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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241972885
ISBN
9780241972885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'An enthralling, lucid and superbly confident work of art that grips from the first page - This is a big novel and a masterful debut by a writer whose talent is equal to his project, and whose project could not be more timely.' Chris Cleave Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 305. 320 pages. 'An enthralling, lucid and superbly confident work of art that grips from the first page - This is a big novel and a masterful debut by a writer whose talent is equal to his project, and whose project could not be more timely.' Chris Cleave. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 200 x 133 x 30. Weight: 305.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848874992
ISBN
9781848874992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. Pak Jun Do knows he is special. He knows he must be the son of the master of the orphanage, not some kid dumped by his parents - it was obvious from the way his father singled him out for beatings. He knows he is special when he is picked as a spy and kidnapper for his country, the glorious Democratic Republic of North Korea. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778251
ISBN
9780552778251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Revealing the resulting confusion and wasted potential that can hamper men's fulfillment in later life, this book calls for a more proactive, compassionate and affirming approach from parents, schools, services and the wider community so that all boys have the chance to become happier men and decent citizens, partners and fathers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160463
ISBN
9781784160463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Physically - challenged hero launches himself into the worlds of international travel, spiritual enlightenment and higher education, tackling friendships and sex and railing against institutional regulations and flights of stairs along way. This title continues the story of John Cromer one of the memorable characters in contemporary literature. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 47. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571245376
ISBN
9780571245376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Growing up disabled and gay in the 1950's, circumstances force John Cromer from an early age to develop an intense and vivid internal world. As his character develops, this ability to transcend external circumstance through his own strength of character proves an invaluable asset. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571217045
ISBN
9780571217045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. William thought trust was a good idea; Terry needed a lover who would keep his little secret. But how does accidental monogamy survive in a world ruled by illness and denial? By the author of "Lantern Lecture", winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 14. Weight in Grams: 21. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001446
ISBN
9780571170326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927575253
ISBN
9781927575253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. The best novel yet from 'the king of high concept SF' (GUARDIAN) Series: Gollancz S.F. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Gollancz
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575076518
ISBN
9780575076518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Tells the story of an isolated Michigan town that becomes the flash-point for some of the principal ideological debates of our day. This story is about the failure of best intentions and the personal freedom of individuals to do good or do harm. It follows characters on both sides of the line. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807195
ISBN
9780875807195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807638
ISBN
9780875807638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. In Brasilia they're coming off their night shift, in Tokyo they're having their first whisky sours - that's what's happening elsewhere in the world when our hero wakes up. Together with his wife and dog, he lives at home with his parents. He has had the good education and, until recently, the good job. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539841
ISBN
9780099539841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Features such stories as: one of Cromwell's soldiers staggers home to find his wife remarried and promptly disappears, an eighteenth century farmer carries on an affair with a maid under his wife's nose, a mother writes letters to her imprisoned son, a 1980s real estate company discover a soldier's skeleton, dated to the time of Cromell. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099573449
ISBN
9780099573449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Set in 1968, this story is narrated by twelve-year-old Gilles as he approaches his Solemn Communion, puberty, and some sense of the chaos around him. His home is deeply dysfunctional, and Gilles is blithely unaware that any of this is out of the ordinary. There is a deeper trauma here, however, far more shocking that Gilles could have dreamt of. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428831
ISBN
9780099428831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. ' outwardly the unfilmable script of a would-be English cineste, one Richard Arthur Thornby currently lecturing in Texas on the cinema. He airs a hypothetical movie of both his own American present and his middle-class English families past. . ' John Fowles Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 416. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KHN0001388
ISBN
9780749396220
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It is the freakishly hot, drought summer of 1921; dust storms in London, parched and cracking earth, autumn tints in July. Holed up in a cottage in the Chilterns, a young writer strives to write the first great novel of the War, impelled by his own suffering. Outward events and inner crises deflect him from his purpose, and love intervenes. Series: Vintage War. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 271. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0007025
ISBN
9780099272984
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The historians Nick and Sarah Mallinson, take a sabbatical with their three small and lively girls in a remote Languedoc farmhouse. But the farmhouse contains its own histories, far darker and murkier than the Mallinsons are used to dealing with. As the illusion of Eden retreats, the couple begin to feel the vulnerability of being among strangers. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 302. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001789
ISBN
9780099503651
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Epic adventure, grand passion and historical intrigue in the bestselling tradition of Wilbur Smith. Num Pages: 720 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA; FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 47. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340827871
ISBN
9780340827871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Clockroot Books
Number of pages
148
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566568630
ISBN
9781566568630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. A vivid, warm and very funny debut novel set against the colourful back-drop of modern Nigeria. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753826973
ISBN
9780753826973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Set near San Francisco, this warm and funny novel follows the fortunes and failures of Jack and Milly for sixty years. They marry in 1952, and typical of post-war couples, shift up a class. Optimistic and full of plans, they see themselves living the American Dream. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Sandstone Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910985380
ISBN
9781910985380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.53

paperback. Translator(s): Soutar, Jethro. Series: Dedalus Africa. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Edition
Second
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213544
ISBN
9781910213544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Eva Conway has spent a lifetime hiding from a ghost in the mirror. A story of loss and the possibility of new beginnings. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782066071
ISBN
9781782066071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Warm, engaging, contemporary fiction about a woman who's so busy organising others' lives and loves, she neglects her own. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782066095
ISBN
9781782066095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

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