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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy and comic invention, this book is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968581
ISBN
9780241968581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Santiago Nasar is brutally murdered in a small town by two brothers. All the townspeople knew it was going to happen - including the victim. But nobody did anything to prevent the killing. Twenty seven years later, a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968628
ISBN
9780241968628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero's doorstep prophesising a plague of rabies in the Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter, Sierva Maria, was one of four people bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968741
ISBN
9780241968741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184999
ISBN
9780141184999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. On seventh of July at six in the afternoon, a woman of 71 and a man of 78 ascend a gangplank and begin one of the greatest adventures in modern literature. The man is Florentino Ariza, President of the Carribean River Boat Company; the woman is his childhood sweetheart, the recently widowed Fermina Daza. She has earache. He is bald and lame. Num Pages: 422 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 31. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152357
ISBN
9781857152357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. As the citizens of an unnamed Caribbean nation creep through dusty corridors in search of their tyrannical leader, they cannot comprehend that the frail and withered man lying dead on the floor can be the self-styled General of the Universe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968635
ISBN
9780241968635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

paperback. Drenched by rain, the town has been decaying ever since the banana company left. Its people are sullen and bitter, so when the doctor - a foreigner who ended up the most hated man in town - dies, there is no one to mourn him. But also living in the town is the Colonel, who is bound to honour a promise made many years ago. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968765
ISBN
9780241968765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 9.99

paperback. Fridays are different. Every other day of the week, the Colonel and his ailing wife fight a constant battle against poverty and monotony, scraping together the dregs of their savings for the food and medicine that keeps them alive. But on Fridays the postman comes - and that sets a fleeting wave of hope rushing through the Colonel's ageing heart. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 66.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968734
ISBN
9780241968734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.33

paperback. Introducing you to a host of extraordinary characters and communities, this book includes a collection of short stories written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968758
ISBN
9780241968758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Ariza's impassioned advances and married Dr Juvenal Urbino instead. During that half-century, Flornetino has fallen into the arms of many delighted women, but has loved none but Fermina. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000556
ISBN
9780241968567
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. Describes how in 1949, as a young reporter, the author witnessed the opening of several tombs as an old convent made way for a new hotel. One of the tombs contained a skeleton of a young girl with reddish hair that measured 22 metres, 11 centimetres long. This novel talks about her legend as a popular saint. Num Pages: 5 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145. Weight in Grams: 379. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000898
ISBN
9780224040259
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Vauxhall is a tender and occasionally dark portrait of a child growing up and looking for his place in inner city London. A debut novel that is populated by a stunning aray of charcters, who bring to life the experience of growing up in this part of south London during the early 1970's. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Telegram Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846591464
ISBN
9781846591464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.78

Paperback. The Manor House of Nonesuch has been home to generations of passionate, headstrong Herringe women. But the last of them, the passionate, mysterious Stella, known by some as the Witch of Ashmore, died in the fire which consumed the house and now Nonesuch has passed to her cousin, and former lover, John Dawe. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0021499
ISBN
9780099297109
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Imagine David Nicholls's One Day as retold by Woody Allen -- and welcome to the hilarious, neurotic, and peculiarly perceptive world of Gabriel Roth Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447235576
ISBN
9781447235576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. Jane Boyle has long since known that her mother-in-law is a witch, but she'd never imagined Lynne Doran was actually the embodiment of a powerful, ancient, body-snatching evil. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780339474
ISBN
9781780339474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
ECW Press,Canada Canada
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550229431
ISBN
9781550229431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894694216
ISBN
9781894694216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. * An endearing coming-of-age first novel..and remarkably tasty' - Fay Weldon, MAIL ON SUNDAY * B format to follow hugely successful C format. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KRA0011488
ISBN
9781860493874
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the author of Baking Cakes in Kigali comes the irresistible story of Benedict Tungazara, a ten-year-old boy in Swaziland who loves beautiful birds, his mother's cakes, and making people happy.. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320. 336 pages. From the author of Baking Cakes in Kigali comes the irresistible story of Benedict Tungazara, a ten-year-old boy in Swaziland who loves beautiful birds, his mother's cakes, and making people happy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 200 x 129 x 26. Weight: 318.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857894113
ISBN
9780857894113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Unnamed Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939419224
ISBN
9781939419224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

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