Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. A revolver shot rings through a Whitehall office one hot afternoon in the middle of an English summer. A Government official has apparently shot himself, but the circumstances are questionable - prompting Octavian Gray, head of the department in which the dead man worked, to investigate. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285267
- ISBN
- 9780099285267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
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Paperback. Jake Donaghue is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging on his friends. A meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429074
- ISBN
- 9780099429074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
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Paperback. Hilda Foster is alone in an isolated cottage when she receives an important telephone call. She must get in touch with her husband but it is virtually impossible. How can she avert the crisis? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285335
- ISBN
- 9780099285335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.32
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€ 12.32
Paperback. Saved from a delinquent childhood by education, cheated out of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, Hilary Burde cherishes his obsessive guilt and ekes out a living in a dull civil service job. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429128
- ISBN
- 9780099429128
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
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Paperback. Four unforgettable books by acclaimed poet, novelist and dissident Irina Ratushinskaya, beautifully repackaged. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473637269
- ISBN
- 9781473637269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Four unforgettable books by acclaimed poet, novelist and dissident Irina Ratushinskaya, beautifully repackaged. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473637245
- ISBN
- 9781473637245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
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€ 10.97
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909762060
- ISBN
- 9781909762060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.22
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€ 15.22
Paperback. A startling debut short story collection from one of Britain's rising literary stars. These stories are captivating, erotic, enigmatic and disturbing. Sexy, serious and at times downright disturbing, this brilliant collection sizzles with originality. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Jacaranda
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909762299
- ISBN
- 9781909762299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.58
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€ 11.58
Paperback. A powerful love story set in post-independence Zimbabwe as it slides towards chaos, by an exciting new African writer. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton London
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340918838
- ISBN
- 9780340918838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. This is the story of a young boy's adventures as he takes it upon himself to solve the mystery of an 'evil' old neighbour in Geneva, and a missing auntie in Zimbabwe. Charming, funny and resonant, this is a novel about how one boy comes to understand what conflict can do to a person, a family, a whole country - and what it means to fight for peace. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472114167
- ISBN
- 9781472114167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.06
€ 18.06
Paperback. Yves Harteloup is a disappointed young man, scarred by the war. He returns for the summer to the rich, comfortable Atlantic resort of Hendaye, where he spent blissful childhood holidays. There he becomes infatuated by a beautiful, bored young woman, Denise, whose rich husband is often away on business. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000854
- ISBN
- 9780099563846
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In 1929, 26-year-old Irene Nemirovsky shot to fame in France with the publication of her second novel David Golder. At the time, only the most prescient would have predicted the events that led to her extraordinary final novel Suite Francaise and her death at Auschwitz. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000332
- ISBN
- 9780099493969
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. With a depiction of a group of Parisians as they flee the Nazi invasion, this book tells about the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099488781
- ISBN
- 9780099488781
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
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€ 11.00
Paperback. Bernard Jacquelain returns from the trenches a changed man. The city is a whirl of decadence and corruption and he embarks on a life of parties and shady business dealings, as well as an illicit affair. But as another war threatens, everything around him starts to crumble, and the future for him and for France suddenly looks dangerously uncertain. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520368
- ISBN
- 9780099520368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. Set in the rural French town in Burgundy that would also form the backdrop to the bestselling Suite Francaise, this title tells the story of Silvio, his cousin's wife Helene, her second husband Francoise, and of the truths, deaths, marriages, children, houses and mills that bind them with love and hatred, deception and betrayal. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007486
- ISBN
- 9780099516095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Set in the rural French town in Burgundy that would also form the backdrop to the bestselling Suite Francaise, this title tells the story of Silvio, his cousin's wife Helene, her second husband Francoise, and of the truths, deaths, marriages, children, houses and mills that bind them with love and hatred, deception and betrayal. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132. Good, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KSG0005347
- ISBN
- 9780099516095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
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Paperback. In a French courtroom, the trial of a woman is taking place. Gladys Eysenach is no longer young, but she is still beautiful, elegant, cold. She is accused of shooting dead her much-younger lover. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520382
- ISBN
- 9780099520382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
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CD-Audio. Pierre and Agnes marry for love against the wishes of his parents and the family patriarch, the tyrannical industrialist Julien Hardelot, provoking a family feud which cascades down the generations. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846571497
- ISBN
- 9781846571497
CD
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.13
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€ 17.13
Paperback. Ada grows up motherless in the Jewish pogroms of a Ukrainian city in the early years of the twentieth century. In the same city, Harry Sinner, the cosseted son of a city financier, belongs to a very different world. Eventually, in search of a brighter future, Ada moves to Paris and makes a living painting scenes from the world she has left behind. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507789
- ISBN
- 9780099507789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.73
€ 20.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780701186609
- ISBN
- 9780701186609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Gallimard
- Edition
- GALLIMARD
- Number of pages
- 573
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9782070336760
- ISBN
- 9782070336760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.61
€ 20.61
Hardcover. Includes the novels "David Golder", "The Ball", "Snow in Autumn", and "The Courilof Affair". Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593081
- ISBN
- 9781841593081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.24
€ 17.99
€ 13.24
Paperback. Series: MEN OF VALOUR. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780800724535
- ISBN
- 9780800724535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.11
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Paperback. A warm-hearted saga of family secrets and lies in Sunderland during the early years of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 135. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KI20002926
- ISBN
- 9780340836699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99