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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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

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

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

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
€ 10.86

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paperback. US President, JFK, is assassinated as his motorcade hits town, watched by crowds of spectators and the world's media. Watching too from the grassy knoll nearby is a young mother who, in the confusion, lets go of her daughter's hand. When she turns around the little girl has vanished. Fifty years later, she is still missing. Who will remember her? Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Parthian Books
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908946324
ISBN
9781908946324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DQ; FA; FYB; JFSJ2; JFSK2; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560235033
ISBN
9781560235033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.64

Paperback. Richly insightful, deeply humorous, often poignant, The Ponzi Man skilfully reveals the inner-world of a man who knows every maddening thing about gambling, except how to give it up. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473627680
ISBN
9781473627680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. A heart-wrenching tale of a young mother's search for daughter she was forced to give up .. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KAK0009848
ISBN
9780747261087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A touching story of a waoman's struggle to create a true home for her young family in the heart of the East End Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 30. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747236078
ISBN
9780747236078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0037355
ISBN
9781472220967
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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