Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Jay Mackintosh is trapped by memory in the old familiar landscape of his childhood, to which he longs to return. A bottle of home-brewed wine left to him by a long-vanished friend seems to provide the key to an old mystery. As the unusual properties of the strange brew take effect, Jay escapes to a derelict farmhouse in the French village. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0012773
- ISBN
- 9780552998000
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In seventeenth-century France, against a backdrop of witch trials, regicide and religious frenzy, Juliette, one-time actress and rope-dancer, seeks refuge with her young daughter in the remote abbey of Saint Marie-de-la-Mer, and reinvents herself as Soeur Auguste. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Transworld Pub
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- SKU
- KRA0012064
- ISBN
- 9780552770019
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Beyond the main street of Les Laveuses runs the Loire, smooth and brown as a sunning snake - but hiding a deadly undertow beneath its moving surface. This is where Framboise, a secretive widow, plies her culinary trade at the creperie - and lets her memory play strange games. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552998833
- ISBN
- 9780552998833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Jay Mackintosh is trapped by memory in the old familiar landscape of his childhood, to which he longs to return. A bottle of home-brewed wine left to him by a long-vanished friend seems to provide the key to an old mystery. As the unusual properties of the strange brew take effect, Jay escapes to a derelict farmhouse in the French village. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRF0022359
- ISBN
- 9780552998000
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child; timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.' Blueeyed boy is the brilliant new novel from Joanne Harris. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 376. Good copy with some shelf wear. Minor marking to cover.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KTG0011368
- ISBN
- 9780552773164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?' 'My mother, Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her two daughters live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped - at least for a while. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 408. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0004543
- ISBN
- 9780552773157
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.99€ 9.71
€ 12.99
€ 9.71
Paperback. At St Oswald's, a long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England, a new year has just begun. For the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world; and Roy Straitley, the eccentric veteran Latin master, is finally, reluctantly contemplating retirement. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552770026
- ISBN
- 9780552770026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. It's never easy to face the fact that a man you once loved passionately has found the girl of his dreams, as Alice discovers when Joe introduces her to his new girlfriend. Then Alice finds an old diary and reads about two men and the mysterious woman who bewitched them both, buried in Grantchester churchyard half a century ago. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2008 Revised Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552775045
- ISBN
- 9780552775045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. After thirty years at St Oswald's Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go - the clowns, the rebels, the underdogs, and those he calls his Brodie boys. But every so often there's a boy who doesn't fit the mould. A troublemaker. A boy capable of twisting everything around him. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 2. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552777018
- ISBN
- 9780552777018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778794
- ISBN
- 9780552778794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she allows the wind to blow her back to the village in south-west France where, eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop. Nor is it only the incomers from North Africa that have brought change. Father Reynaud, Vianne's erstwhile adversary, is disgraced and under threat. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552776998
- ISBN
- 9780552776998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Series: Hannah Swensen Mysteries. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 104 x 30. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Kensington Publishing
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780758280381
- ISBN
- 9780758280381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.13
€ 11.13
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770091016
- ISBN
- 9781770091016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.53
€ 19.53
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Australia
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742375878
- ISBN
- 9781742375878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.63
€ 20.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. High interest books, designed to appeal to both boys and girls; highly motivating stories which attract the reader's attention and hold it through the story. Series: Hodder African Readers. Num Pages: 96 pages, 8. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder Education United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340984154
- ISBN
- 9780340984154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.81
€ 16.81
Paperback. For eight-year-old Rufus, life has become complicated. His parents, Josie and Tom, have divorced and are setting off on separate paths. But now, other people have had to become involved, like his mother's new husband Matthew and his father's new friend Elizabeth. What's even worse is that there are other children too, Matthew's three teenagers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- Trade Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552997881
- ISBN
- 9780552997881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. The Grey House is the final piece in the jigsaw of Alice Jordan's perfect life. It seems to be the ultimate achievement of her outwardly happy marriage - a loyal, if dull husband, three children, two cars and now the house. So why does she feel as if something is missing? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0007455
- ISBN
- 9780552994101
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Nathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents. They were both adopted and now Nathalie discovers a need to trace her birth parents and insists that David makes the same journey. And through this, both learn one of the hardest lessons of all. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552771733
- ISBN
- 9780552771733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. Chrissie, in the twenty-three years she'd been together with Richie, had always believed that he loved her. He loved their three daughters and their house in Highgate and their happy, lively existence. But if she really was the love of his life, why had he never given her the one thing that would have made her life perfect? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552775434
- ISBN
- 9780552775434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Friday nights, the best night of the week, the night they all looked forward to more than they cared to admit - talking, drinking, laughing and crying together. They were six female friends, different in age and circumstances, but with one common need: the warmth and support of their Friday nights. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0018094
- ISBN
- 9780552774123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99