American, British and French novelists and the authors of modern Rome, each testing and unravelling the city's ageless paradoxes. Editor(s): Keates, Jonathan. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596228
ISBN
9781841596228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardback. The Authority looks favourably upon meticulousness, efficiency and ambition. Bjorn has all of this in spades, but it's only in the Room that he can really shine. Unfortunately, his colleagues see things differently. In fact, they don't even see the Room at all. Translator(s): Smith, Neil. Num Pages: 176 pages, -. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781090244
ISBN
9781781090244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.35

Hardback. With a love story and a surreal and funny tale about happiness, this book changes the way you see your life. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781090411
ISBN
9781781090411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. As delightfully wry and witty as his bestselling debut, 'The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared', this is a tale of how one woman's attempt to change her future ended up changing everything. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007557905
ISBN
9780007557905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. The international bestselling sensation. Translator(s): Bradbury, Roy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141800
ISBN
9780349141800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Dazzling, inventive, witty: a writer pieces together the story of a young man's death in an exhilarating narrative puzzle reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial Translator(s): Willson-Broyles, Rachel. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471155109
ISBN
9781471155109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. A brilliant, fast-paced comedy about what happens when all of your dreams become true. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Borough Press
Condition
New
SKU
KRA0009154
ISBN
9780008118778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A brilliant, fast-paced comedy about what happens when all of your dreams become true. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
The Borough Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
KRA0009090
ISBN
9780008118778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A heart-warming and hilarious book about men, male friendships, sex, marriage and fatherhood and how all the aforesaid collide in eight turbulent months in the life of Harry Spencer. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KAK0003739
ISBN
9781444777499
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the Booker-nominated author of If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and So Many Ways to Begin A TV Book Club selection Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000296
ISBN
9781408809471
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. David Carter cannot help but wish for more: that his wife Eleanor would be the sparkling girl he once found so irresistible; that his job as a museum curator could live up to the promise it once held. But a few careless words spoken by his mother's friend have left David restless with the knowledge that his life has been constructed around a lie. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000295
ISBN
9780747585978
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the Booker-nominated author of If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and So Many Ways to Begin A TV Book Club selection Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9781408809471
ISBN
9781408809471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.70

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