Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140119633
- ISBN
- 9780140119633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.20
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Paperback. As Cold War hysteria inflames America, FBI agents pay a surprise visit to a Communist man and his wife in their New York apartment. After a trial that divides the country, the couple are sent to the electric chair for treason. Decades later, in 1967, their son Daniel struggles to understand the tragedy of their lives. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188188
- ISBN
- 9780141188188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241256428
- ISBN
- 9780241256428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. A brutal and brilliant novel set in the American Civil War. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119595
- ISBN
- 9780349119595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
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Paperback. * A new masterpiece from E. L. Doctorow - the story of two eccentric New York brothers adapting to life in a century of change, it is humane, wise, funny and moving Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Young Readers
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349122595
- ISBN
- 9780349122595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
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Paperback. Welcome to America at the turn of the twentieth century, where the rhythms of ragtime set the beat. Harry Houdini astonishes audiences with magical feats of escape, the mighty J P Morgan dominates the financial world and Henry Ford manufactures cars by making men into machines. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 2. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188171
- ISBN
- 9780141188171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439178102
- ISBN
- 9781439178102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.93
€ 18.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. * A delightful and witty celebration of the suburban British housewife Series: VMC. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860685227
- ISBN
- 9780860685227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
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Hardcover. Set in British India in the 1920s, this book looks at racial conflict. The characters struggle to overcome their own differences and prejudices, but when the Indian Dr Aziz is tried for the alleged assault of Adela Quested even the strongest inter-racial friendships come under pressure. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150292
- ISBN
- 9781857150292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Rickie Elliot, a sensitive and intelligent young man with an intense imagination and a certain amount of literary talent, sets out from Cambridge full of hopes to become a writer. But when his stories are not successful, he decides instead to marry the beautiful but shallow Agnes, agreeing to abandon his writing and become a schoolmaster. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441481
- ISBN
- 9780141441481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
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€ 13.17
Paperback. When attractive English widow Lidia takes a holiday in Italy, she causes a scandal by marrying Gino, a highly unsuitable Italian 12 years her junior. Her snobbish in-laws make no attempts to hide their disapproval, and when Lidia's decision eventually brings disaster, her English relatives embark on an expedition to face the uncouth foreigner. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441450
- ISBN
- 9780141441450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
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Hardcover. Half German by birth and middle-class English by upbringing, Helen and Margaret Schlegel struggle to come to terms with the problems of their inheritance in Edwardian England. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150254
- ISBN
- 9781857150254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
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Hardback. E. M. Forster is one of the great twentieth century authors. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st BCA Edition
- SKU
- V9780340512142
- ISBN
- 9780340512142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.21
€ 24.99
€ 17.21
paperback. A collection of stories of the author whose stories - whether they are set in Italy, Greece, India, or in England itself - contrast the freedom of paganism with the restraints of English civilization, the personal, sensual delights of the body with the impersonal, inhibiting rules imposed by society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141186191
- ISBN
- 9780141186191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
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Paperback. Three young Irish people arrive in Australia, running from the economic ruins of their home country and their own unhappy lives. A spiral of self-destructive behaviour forces each of them to face up to the reality of their lives. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSS0005543
- ISBN
- 9781784974640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rupa & Company
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788129120700
- ISBN
- 9788129120700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.45
€ 7.45
Paperback. In 1945, Rick Braithwaite, a smart, highly educated ex-RAF pilot, looks for a job in British engineering. He is deeply shocked to realise that, as a black man from British Guiana, no one will employ him because of the colour of his skin. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099483694
- ISBN
- 9780099483694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. * The 7th volume of the saga about the Retallick family in 19th century Cornwall Series: Retallick Saga. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 105 x 46. Weight in Grams: 362. Good copy with shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KYB0000555
- ISBN
- 9780751545623
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Hardcover. Ex Library with usual markings.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group London
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0204799
- ISBN
- 9780316727549
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A brilliantly original, deft and darkly funny debut short-story collection from the winner of the 2009 Caine Prize, sometimes referred to as the 'African Booker'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847082718
- ISBN
- 9781847082718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.08
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€ 9.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155028
- ISBN
- 9781903155028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.14
€ 20.99
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Paperback. Written during 1913 and 1914, Maurice deals with the then unmentionable subject of homosexuality. More unusual, it concerns a relationship that ends happily. Editor(s): Levitt, Steven D. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First by this Publisher
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441139
- ISBN
- 9780141441139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
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Paperback. Visiting Florence with her cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional, lower-class Mr Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England, Lucy becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but she finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world and the yearnings of her heart. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183299
- ISBN
- 9780141183299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182131
- ISBN
- 9780141182131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65