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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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
€ 11.06

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. It's a hot summer afternoon. Tension is in the air. A gang of youths on bikes gathers outside a chip shop. A teenage boy is stabbed and left bleeding on the street. The boy's mother wonders how this could have happened to her son. She is full of questions, but when the answers lie so close to home, are they really what she wants to hear? Series: Quick Read. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044385
ISBN
9780141044385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.73

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. 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
€ 10.30

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

€ 21.99
€ 16.62

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. Elegantly simple fairy tales where nonsense is as commonplace as violence from a master of the form. Illustrator(s): Eyde, Catherine. Num Pages: 158 pages, B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Coffee House Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566893473
ISBN
9781566893473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

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

€ 11.36

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
€ 11.02

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
€ 13.31

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
€ 11.12

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

€ 15.99
€ 12.60

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

€ 12.38

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
€ 10.95

Paperback. * A Bainbridge classic comes into Abacus paperback for the first time Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121567
ISBN
9780349121567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. *'This is one of Bainbridge's best books. The close observation and hilarity are underlain by a sense of tragedy as deep as any in fiction' THE TIMES Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349116150
ISBN
9780349116150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. The classic novel - the first she ever wrote - by acclaimed, Man Booker Prize-winning author Beryl Bainbridge, Harriet Said.. is a dark and gripping story of adolescent transgression set in a 1950s seaside resort. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088607
ISBN
9781844088607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. * This wonderful novel showing Beryl Bainbridge at her darkly comic best - out for the first time as an Abacus paperback Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123714
ISBN
9780349123714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. * The new and last Beryl Bainbridge is a double murder mystery and a bittersweet masterpiece of the kind with which she has made her reputation Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780349121468
ISBN
9780349121468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.35

Paperback. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 201 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088638
ISBN
9781844088638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. * A gripping thriller based on a real life event (the Balcombe Street siege) Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Abacus
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349116112
ISBN
9780349116112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. * A wonderful, immaculately researched novel that brings Dr Johnson, his friends and his times to life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
V9780349114477
ISBN
9780349114477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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