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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Set in the Italian colony of Eritrea during the Second World War, The Good Italian is a love story, a war story, a story of heroism and of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events. Will appeal to fans of Louis de Berniere's Captain Corelli's Mandolin and the novels of William Boyd. Num Pages: 320 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848549173
ISBN
9781848549173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

paperback. A powerful and perceptive coming-of-age story, in the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye, from a talented young filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847394071
ISBN
9781847394071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

paperback. A powerful and perceptive coming-of-age story, in the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye, from a talented young filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0018547
ISBN
9781471100482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.59

Paperback. A year after arriving in France, Englishman Paul West is still struggling with some fundamental questions: What is the best way to scare a gendarme? Why are there no health warnings on French nudist beaches? And is it really polite to sleep with your boss' mistress? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Black Swan
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Black Swan Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552773089
ISBN
9780552773089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. An Englishman, Paul West, goes to Brussels to work for a French MEP. With the referendum on the horizon, things are even more hysterical than usual. When the Brexit result comes in, Paul has to make a decision. If he wants to work in Europe, should he apply for a French passport? But can an Englishman really become French? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 287.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784755577
ISBN
9781784755577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going tres wrong: He's stuck in an apartment so small that he has to cut his baguettes in two to fit them in the kitchen. His research into authentic French cuisine is about to cause a national strike. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099574293
ISBN
9780099574293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.33

Paperback. Englishman Paul West has just received an offer he can't refuse: two weeks in the sun, all expenses paid, with a beautiful blonde called Gloria Monday M, as Gloria likes to be known, is down south to report on caviar trafficking - but it soon becomes obvious that she's interested in something a lot more fishy than caviar. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 125 x 21. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552773508
ISBN
9780552773508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
1st Black Swan Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552772969
ISBN
9780552772969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

paperback. The Tardis takes the Doctor and Rose to a destination in deep space - Justicia, a prison camp stretched over seven planets, where Earth colonies deal with their criminals. While Rose finds herself locked up in a teenage borstal, the Doctor is trapped in a scientific labour camp. Series: Doctor Who. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 104 x 16. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
BBC Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781849909198
ISBN
9781849909198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Mellors, Anthony; Robertson, Fiona. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552542
ISBN
9780199552542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Hardcover. The first volume in "The Works of Stephen Crane" contains Crane's "Bowery Tales," including "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" and "George's Mother." Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
University of Virginia
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813902586
ISBN
9780813902586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.26

hardcover. Volume IV of The Works of Stephen Crane presents the romance The O'Ruddy, the work written by Crane but left unfinished at his death and completed b Robert Barr.

BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813903415
ISBN
9780813903415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.14

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486275475
ISBN
9780486275475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.51

Paperback. Michael Tagleva is the eldest son and heir to a wealthy banking family in Europe. When visiting Germany he is welcomed as a distinguished guest by the Nazis, but not everything is as it seems and Michael soon finds himself in a labyrinth of deceit and double-cross that spreads from Berlin to Paris and London. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Peakes Place Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780995542303
ISBN
9780995542303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

Hardcover. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fantagraphics United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606996041
ISBN
9781606996041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.66

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606999172
ISBN
9781606999172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 566 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 209 x 36. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fantagraphics United States
Number of pages
566
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606995273
ISBN
9781606995273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.45

Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821971
ISBN
9781849821971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. With his charismatic older brother, Paul, campaigning for the White House, Bo Hancock, a financial genius and the youngest member of Connecticut's most influential family, finds himself forced to choose between personal honor and family loyalty, as he confronts a dark secret from the past during wh Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 107 x 27. Weight in Grams: 188. In good to very good condition. A good reading copy
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hodder Wayland
Number of pages
384
Publication date
2002
SKU
KRS0007727
ISBN
9780345428301
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. For Ned, 1980 seems a blissful year. Handsome, charming, popular and talented, his life is progressing smoothly, effortlessly, happily. And when he meets the lovely Portia Fendeman his personal jigsaw appears complete. But timing is everything in life, and his life is about to change forever. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099471554
ISBN
9780099471554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Michael Young is convinced his brilliant history thesis will win him a doctorate, a pleasant academic post, a venerable academic publisher and his beloved girlfriend Jane. A historian should know better than to imagine that he can predict the future. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099457060
ISBN
9780099457060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099457039
ISBN
9780099457039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Stephen Fry's breathtakingly outrageous debut novel, by turns eccentric, shocking, brilliantly comic and achingly romantic. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099457053
ISBN
9780099457053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Santa Fe Writer's Project United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939650221
ISBN
9781939650221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.66

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