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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. Traces the turbulent emotional journey of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, a smug, well-to-do London wine merchant and unfaithful husband, whose life is turned inside out when his wife leaves him for her psychoanalyst. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 212 x 39. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593708
ISBN
9781841593708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Austin is one of those people who needs to survive through the destruction of others. The others, in Austin's case, include his successful elder brothers, Matthew, and the women who, one after the other, are so touchingly convinced that they can 'save' him. This is the story of the relentless struggle for survival of Austin, the accidental man. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099433569
ISBN
9780099433569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

paperback. The reissue of four unforgettable books by acclaimed poet, novelist and dissident Irina Ratushinskaya. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 279 x 27. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
SKU
9781473637221
ISBN
9781473637221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.12

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

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
€ 11.09

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
€ 14.24

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
€ 11.66

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
€ 11.09

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

€ 18.28

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

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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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
€ 11.72

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

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

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
€ 14.24

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

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
€ 13.35

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

€ 24.42

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

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