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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Cora has everything a woman is supposed to want - a career, a caring husband, children, and a stylish home. Desperate for release & burdened with guilt she falls into a pattern of ever increasing violence and sexual degradation till a one night stand tips her over the edge. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bluemoose Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780992791919
ISBN
9780992791919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.88

Hardback. Features Max, a French journalist looking for his next story, and Lena, an American singer, who were once lovers, but now friends. They travel with Lena's new man, Thibault and with Max's barely masked jealousy. Then they meet the striking Colonel Strether, the epitome of military decorum and bearing. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420985
ISBN
9780857420985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. A 21st century Bonfire of the Vanities, set in LA. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444726770
ISBN
9781444726770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. During the performances of fashionable operas, the musicians tell tales, read stories and exchange gossip to relieve the tedium of the bad music they are paid to perform. We are privy to 25 entertaining evenings with a fascinating group of distracted performers. Editor(s): Barzun, Jacques. Translator(s): Barzun, Jacques. Num Pages: 404 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: AV; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
404
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043746
ISBN
9780226043746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20. Weight in Grams: 225. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Paperback
Publisher
Attic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KSG0006118
ISBN
9781855940383
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20. Weight in Grams: 225. In good condition. A well read copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Paperback
Publisher
Attic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KRS0011041
ISBN
9781855940383
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Rhiannon dreams of joining the largest broadcaster in the world: the BBC. And so begins a life of highs, lows, and absurd experiences for five ambitious young people, all keen to make it in the increasingly commercial world of television. Caught in the middle between art and commerce, Rhiannon realises the industry is transforming around her. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908248138
ISBN
9781908248138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Heather O'Neill is an extremely gifted writer and Lullabies for Little Criminals is her breathtaking first novel about one girl's struggle for survival on the mean streets of Montreal Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847243935
ISBN
9781847243935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

hardcover. A novel about childhood damage and the redemptive power of art from an author twice listed for the Women's Prize and the Giller Prize Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 38. Weight in Grams: 658. Good clean copy with light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
riverrun London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001138
ISBN
9781849163354
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Set against the background first of student life and then Palestine, Israel and the Balkans, this novel draws on the poetry of the Song of Songs and the Persian poet Rumi, and asks questions about the nature of betrayal, loyalty and identity, both in our personal lives and in a troubled world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Maia Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904559337
ISBN
9781904559337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Catrine Evans, a young American, is sent to an English boarding school after her mother dies of cancer. Thrust into an unfriendly world and ridiculed for her accent, Catrine lays bare her thoughts in a luminous stream-of-consciousness narrative. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226. Clean copy with some slight markings to the page edges, otherwise a clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0001485
ISBN
9780571206711
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Imprisoned for a heinous crime when she was a just a teenager, Allison Glenn is now free. Desperate for a second chance, Allison discovers that the world has moved on without her.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 276. Good, clean copy
Edition
First edition
Publisher
MIRA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0008046
ISBN
9780778304371
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Imprisoned for a heinous crime when she was a just a teenager, Allison Glenn is now free. Desperate for a second chance, Allison discovers that the world has moved on without her.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First edition
Publisher
MIRA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KEX0245432
ISBN
9780778304371
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849823074
ISBN
9781849823074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. A devastating novel of love and desire and one man's search for his soul in a world of violence and political intrigue, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award 1998 Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747260332
ISBN
9780747260332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. When the ghosts of the past come back to haunt us, can we ever forgive and forget? Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 32. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780873718
ISBN
9781780873718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The much-debated issue of saviour siblings is treated with McHaffie's characteristic poignancy and sensitivity.The author's knowledge of the medical ethics surrounding saviour siblings, and the impact such choices have on families, makes the story powerful and non-sentimental. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817879
ISBN
9781906817879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Jessica discovers secrets her mother, Doris, kept from her long before her memory began to erode under Alzheimer's Disease. The knowledge Jessica uncovers as the family secrets are revealed and past memories are stirred, is fleshed out by the revelations Doris herself provides as her story unravels backwards. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 geneal. table. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817787
ISBN
9781906817787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.49

Paperback. Part of a series of novels exploring medical ethics, this book tells the story of one man's fight against a terminal illness. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906307219
ISBN
9781906307219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Pogroms and the Holocaust, xenophobia and the Bush War provide the backdrop for Illuminating Love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314. 272 pages. Pogroms and the Holocaust, xenophobia and the Bush War provide the backdrop for Illuminating Love. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 136 x 210 x 20. Weight: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431402670
ISBN
9781431402670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.43

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