Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. Porterhouse is a backwoods institution which is supported by fee-paying students who buy their degrees. Sir Godber Evans, the new Master, is determined to make radical changes, provoking the wrath of the Dean, the Senior Tutor and, most intransigent of all, Skullion the Head Porter. Series: Porterhouse Blue Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 228.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099435464
- ISBN
- 9780099435464
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Condition: New
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paperback. The landscape is flawless, the trees majestic, the flora and the fauna are right and proper, the whole is picturesquely typical of rural England at its best. Sir Giles, an MP of few principles and curius tastes, plots to destroy all this. Against this, are ranged a mere handful of local residents led by Lady Maude. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099435471
- ISBN
- 9780099435471
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Condition: New
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paperback. This story concerns the debut of a totally filthy novel which puts the literary world in spasms. Frensic, a literary agent with a "nose for a bestseller" (as well as port and snuff), places this hot property with Hutchmeyer, the least respected publisher in the world. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099435495
- ISBN
- 9780099435495
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Condition: New
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paperback. Chronicles about Henry Wilt, the hero who is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled fantasies. As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Department, he has assumed power without authority at the Fenland College of Arts and Technology and the fantasies he confronts are those of political bigots and reactionary bureaucrats. Series: Wilt Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099466499
- ISBN
- 9780099466499
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Condition: New
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paperback. Once again the setting d Piemburgem, the deceptively peaceful-looking capital of Zululand, where Kommondant van Heerden, Konstabel Els and Luitenant Vekramp continue to terrorise true Englishman and even truer Zulus in their relentless search for a perfect South Africa. This book presents their story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Arrow Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099466529
- ISBN
- 9780099466529
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Condition: New
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paperback. First meet young Lockhart Flawse from Flawse Hall on Flawse Fell. Then hear his story of gassing, whipping, blowing up, killing and stuffing - in fact, the everyday tale of a wild child of nature plunged into the genteel mock-Tudor world of surburban Surrey. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099435525
- ISBN
- 9780099435525
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.59
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paperback. Henry Wilt has for ten years been trying to teach English literature to his students at the Fenland College of Arts and Technology. He has become bored, frustrated and possibly murdereous, so Chief Inspector Flint suspects the worst when Henry's wife Eva goes missing. From the author of GRANTCHESTER GRIND. Series: Wilt Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099435488
- ISBN
- 9780099435488
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Condition: New
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paperback. Featuring the character who is pitted against the vices of an aristocratic pervert, the merciless greed of a politician's wife and the seedy underbelly of Britain's medical facilities, this work exposes the farcical realities of small-town England and America. Series: Wilt Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000927
- ISBN
- 9780099474135
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
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Paperback. A thought-provoking suspense, for fans of Simon Lelic to Lisa Ballantyne Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
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- Headline
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755392247
- ISBN
- 9780755392247
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Conscientious objector Bill Rowe does not want to kill Hitler's conscripts but he finds his courage deserting him in a bleak jail patrolled by indifferent guards and hungry bugs. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Roundfire Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782796169
- ISBN
- 9781782796169
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681370163
- ISBN
- 9781681370163
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.06
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Paperback. Charlie Croker was once a fabled college football star and is now a late-middle-aged Atlanta real estate entrepeneur-turned conglomerate king, whose expansionist ambitions and outsize ego have at last hit up against reality. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 39. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554776
- ISBN
- 9780099554776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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Paperback. As the police boat speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay, the scene is set for Officer Nestor Camacho's great moment of heroism. Except that in this feverous melting pot of a city, Nestor's one act of heroism can be seen as an utter betrayal of his Cuban roots. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099578536
- ISBN
- 9780099578536
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Condition: New
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Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 176 x 111 x 46. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099578543
- ISBN
- 9780099578543
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Tom's premier work on carving Santa Claus, elves, gnomes, and wizards. These fanciful, delightful characters come to life at his hands. He shares skills and projects that are perfect for the beginning carver, the person who likes to whittle for fun and relaxation, or the experienced carver. Num Pages: 64 pages, 250+ colour photos. BIC Classification: AFKC; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887402777
- ISBN
- 9780887402777
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
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hardcover. Charles Croker, Atlanta real-estate entrepreneur, is having to face the reality of massive debt. Conrad Hensly, idealistic father of two, is fired from his job in the Croker Global Foods warehouse in Oakland. Back in Atlanta, Fareek "The Cannon" Fannon, star running-back, is accused of date rape. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167. Weight in Grams: 1030. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022617
- ISBN
- 9780224030366
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
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Paperback. The last memorable novel by the author of The Tango Singer, one of Latin America's leading novelists until his death in January 2010. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. 288 pages. The last memorable novel by the author of The Tango Singer, one of Latin America's leading novelists until his death in January 2010. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight: 204.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408822029
- ISBN
- 9781408822029
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Translator(s): Barton, Polly. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782272700
- ISBN
- 9781782272700
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
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Paperback. A collection of short stories that examines the lives and experiences of mixed-blood and metis people in modern America. Series: Native Storiers: A Series of American Narratives. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226340
- ISBN
- 9780803226340
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.04
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Paperback. Multi-generational story about two families and the love affair that brings them together, told in the voices of nine people and the day that changes their life forever. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444763577
- ISBN
- 9781444763577
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe's new home is not only haunted by the memories of her past but also by the ghost of her baby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540977
- ISBN
- 9780099540977
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.65
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Paperback. Joe Trace - in his fifties, door-to-door salesman of beauty products, erstwhile devoted husband - shoots to death his lover of three months, impetuous, eighteen-year-old Dorcas. At the funeral, his determined, hard-working wife, Violet - who is given to stumbling into dark mental cracks - tries with a knife to disfigure the corpse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099750918
- ISBN
- 9780099750918
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Hardcover. Tells the story of Macon 'Milkman' Dead, heir to the richest black family in a midwestern town, as he makes a voyage of rediscovery, travelling southwards geographically and inwards spirituality. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 377
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152166
- ISBN
- 9781857152166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
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Paperback. Four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near an all-black town in America in the mid-1970s. The inevitability of this attack, and the attempts to avert it, lie at the heart of Paradise. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099768210
- ISBN
- 9780099768210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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€ 11.10