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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared everything. They shared the symptoms of pregnancy, they shared the son that they all claim to have borne on the same night. Raised at their six breasts, Omar's mothers teach him to live a life without shame. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578611
ISBN
9780099578611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In the summer of 2000 New York is a city living at breakneck speed in an age of unprecedented decadence. And into this tumultuous city arrives Malik Solanka. His life has been a sequence of exits. He has left in his wake his country, family, not one but two wives, and now a child. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099421863
ISBN
9780099421863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A family tale of mad passions and volcanic family hatreds, of titanic matriarchs and their mesmerised offspring, of premature deaths and curses that strike beyond the grave. Num Pages: 448 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592419
ISBN
9780099592419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. This is a history of India since independence, seen through the eyes of characters born on the day that independence was granted. The book is a multi-layered narrative, in which the complexities of the sub-continent are projected through the minds of its many characters. Num Pages: 589 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152173
ISBN
9781857152173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.38

Paperback. In the near future, after a storm strikes New York City, the strangenesses begin. A down-to-earth gardener finds that his feet no longer touch the ground. A graphic novelist awakens in his bedroom to a mysterious entity that resembles his own sub-Stan Lee creation. A seductive gold digger is soon tapped to combat forces beyond imagining. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701857
ISBN
9781784701857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Shalimar the Clown was once a figure full of love and laughter. His skill as a tightrope walker was legendary in his native home of Kashmir. But fate has played him cruelly, torn him away from his beloved home and brought him to Los Angeles, where he works as a chauffeur. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003432
ISBN
9780099421887
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating earthquake. Her lover, the singer Ormus Cama, cannot accept that he has lost her, and so begins his eternal quest to find her and bring her back. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 472. Good clean copy showing light age and wear. Very slight soiling to exterior page edges. Interior is very clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025650
ISBN
9780099766018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

Hardcover. Clean copy in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st. Edition : 1st. Printing
SKU
KNH0011892
ISBN
9780007302543
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. You can't choose your family - but you can choose your friends.. A heartfelt, warm and truthful novel about female friendship. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294. Clean copy, good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KST0016068
ISBN
9780007302550
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Clean copy in very good condition.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Edition
1st. Edition : 1st. Printing
Number of pages
416
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KNH0012057
ISBN
9780007302543
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The first in a brand new series introduces Kiki Carlow, a woman on a mission to create her perfect wedding. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
KRA0009134
ISBN
9780007477128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel award 2013, this bitterly humorous debut is a novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KAK0002849
ISBN
9780007412105
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel award 2013, this bitterly humorous debut is a novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattle. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 39. Weight in Grams: 608. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has some minor shelf wear, otherwise as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KCG0000894
ISBN
9780007412082
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. In theory, life for Sam as a stay-at-home dad is idyllic and stress-free. Months of honing his childcare programme have enabled him to run a ship-shape home with productive days spent creating finger-print masterpieces, cooking up organic cuisine and polishing the family silver. In practice, the Holden Childcare Programme has fallen out of favour. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 265.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KLN0016614
ISBN
9780099518075
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. A wonderfully clever and unique debut Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. 288 pages. A wonderfully clever and unique debut Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight: 200.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408821725
ISBN
9781408821725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. A dark and hilarious pot-infused novel of teenage maladjustment from a compelling new voice in American fiction. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Corsair
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349002392
ISBN
9780349002392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The festive season in the small Cornish village of Portwenn is going to be anything but easy for curmudgeonly Doc Martin. His idea of a perfect Christmas Day is to remain steadfastly alone and catch up with back issues of The Lancet. Series: Doc Martin. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
TV Tie-In
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091953492
ISBN
9780091953492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Relive the magic of ITV's best loved drama series starring Martin Clunes Doc Martin arrives in the picture postcard fishing village of Portwenn, Cornwall. Once a high-flying London surgeon, his suddenly developed blood phobia means he has to take a job in a local practice. Series: Doc Martin. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
TV Tie-In
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091953485
ISBN
9780091953485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. At Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188416
ISBN
9780141188416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The Longman Caribbean Writers Series comprises of many classic novels, short stories and plays by the best known Caribbean authors, together with works of the highest quality from new writers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFU; YQEF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
4 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582642614
ISBN
9780582642614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.17

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 221 x 30. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Condition
New
SKU
9780451494580
ISBN
9780451494580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307277824
ISBN
9780307277824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. Told from three different viewpoints and written in extraordinary prose, this title presents an exploration of family love, truth and lies, and how strange and frightening it can feel for a child to discover the adult world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571240524
ISBN
9780571240524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. The story of Michael, Louis, Alex and Isobel, four children on the edge of adolescence, who run away to the forest to establish their own utopian community. All seems well in the Republic of trees - until the sudden arrival of Joy. Under her influence, their relationships grow more erotic and obsessive.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222940
ISBN
9780571222940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

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