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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The burden of immortality is weighing upon the vampire Lestat. In a desperate bid to end his everlasting life he attempts suicide by flying into the sunrise above the Gobi desert. The attempt fails but it intensifies his desire to be human again. Series: The Vampire Chronicles. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 44. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548126
ISBN
9780099548126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. At the centre of Anne Rice's brilliant novel, the beautiful Rowan Mayfair, queen of the coven, must flee from the darkly brutal, yet irresistible demon known as Lasher. With a dreamlike power, this wickedly seductive entity draws us through twilight paths, telling a chillingly hypnotic story of spiritual aspirations and passion.. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 40. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
9780099471431
ISBN
9780099471431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.29

Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806088
ISBN
9781609806088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.08

Paperback. A novel, which explores the bonds of female friendship. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 189 x 52. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060837013
ISBN
9780060837013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.52

Paperback. Winner of the 2009 Drue Heinz Literature Prize A compelling collection of short stories about expartriots and natives in modern Saudi Arabia, and the uneasy mesh of divergent peoples in a desert land where oil is the source of riches and cultural upheaval." Series: Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822963141
ISBN
9780822963141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.90

paperback. Foolish delusions is an adventure. Taking seriously the idea that writing can transform your life, the narrative works as a double helix. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Jacana Media South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770090590
ISBN
9781770090590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40 b/w drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Copy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955379277
ISBN
9780955379277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Keywords: "Fiction - Genre - Family Sagas,Subjects - Fiction - By Period - General,Subjects - Fiction - General,Subjects - Fiction - Genre - Family Sagas"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
SKU
KT00002286
ISBN
9780747568094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Having sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth, a lanky, awkward girl. The Emersons, there are seven grown-up children and have a reputation for craziness and Elizabeth finds herself drawn into their disorderly lives against her will. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099469605
ISBN
9780099469605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Ranging from the ragtime era to small-town America in the seventies, this book is a moving quest for a family's deepest roots - and a haunting story of growing up and breaking away, acceptance and rebellion. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099591917
ISBN
9780099591917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Jeremy is a child-like, painfully shy batchelor who has never left home. He lives on the third floor of his mother's boarding house and spends his days cutting up coloured paper to make mosaic sculptures, until the day his mother dies and the beautiful Mary Tell arrives to turn his world upside down. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099480112
ISBN
9780099480112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Liam Pennywell has spent most of his life dodging issues and skirting adventure when suddenly, in his sixty-first year, something happens that jolts him out of his certainty and leaves him with a frightening gap in his memory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539582
ISBN
9780099539582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and infuriating younger sister Bunny? Dr Battista has other problems. His brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without Pyotr, his new scientific breakthrough will fall through.. Series: Hogarth Shakespeare. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589877
ISBN
9780099589877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl is left to bring up her three children alone - Cody, a flawed devil, Ezra, a flawed saint, and Jenny, errant and passionate. Now as Pearl lies dying, stiffly encased in her pride and solitude, the past is unlocked and with it, secrets. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099916406
ISBN
9780099916406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Nearing fifty and married with two children, she and her husband drive from Baltimore to Deer Lick to attend the funeral of a friend one hot summer day. During the course of the journey, Maggie's eternal optimism and her inexhaustible passion for sorting out other people's lives and willing them to fall in love is severely tested.. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099201410
ISBN
9780099201410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. When young Janie Pike dies in a tragic accident, she leaves behind a family numbed with grief and torn with guilt and recrimination. In this novel, the author explores how each member of the family learns to face the future in their own way. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099337003
ISBN
9780099337003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Morgan Gower has an outsize hairy beard, an array of peculiar costumes and fantastic headwear, and a serious smoking habit. He likes to pretend to be other people, and he likes to do this more and more since his massive brood of daughters are all growing up, getting married and finding him embarrassing. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099527206
ISBN
9780099527206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Ben Joe is the only boy in a family of six sisters, Mama and Gram. He is studying for a law degree in New York when he hears his eldest sister Joanne has left her husband and returned home with her baby girl. Out of a mixture of homesickness and duty Ben Joe returns to the home in which he has always felt like an outsider. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539100
ISBN
9780099539100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. When Pearl Tull's husband, Beck, abandons her she pours her energies into preserving normality. Only gradually do her three children realise their father is gone for good. Now, as Pearl lies on her deathbed, the impact of Beck's abrupt departure unspools: on Cody who can't overcome his anger, and on mild Ezra who must always keep the peace. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577270
ISBN
9780099577270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. In a small Southern town teenager Evie Decker becomes obsessed with local rock singer Bertram 'Drumstrings' Casey, and decides to take her life into her own hands. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 150.
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099517504
ISBN
9780099517504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

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