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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Hidden away in the Record Department of the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141187761
ISBN
9780141187761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141182704
ISBN
9780141182704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.78

Paperback. 'This is a wonderful powerful novel that deserves to win an Oscar' TIME OUT Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820353
ISBN
9780753820353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. This thrilling collection of twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. George Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale. Also featuring stories from Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, and more! Editor(s): Martin, George R. R.; Dozois, Gardner. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 54. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783297214
ISBN
9781783297214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Modern Library ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375753800
ISBN
9780375753800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. Taking you on a trip to the shopping malls and theme parks and enviromental hazards that lie just around the chronological corner, this book introduces you to a gang of misfits and losers struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781784871291
ISBN
9781784871291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897142530
ISBN
9781897142530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. A crime masterpiece brought back into print - and transformed into the major film, Killing Them Softly, starring Brad Pitt. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409137535
ISBN
9781409137535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Presents depiction of a young man's sexual initiation and corruption by his mother, where the profane becomes sacred, and intense experience is shown as the only way to transcend the boundaries of society and morality. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195551
ISBN
9780141195551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. Set against the backdrop of Europe's slide into Fascism, this title provides an account of depravity and violence. Exploring the dark forces beneath the surface of civilization, it is torn between identifying with history's victims and being seduced by the monstrous glamour of its terrible victors. Translator(s): Mathews, Harry. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195544
ISBN
9780141195544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

Paperback. A pornographic fantasy in which the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185385
ISBN
9780141185385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. The recently discovered first novel by the world famous author of Life: A User's Manual and A Void Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782060963
ISBN
9781782060963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardcover. Num Pages: 346 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Atlas Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900565646
ISBN
9781900565646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.84

Hardcover. Perec was a leading exponent of French literary surrealism who found humour - and pathos - in the human need for classification. Thoughts of Sorts is itself unclassifiable, a unique collection of philosophical riffs on his obsession with lists, puzzles, catalogues, and taxonomies. Introduced by Margaret Drabble. Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 216 pages, one - perec photo. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903007
ISBN
9781907903007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. Serge Valene wants to create an elaborate painting of the building he has made his home for the last sixty years. As he plans his picture, he contemplates the lives of all the people he has ever known there. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099449256
ISBN
9780099449256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Tells the story of one man's obsession with his dead wife and his soul's struggle between an alluring young dancer - his late wife's double - and the beautiful, melancholy city of Bruges, whose moody atmosphere mirrors his mourning. Translator(s): Mosley, Philip. Num Pages: 90 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589661592
ISBN
9781589661592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.78

Paperback. Translator(s): Coverdale, Linda. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241284650
ISBN
9780241284650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. And there were at least twenty other etchings and pen or pencil sketches that had the same leitmotif of hanging. On the edge of a forest: a man hanging from every branch. Translator(s): Coverdale, Linda. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393452
ISBN
9780141393452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. People find Mr Hire strange, disconcerting. The tenants he shares his building with try to avoid him. He is a peeping Tom, a visitor of prostitutes, a dealer in unsavoury literature. He is also the prime suspect for a brutal murder that he did not commit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141978468
ISBN
9780141978468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles Dr Mahe caught a glimpse of something irresistible. As the memory continues to haunt him, he falls prey to a delusion that may offer an escape from his conventional existence - or may destroy him. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141394169
ISBN
9780141394169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A gripping novel which vividly brings to life the negotiations which led to the betrayal of Czechoslovakia by England and France at the Munich Conference in 1938. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 194. Clean copy. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Quercus
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KST0016741
ISBN
9781847247865
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Sexy, fast-paced and extremely funny. You won't want the cheering effect of this brilliant debut to wear off too quickly' Sunday Mirror Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471153242
ISBN
9781471153242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. This book is outrageously defamatory, scandalously exaggerated, disturbingly sensationalised, yet also hideously, addictively entertaining. I don't know whether to consult my lawyer, or my shrink. - Piers Morgan Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KSG0006127
ISBN
9781448209866
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. This book is outrageously defamatory, scandalously exaggerated, disturbingly sensationalised, yet also hideously, addictively entertaining. I don't know whether to consult my lawyer, or my shrink. - Piers Morgan Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276. Good, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0006560
ISBN
9781448209866
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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