Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182483
- ISBN
- 9780141182483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. The Bright Young Things of twenties Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade - whether promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182872
- ISBN
- 9780141182872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141183961
- ISBN
- 9780141183961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
hardcover. "Originally published in French as La maemoire aux abois (c) Editions Hoebeke, 2010" -- Verso title page. Translator(s): Daw, Paul Curtis. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- V9780813938080
- ISBN
- 9780813938080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.62
€ 76.62
Hardcover. Whether set against the open ocean or tiny mountain streams, in ancient China, tropical Tahiti, Paris under siege, or the vast Canadian wilderness, this title features stories that cast wide and strike deep into the universal joys, absurdities, insights, and tragedies of life. Editor(s): Hughes, Henry. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 186 x 27. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841596136
- ISBN
- 9781841596136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
paperback. Translator(s): Boyars, A.; Franklin, S. Num Pages: 193 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714526171
- ISBN
- 9780714526171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.20
€ 13.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Frank and Leon are two men from different times, discovering that sometimes all you learn from your parents' mistakes is how to make different ones of your own. Frank is trying to escape his troubled past by running away to his family's beach shack. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099535836
- ISBN
- 9780099535836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. Jake Whyte is the sole resident of an old farmhouse on an unnamed British island, a place of ceaseless rains and battering winds. It's just her, her untamed companion, Dog, and a flock of sheep. Which is how she wanted it to be. But something is coming for the sheep - every few nights it picks one off, leaves it in rags. It could be anything. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572374
- ISBN
- 9780099572374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. In 1981 a mother abandoned her child and drove into the night, never to return. Her disappearance was reported in the press as a fatal road accident. Her body was never found. Thirty years later, Rowan has a child of her own. Leaving her young family and life in London, she returns to her childhood home to find a failed utopia shrouded in secrecy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000299
- ISBN
- 9780099565758
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. As heady as a game of underground poker, and as racy as a night of debauchery in the city, this work of pulp-fiction packs pedal-to-the-floor action from start to finish. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 152 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- MONSOON BOOKS
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814423847
- ISBN
- 9789814423847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his garden, coolly debating Gatsby's origins and mysterious past. None of the frivolous socialites understands him and among various rumours is the conviction that 'he killed a man'. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 208
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241951477
- ISBN
- 9780241951477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
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Paperback. Anthony Patch and Gloria Gibson are the golden children of the Jazz Age. They marry and embark on a life of glittering parties, lavish expenditure and scandalous revelry. When the money dries up their marriage founders. In this wistful novel Fitzgerald portrays the decline of youthful promise with devastating clarity. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099541493
- ISBN
- 9780099541493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. Jay Gatsby is a self-made man, famed for his decadent champagne-drenched parties. Despite being surrounded by Long Island's bright and beautiful, he longs only for Daisy Buchanan. In shimmering prose, Fitzgerald shows Gatsby pursue his dream to its tragic conclusion. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099541530
- ISBN
- 9780099541530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.44
€ 10.99
€ 9.44
paperback. Series: Vintage Classics. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780307474520
- ISBN
- 9780307474520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.87
€ 12.87
Paperback. *'Her work is certainly far too little known in relation to the greatness of her talent. But her masterpiece THE RECTOR'S DAUGHTER, is in print again' SUSAN HILL *A wonderfully moving, harrowing but ultimately uplifting novel of love. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860689119
- ISBN
- 9780860689119
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. Fitzgerald's classic coming-of-age tale set against the turbulence of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409150787
- ISBN
- 9781409150787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. The studio lot looks like 'thirty acres of fairyland' the night that a mysterious woman stands and smiles at Monroe Stahr, the last of the great Hollywood princes. Enchanted by one another, they begin a passionate but hopeless love affair, starting with a fast-moving seduction as slick as a scene from one of Stahr's pictures. Editor(s): Wilson, Edmund. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185637
- ISBN
- 9780141185637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his sumptuous garden, coolly debating Gatsby's origins and mysterious past. None of the frivolous socialites understands him and among various rumours is the conviction that 'he killed a man'. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 112 x 13. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241965672
- ISBN
- 9780241965672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Hardcover. Set in the post-Great War Long Island/New York world of the rich. The narrator, Nick Carraway, sympathetically records the pathos of Gatsby's romantic dream which founders on the reality of corruption, the insulated selfishness of Tom and Daisy, and the cutting edge of violence. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150193
- ISBN
- 9781857150193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.81
€ 16.99
€ 12.81
Paperback. From the author of The Great Gatsby comes a beautiful tale of love, wealth and destruction - set to the backdrop of the 1920s French Riviera. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409149552
- ISBN
- 9781409149552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. New, lavishly produced paperback with a beautiful cover with foil and illustrations by Art Deco artist George Barbier. Here presented in a new fully edited and annotated version, it contains an extensive apparatus on Fitzgerald's life and works. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492586
- ISBN
- 9781847492586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.07
€ 9.99
€ 9.07
Paperback. American psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole live in a villa on the French Riviera, surrounded by a circle of glamorous friends. When beautiful film star Rosemary Hoyt arrives she is drawn to the couple - Dick contemplates an affair, while Nicole believes she's found a new best friend. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 26. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140282559
- ISBN
- 9780140282559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
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Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Series: Dover Thrift S. 208 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight: 186.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486289991
- ISBN
- 9780486289991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 6.97
€ 6.99
€ 6.97
Paperback. Containing obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 332. 384 pages, illustrations. Containing obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight: 330.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492128
- ISBN
- 9781847492128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28