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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Anthony is a British journalist whose American wife, Lucy, has died suddenly. Haunted by her death, he becomes obsessed with her past and the years he missed before he met her. To find out more, he travels to a remote part of the Nevada desert to meet Lucy's first husband. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 116. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KSS0004216
ISBN
9780571207787
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 357 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
McArthur & Company United States
Number of pages
357
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552787052
ISBN
9781552787052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.23

Paperback. Small and insignificant Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own. Through the pages of an old book he discovers a mysterious world of enchantment - but a world that is falling into decay. The great task of making things well again falls on Bastian. Illustrator(s): Quadflieg, Roswitha. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA; YFH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140074314
ISBN
9780140074314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. When Martin Clay, a young would-be art historian, believes he has discovered a missing masterpiece. The owner of the painting is oblivious to its potential and asks Martin to help him sell it, leaving Martin with the chance of a lifetime: if he could only separate the painter from its owner, he would be able to perform a great public service.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283484
ISBN
9780571283484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life - until one day his great chance of glory at last arrives. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315871
ISBN
9780571315871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Raya, a mercurial Moscow blonde who speaks no English, and the affair she is embarking upon with Gordon Proctor-Gould, a British businessman who speaks no Russian. They need an interpreter; which is how Paul Manning is diverted from writing his thesis at Moscow University to become involved in all the deceptions of love and East-West relations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315888
ISBN
9780571315888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Uncumber lives in a dystopian world, where all humanity is divided in two - the Insiders and the Outsiders. Uncumber lives in this luxurious world and is told that she must never go out into the dust and disease of the real world. When she falls in love with an Outsider, she decides to go exploring.. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315932
ISBN
9780571315932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Why not program computers to take over the really dull jobs that human beings have to do - such as praying and behaving morally? This book explores computers, technology and automation with customary humour and wit. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315895
ISBN
9780571315895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Hilary one of the serious and dedicated, working in the Home Office in Westminster, who just happens to know the truth about the case in which Terry is currently interested. But then why is she to be found one evening walking through the back streets behind the Strand, to the run-down block where Terry's pressure group has its headquarters? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178. Some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KTK0099273
ISBN
9780571212613
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The journey was undertaken not by a mystical reporter like St John, but by Howard Baker, an observer of much more modern outlook. He finds a city which offers rich opportunities for leisure and enjoyment - but one which also presents a moral and intellectual challenge. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571315925
ISBN
9780571315925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.35

Paperback. On the sunlit Greek island of Skios, the Fred Toppler Foundation's annual lecture is to be given by Dr Norman Wilfred, the world-famous authority on the scientific organisation of science. He turns out to be surprisingly young and charming - not at all the intimidating figure they had been expecting. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000801
ISBN
9780571281459
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 105. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pinnacle
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786041145
ISBN
9780786041145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785898914
ISBN
9781785898914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784752415
ISBN
9781784752415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardback. As a heatwave blazes in Stockholm, a series of women are found brutally murdered and the Criminal Investigation Department is getting nowhere. The murders bear all the hallmarks of Edward Hinde, the serial killer jailed by psychological profiler Sebastian Bergman fifteen years earlier. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 46. Weight in Grams: 828. Good copy with some shelf wear, dustwrapper with edge wear, remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0011747
ISBN
9781780894553
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A confessional autobiographical novel from one of Britain's best loved authors. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848665248
ISBN
9781848665248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Ferociously readable and very, very funny, The Senility of Vladimir P is a vodka-soaked tragicomedy of bribes, backhanders and an elderly Vladimir Putin going catastrophically awry.. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782398097
ISBN
9781782398097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. An ambitious, engrossing and multi-layered debut novel Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473636514
ISBN
9781473636514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 154 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473636507
ISBN
9781473636507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Charlie Johnson is a veteran war correspondent who thinks he has seen it all - until he makes one rash expedition into a war zone in the Balkans. Horrified, he watches as a woman who sheltered him is set on fire. As he tries to save her, he too is caught in the deadly fire that engulfs her. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 115.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099459095
ISBN
9780099459095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. An astonishing interweaving of myth, fantasy, history and autobiography, Kenzaburo Oe's Death by Water is the shimmering masterpiece of a Nobel Prize-winning author. Translator(s): Boehm, Deborah Boliver. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857895486
ISBN
9780857895486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FJ; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Night Shade Books United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597808194
ISBN
9781597808194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FW; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Story Plant United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611881578
ISBN
9781611881578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336. Good copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
McPherson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KTG0001477
ISBN
9780929701660
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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