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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Ben Chambers wakes up to find an unfamiliar object - rusty and lost - sitting underneath the willow tree in his garden. Refusing to throw it on the skip as his wife Amy advises, he takes it home. Ben does not want children, or even a job, and now he has found yet another reason to stay in his study and ignore everyone around him. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784160524
- ISBN
- 9781784160524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.38
€ 13.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. When she was good she was very, very good. But when she was bad she was horrid! Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780745312
- ISBN
- 9781780745312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.70
€ 11.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Enter the world of a woman about to risk it all.. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160. Enter the world of a woman about to risk it all. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 204 x 129 x 16. Weight: 160.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847678317
- ISBN
- 9781847678317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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Paperback. A brooding, contemporary novel of secrets, lost love, perfume and Provence Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 107 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KTM0006175
- ISBN
- 9781409135487
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A brooding, contemporary novel of secrets, lost love, perfume and Provence Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 107 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear and/or some light soiling.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KRF0030538
- ISBN
- 9781409135487
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. How does love change us? How do we change ourselves for love - or for lack of it? Ten stories by acclaimed author Deborah Levy explore these delicate, impossible questions. From London gardens to a forest outside Prague, these are twenty-first century lives dissected with razor-sharp humour, about what it means to live and love, together and alone. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911508090
- ISBN
- 9781911508090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Swimming Home is a subversive page-turner, a merciless gaze at the insidious harm that depression can have on apparently stable, well-turned-out people. Set in a summer villa, the story is tautly structured, taking place over a single week in which a group of beautiful, flawed tourists in the French Riviera come loose at the seams. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911508083
- ISBN
- 9781911508083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. A group of hedonistic West European tourists gather to celebrate Christmas in a remote French chateau. Then an Englishwoman is brutally murdered, and the sad, eerie child Tatiana declares she knows who did it. The subsequent inquiry into the death proves to be more of an investigation into the nature of love, insatiable rage and sadistic desire. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241146590
- ISBN
- 9780241146590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
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€ 11.06
Paperback. Lapinski, a manipulative and magical Russian exile, summons forth a number of highly contemporary urban pilgrims. This book explores broken dreams and self-destructive desires in a shimmering, dislocated allegory of its times. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241968338
- ISBN
- 9780241968338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Can you fall in love with someone you've never met? The deliciously warm, romantic novel for anyone who loved SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE or ONE DAY. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 195 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409146681
- ISBN
- 9781409146681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
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€ 9.47
Paperback. Featuring Buffy with three ex-wives, a failing career and only his dog George for company, Buffy's bachelorhood is looking worryingly confirmed. Until he meets Celeste. Dazzled by love, Buffy has no idea that Celeste is systematically researching his ex-wives, children and step-children, and unearthing secrets that will change all their lives.. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099479697
- ISBN
- 9780099479697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
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€ 10.26
Paperback. Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones who grew rich dealing with the Tulip flower. To celebrate, he commissions a young artist to paint him with his beautiful young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception and a reckless gamble. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099288855
- ISBN
- 9780099288855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Hannah disappears without a trace. Her family receives a ransom note demanding half a million pounds for Hannah's safe return. But it's when Hannah comes home that the story really begins. The family loses their house, their wealth, and disintegrates under the pressures of guilt and poverty, forced to confront their true selves. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099477723
- ISBN
- 9780099477723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone. Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099579038
- ISBN
- 9780099579038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Set with a War in background, this is a story containing several characters who are all in the dark, with their dreams, secrets and fantasies. Electric light, new to their world, may be a boon but it reveals both grime and secrets. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507123
- ISBN
- 9780099507123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone. But, as they soon discover, life and love can begin again. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Film Tie-In
- SKU
- KSS0014313
- ISBN
- 9780099572022
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When retired actor Buffy decides to up sticks from London and move to rural Wales, he has no idea what he is letting himself in for. In possession of a run-down B&B that leans more towards the shabby than the chic and is miles from nowhere, he realises he needs to fill the beds - and fast. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099578628
- ISBN
- 9780099578628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Petra's love life is a bit of a car-crash, even in her sixties. But then she falls for Jeremy, an old chum, visiting from abroad. The catch? Jeremy is her best friend's husband. And just as Petra is beginning to relax into her happy ever after, she finds herself catapulted to West Africa, and to Bev, her best friend who she's been betraying. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784701901
- ISBN
- 9781784701901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. The brand new novel from the author of the Top Ten Sunday Times bestseller The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751561463
- ISBN
- 9780751561463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868198057
- ISBN
- 9780868198057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00