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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed UNEXPECTED LESSONS IN LOVE - 'impossible to recommend more highly' Guardian Num Pages: 384 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444789270
ISBN
9781444789270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. French Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241145784
ISBN
9780241145784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Presents an imaginative inversion of the transatlantic slave trade - in which 'whytes' are enslaved by black people. This title brings the shackles and cries of long-ago barbarity uncomfortably close and raises questions about the society. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141031521
ISBN
9780141031521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Through bustling, hustling city, its slum tenements and sumptuous villas, this book follows Zuleika the daughter of Sudanese immigrants. Married to a fat, rich absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day, Septimus Severus, Emperor himself, comes to town, bringing with him not just love - but danger.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140297812
ISBN
9780140297812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140297829
ISBN
9780140297829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A semi-autobiographical novel-in-verse based on the author's own childhood and family history. It explores the lives of those who leave one country in search of a better life elsewhere, but who end up struggling to be accepted even as they lay the foundations for their children and future generations. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781852248314
ISBN
9781852248314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. A contemporary saga in the bestselling tradition of Lesley Pearse Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 35. Weight in Grams: 286. Clean copy
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0224853
ISBN
9780747266464
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A contemporary drama in the bestselling tradition of Lesley Pearse from the author of MY SISTERS' KEEPER, CHAIN OF DECEPTION, TAKEN and OLD SCORES Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472220707
ISBN
9781472220707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. 1903, and Captain Lalande Biran, overseeing a garrison on the banks of the Congo, has an ambition: to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafes of Paris. His glamorous wife Christine has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552253
ISBN
9780099552253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Obaba is peopled with innocents and intellectuals, shepherds and schoolchildren, whilst everyone from a lovelorn schoolmistress to a cultured but self-hating dwarf wanders across the page. This is a novel about life in Obaba, a remote, exotic, Basque village. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099512998
ISBN
9780099512998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.83

paperback. An exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicholson London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KIN0006995
ISBN
9780753804704
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. One hot August night, Rachel Power gets the call everyone fears. It's the police. Her younger sister Evie's had a car crash, she's in a coma. Can Rachel fly to London right away? With Evie injured and comatose, Rachel is left to pick up the pieces of her sister's life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781844883714
ISBN
9781844883714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Tells the story of Amy Evans' bold play for happiness, and her dangerous success. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Library of Wales Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762521
ISBN
9781905762521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. The 1970 Booker Prize-winning novel. Norman is the clever one of a closely-knit Jewish family in London's East End. Infant prodigy, brilliant barrister, the apple of his parents' eyes - until at 41 he becomes a drug addict, confined to his bedroom, at the mercy of his hallucinations and paranoia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349130224
ISBN
9780349130224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. BROTHERS is a heart-breaking record of persecution and inhumanity; it is also a testament to human endurance, faith and love. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1geneal.table. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349130132
ISBN
9780349130132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A secret shared. Two lives entwined. Finally the past must come to light. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 268 x 29. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472240217
ISBN
9781472240217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 214 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
World Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462380554
ISBN
9789462380554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851246291
ISBN
9780851246291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.44

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Scott, Asgeir. Num Pages: 138 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851246284
ISBN
9780851246284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. * This wonderful novel showing Beryl Bainbridge at her darkly comic best - out for the first time as an Abacus paperback Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123707
ISBN
9780349123707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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