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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. In 1966 the artist Tom Phillips discovered A Human Document (1892), an obscure Victorian romance by W H Mallock, and set himself the task of altering every page, by painting, collage or cut-up techniques, to create an entirely new version. This 50th anniversary edition presents an entirely new and complete version of A Humument. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: AGB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 183 x 42. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Sixth
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500519035
ISBN
9780500519035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.10

Paperback. The charming and enthralling story of an idiosyncratic English-language newspaper in Rome and the lives of its staffers as the paper fights for survival in the internet age. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849160315
ISBN
9781849160315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. The million-copy international bestseller reissued in Tom Rob Smith's striking new series style Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857204080
ISBN
9780857204080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

CD-Audio. The hotly anticipated new stand-alone novel from the author of widely celebrated, Booker-longlisted debut novel Child 44 Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 143 x 51. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
6
Format
CD
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857206435
ISBN
9780857206435
CD
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. A suspenseful psychological thriller from the author of Man Booker-longlisted Child 44, now a film starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Gary Oldman Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847396754
ISBN
9781847396754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oldcastle Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842430224
ISBN
9781842430224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
No Exit Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842430354
ISBN
9781842430354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime passionel, the gallant members of the South African police force are soon upon the scene. In the course of the strange events which follow, we encounter some very esoteric perversions when the Kommandant is held captive in Miss Hazelstone's remarkable rubber room. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099435457
ISBN
9780099435457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. The Gropes are an old English family based in Northumberland, separated from the rest of society and as eccentric as they come. At the dawn of the new millenium, timid and gormless teenager Esmond is abducted and lured to Grope Hall by a descendant of the Gropes. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099534686
ISBN
9780099534686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

paperback. Timothy Bright does not live up to his name. Brought up to regard ever-lasting wealth as his birthright, he cannot understand why the funds have been cut off and why friends recruited as Lloyd's Names no longer talk to him. When gambling fails and embezzlement starts, mayhem ensues. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099466536
ISBN
9780099466536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. This title involves left-wing academics, right-wing capitalists, true-blue country gentry, workers, peasants, police and lawyers. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099435532
ISBN
9780099435532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.76

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
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Arrow London
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0009252
ISBN
9780099474135
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

Paperback. Stuck in a job he doesn't want - but can't afford to lose - as nominal Head of the Communications Department at Fenland University, Wilt is still subject to the whims of The Powers That Be, both in and outside of work. Series: Wilt Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099493136
ISBN
9780099493136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.76

paperback. The shadow of drug dealing falls across Fenland Tech and suddenly Wilt finds himself the target of suspicion. With his talent for making new enemies, an accusation of voyeurism in the staff lavatory leads to a massive confrontation at a nearby US airbase, surrounded by the forces of law and order. Series: Wilt Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099466482
ISBN
9780099466482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.59

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099435464
ISBN
9780099435464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099435471
ISBN
9780099435471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099435495
ISBN
9780099435495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099466499
ISBN
9780099466499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Arrow Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780099466529
ISBN
9780099466529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099435525
ISBN
9780099435525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.59

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099435488
ISBN
9780099435488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. The story of a generation BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Red Door Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910453353
ISBN
9781910453353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

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.
Publisher
Headline
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755392247
ISBN
9780755392247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Roundfire Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782796169
ISBN
9781782796169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.39

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