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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346.
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330524865
ISBN
9780330524865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.74

paperback. A magnificent, essential work of fiction about the event which has come to define America at the turn of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
9781447224372
ISBN
9780330524919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. A sad, beautiful novel, The Body Artist is an elliptical meditiation on the mysteries of love, life and time. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330524957
ISBN
9780330524957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509822843
ISBN
9781509822843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. A mesmeric tour de force of character rendered with DeLillo's typical stylistic brilliance, intelligence and wit becomes a warning for the global future. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
9781447206583
ISBN
9780330524933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
188
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126417
ISBN
9781897126417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. Walter Withers had given the best years of his life to the CIA, setting honeytraps and reeling in the victims of his plots. But Withers has returned to his hometown for a safe life as a Private Investigator. Withers is assigned to bodyguard presidential hopeful Senator Joe Keneally's girlfriend at a society gathering. But next morning, she's dead. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099706410
ISBN
9780099706410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A novel that features a mixed group of characters, each in his or her own way seeking some sort of salvation or redemption. It talks about the plot: how the US government and some of its quasi-autonomous agencies (CIA, FBI, DEA) all for their own reasons sponsored and financed the development of the drug cartels and their trade in Mexico. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099464983
ISBN
9780099464983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.08

Paperback. Boone Daniels, a laid-back private investigator, gathers with his surfing buddies on Pacific beach. There's no surf, but the Dawn Patrol are out in force regardless.. it's what they do. Having no work to do, and no real reason to go to the office, Boone stays for the second shift on the daily surfing clock - the Gentleman's Hour. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099527565
ISBN
9780099527565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Boone Daniels is a laid-back kind of private investigator. He has sleuthing skills to burn but is rarely out of his boardshorts, and with a huge Pacific storm approaching San Diego, Boone wants to be there to ride the once-in-a-lifetime waves with his buddies in the Dawn Patrol. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099510147
ISBN
9780099510147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. In Savages, the author introduces Ben and Chon, twenty something best friends who risk everything to save the girl they both love, O. In this prequel, the author reaches back in time to tell the story of how Ben, Chon and O became the people they are. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099576549
ISBN
9780099576549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Frank Machianno is a retired hit man. But a favour called in by the local boss is one Frank simply can't refuse, and before he knows it he's sucked back into the treacherous currents of his former life. Someone from his past wants him dead, and he has to figure out who, and why, and he has to do it fast as he is running out of time. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Thus.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099509455
ISBN
9780099509455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

paperback. Nicholai Hel exploded onto the scene in Trevanian's 1970s blockbuster SHIBUMI. Now critically acclaimed novelist Don Winslow continues the story and reveals how Nicolai Hel became the world's most dangerous assassin Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Headline
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755370221
ISBN
9780755370221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. While the Celtic Tiger rages, and greed becomes the norm, Johnsey Cunliffe desperately tries to hold on to the familiar, even as he loses those who all his life have protected him from a harsh world. Set over the course of one year of Johnsey's life, this book is about his grief, bewilderment, humour and agonizing self-doubt. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Black Swan Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780552773577
ISBN
9780552773577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.24

Paperback. An old man looks into the eyes of a burglar left to guard him while his brother is beaten; an Irish priest in a war-torn Syrian town teaches its men the art of hurling; a squad of broken friends assemble to take revenge on a rapist; a young man sets off on his morning run, reflecting on the ruins of his relationship, but all is not as it seems. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784160241
ISBN
9781784160241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.24

Paperback. A surreal exploration of the combined love and loathing felt between a family of a hundred brothers as they try to settle their differences Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086532
ISBN
9781847086532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. 'A dark, suburban fantasy .. richly funny, even whimsical, and bizarrely familiar' - The New Yorker Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086525
ISBN
9781847086525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086518
ISBN
9781847086518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Over the course of a fifty-year career, Donald E Westlake published nearly one hundred books, including not one but two long-running series, starring the hard-hitting Parker and the hapless John Dortmunder. This book offers a clear picture of the man behind the books - including his background, experience, and thoughts on his own work. Editor(s): Stahl, Levi. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226121819
ISBN
9780226121819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 108 x 18. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Melrose Publishing Company United States
Number of pages
255
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870679995
ISBN
9780870679995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Series: Stay More. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Weight in Grams: 0.7.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612181042
ISBN
9781612181042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Inspector Constantin Vadim leaves his native Russia for New York, only to find himself caught up in the middle of a presidential campaign. The victory of the leading candidate is threatened only by the public behaviour of his Russian wife. Soon Vadim is in the middle of her murder investigation. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 33. Weight in Grams: 275. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KSS0004275
ISBN
9780099410645
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Another thriller featuring Inspector Constatin Vadim, back in his Arctic home town after a short and nearly catastrophic appointment in Moscow. But now Vadim is faced with personal tragedy, his wife Natalya, a doctor, answers an emergency medical call and goes missing. Num Pages: 522 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109. Weight in Grams: 274. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KSS0004276
ISBN
9780099279020
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Set in 1957 in rural northern Michigan, this title tells the story of a pivotal few months in the life of young teen Danny DeWitt, who lives alone with his father following the sudden departure of his mother. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806280
ISBN
9780875806280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.32

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