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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. We could tell you the year is 1944, that the main character is called Tyrone Slothrop and that he has a problem because bombs are falling across Europe and crashing to earth at the exact locations of his sexual conquests. But that doesn't really begin to cover it. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 174 x 46. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511755
ISBN
9780099511755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

paperback. Vineland, a zone of blessed anarchy in northern California, is the last refuge of hippiedom, a culture devastated by the sobriety epidemic, Reaganomics, and the Tube. Here, in an Orwellian 1984, Zoyd Wheeler and his daughter Prairie search for Prairie's long-lost mother, a Sixties radical who ran off with a narc. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749391416
ISBN
9780749391416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

Paperback. Maxine Tarnow is running a nice little fraud investigation business on the Upper West Side, chasing down different kinds of small-scale con artists. She used to be legally certified but her licence got pulled a while back, which has actually turned out to be a blessing because now she can follow her own code of ethics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590361
ISBN
9780099590361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. Easy for her to say. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542162
ISBN
9780099542162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. "The kind of writing that makes us want to read the whole book as soon as possible; a shot of adrenaline that immediately takes us to a new world."-David Varno, Words Without Borders Translator(s): Benjamin, Ross. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393337259
ISBN
9780393337259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.76

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Export/Airside ed
Condition
New
SKU
9781408834466
ISBN
9781408834466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. A heart-breaking, staggering, soaring novel about war, music, loneliness and the redemptive power of the imagination Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9781408833803
ISBN
9781408833803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 5.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408842607
ISBN
9781408842607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Tramp Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
9780992817015
ISBN
9780992817015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 12.73

Paperback. A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting encounter with another; a brother and sister find themselves at the bottom of a coal mine with a Japanese tourist; a Welsh stag on a debauched weekend in Dublin confesses an unimaginable truth; and more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571317028
ISBN
9780571317028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. One man's search for his true love, whilst following his other true love. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780996875
ISBN
9781780996875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.42

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226561103
ISBN
9780226561103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226561097
ISBN
9780226561097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. Moving from Massachusetts to Kansas in 1855, with his new wife and a group of German carpenters, Gordon McKay is dead set on making his fortune raising bees, undaunted by Missouri border ruffians, newly- minted Darwinism, or the unsettled politics of a country on the brink of civil war. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226561110
ISBN
9780226561110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.89

Hardcover. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 890 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 46. Weight in Grams: 928.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151961
ISBN
9781857151961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307388902
ISBN
9780307388902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. Best friends Frito and Bannerman roll into town, still in search of the fortune they missed out on in the dot-com years. For a while it seems that soaking up reconstruction money isn't the worst plan ever. Meanwhile the city is overrun by black marketeers, poker hustlers, intelligence officers, and expat hedonists all high on Dayton money. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513452
ISBN
9780099513452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. The gripping story of one woman's odyssey into the Australian outback away from tragedy and towards regaining control over her life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002047
ISBN
9780340579749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. By the author of SCHINDLER'S ARK, an enthralling, thought-provoking story of wartime exploits, and the price paid for men's misguided heroism by their widows Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001970
ISBN
9780340825280
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A dramatic novel about a tragedy in Australia in 1984 which had its roots in Eastern Europe and World War II. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Good copy with some shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on FFEP.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTG0007386
ISBN
9780340394595
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Reissued to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Keneally's first novel. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCW0000512
ISBN
9780340624746
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of their captors unite to stage a play. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 268. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0007750
ISBN
9780340422632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A remarkable novel about the Eritrean war, likened to For Whom The Bell Tolls and as relevant today as on its first publication. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340528112
ISBN
9780340528112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A dramatic novel about a tragedy in Australia in 1984 which had its roots in Eastern Europe and World War II. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
KSS0002426
ISBN
9780340394595
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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