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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. For twenty years Christian Benediktsson has led an orderly but demanding life as butler to the media magnate William Randolph Hearst, famously the inspiration for Citizen Kane, in his San Simeon castle. But Christian's own private world is filled with regret - for a family abandoned, a reckless affair and a tragic death. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
SKU
KNW0008620
ISBN
9780571219919
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Stepping out into the dusk of an warm evening, esteemed art critic Sukhanov feels on top of the world. But the year is 1985 and the air is heavy with change. His future is haunted by doubt. Beset by visions of a past he gave up, he questions his choices: in swapping a life as a brilliant underground artist for comfort did he betray his dreams? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001560
ISBN
9780141024400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Anna is on her way home from work on a cold winter's day when she sees a crowd queuing at a kiosk. Though a queue is not an unusual sight in a Russian city, this appears different. There's a rumour that famous exiled composer Selinksy is returning to conduct his last symphony for one night only - and this kiosk is selling tickets. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002239
ISBN
9780141044828
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Series: Dedalus Europe 2015. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213346
ISBN
9781910213346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. FLIGHTS, which was awarded Poland's biggest literary prize in 2008, is a novel about travel in the twenty-first century and human anatomy. Olga Tokarczuk perfectly interwtines travel narratives and reflections on travel with observations on the body and on life and death Translator(s): Croft, Jennifer. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9781910695432
ISBN
9781910695432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.67

Hardback. The sequel to YouTube sensation Oli White's bestselling debut GENERATION NEXT. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473634411
ISBN
9781473634411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. The sequel to YouTube sensation Oli White's bestselling debut GENERATION NEXT. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473634428
ISBN
9781473634428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Langland, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 463 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112961
ISBN
9781551112961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

Paperback. Two cousins grow up in the 1860s on a lonely farm in the thirsty mountain veld. Em is fat, sweet and contented, a born housewife; Lyndall, clever, restless, beautiful.. and doomed. Their childhood is disrupted by a bombastic Irishman, Bonaparte Blenkins, who gains uncanny influence over the girls' gross, stupid stepmother. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140431841
ISBN
9780140431841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135. .
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845233488
ISBN
9781845233488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. 1789: The magnificent city of Paris sees the dawn of the French Revolution. The cobblestone streets run red with blood as the people rise against the oppressive aristocracy. But revolutionary justice comes at a high price.. Series: Assassin's Creed. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405918848
ISBN
9781405918848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Morris-Eyton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Adapted edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780797461574
ISBN
9780797461574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.32

Paperback. Three women vie for success in this glossy bonkbuster set in the world of art houses and art forgery. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
Export ed.
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340950814
ISBN
9780340950814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 275.
Publisher
Maia Press
Number of pages
330
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906413798
ISBN
9781906413798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Perdita Tree, the bored and beautiful wife of a Tory MP, believes that women should have a magic door through which they can walk into a different life. This book was featured at the Ways With Words Festival, Dartington, and the Chichester Festival, and was chosen for Waterstone's Summer Reads promotion, 2005. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Maia Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904559139
ISBN
9781904559139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. A gripping and suspenseful novel about secrets, betrayal and the power of the past. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089437
ISBN
9781844089437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.41

Paperback. Debut novel tracking the breakdown of a relationship. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907595646
ISBN
9781907595646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. Olivia Goldsmith - bestselling author of The First Wives Club - delivers her best revenge novel to date. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 34. Weight in Grams: 276. Well read copy, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KTJ0005538
ISBN
9780006514381
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The battle of the sexes hasn't ended - it's just moved to suburbia. Now Olivia Goldsmith returns to the trenches in a new novel as unforgettable as The First Wives Club. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 39. Weight in Grams: 326. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - Authors, A-Z - G - Goldsmith, Olivia,Subjects - Fiction - General,Subjects - Fiction - Contemporary Fiction: 1970 Onwards - Chick Lit"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KHS0058379
ISBN
9780006510536
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Jon is Mr Perfect - handsome (in a nerdy sort of way), caring, lots of money - so why can't he get a girlfriend? Even his best friend Tracie always goes for bad boys; because women secretly love BAD. Jon's desperate, but Tracie can help - she can teach him the Bad Boy Rules. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 114 x 23. Weight in Grams: 186. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KST0022549
ISBN
9780006514374
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Arrow
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KNH0013273
ISBN
9780099435136
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This perfect summer read for Maggie O'Farrell fans is a heart-wrenching love-story with a shocking twist: 'dark and funny, this is a wonderfully alluring read.' Barbara Trapido Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTG0017862
ISBN
9781843546085
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The classic World War II trilogy: 'The finest fictional record of the war produced by a British writer' Anthony Burgess Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753808184
ISBN
9780753808184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530949
ISBN
9780714530949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.16

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