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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. With Sancho Panza, a deposed Communist mayor, his faithful Rocinate, an antiquated motorcar, Monsignor Quixote roams through modern-day Spain in this picaresque fable. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283942
ISBN
9780099283942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Doctor Fischer despises the human race. The notorious toothpaste millionaire decides to hold the last of his famous parties. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288497
ISBN
9780099288497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Raven is an assassin, a hired killer, and his brutal murder of the Minister raises the spectre of war across Europe. As the nation prepares for battle, Raven goes on the run, hunted by the police and hunting the man who paid him in stolen banknotes, eventually unearthing the terrible truth behind the killing. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286141
ISBN
9780099286141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

paperback. A gripping spy thriller that unfolds aboard the majestic Orient Express as it crosses Europe from Ostend to Constantinople. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Centenary Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478362
ISBN
9780099478362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A young boy, Victor, is collected from school by a stranger in a bowler hat - the stranger says he has won Victor in a game of backgammon with Victor's father. The stranger, known as the Captain, takes Victor to live with the sweet but withdrawn Lisa, where he serves as her conduit to the outside world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529149
ISBN
9780099529149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Anthony Farrant has always found his way, lying to get jobs and borrowing money to get by when he leaves them in a hurry. His twin suster Kate persuades him to move and sets him up with a job as a bodyguard to Krogh, which has drastic results. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286172
ISBN
9780099286172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286226
ISBN
9780099286226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts. His adolescent daughter spends his money with a skill that amazes him so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's tempted. In return all he has to do is file a few reports. But when his fake reports start coming true things suddenly get more complicated. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780099286080
ISBN
9780099286080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.45

Paperback. Andrews is a young man who has betrayed his fellow smugglers and fears their vengeance. Fleeing from them, with no hope of pity or salvation, he takes refuge in the house of a young woman, also alone in the world. She persuades him to give evidence against his accomplices in court. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099286158
ISBN
9780099286158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

paperback. In this portrait of the murkier areas of London, Drover, a communist bus-driver, has been sentenced to death for killing a policeman in a political riot because he thought the policeman was going to strike his wife. A bitter irony hovers over the ensuing battles to save Drover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282228
ISBN
9780099282228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy. Showing light shelfwear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0021669
ISBN
9780099478423
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. A leak is traced to a small sub-section of SIS, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions. The sort of atmosphere, perhaps, where mistakes could be made? For Maurice Castle, it is the end of the line anyway, and time for him to retire to live peacefully with his African wife, Sarah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099288527
ISBN
9780099288527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

paperback. Graham Greene's gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinian town is considered one of his finest. It tells of Charley Fortnum, the 'Honorary Consul', a whisky-sodden figure of dubious authority taken by a group of revolutionaries. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099478386
ISBN
9780099478386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. For Arthur Rowe, the charity fete was a trip back to childhood, to innocence, a welcome chance to escape the terror of the Blitz, to forget twenty years of his past and a murder. Then he guesses the weight of the cake, and from that moment on he's a hunted man, the target of shadowy killers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099286189
ISBN
9780099286189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. As mankind faces its deadliest battle, two young women must unite to prevent the forces of evil destroying the world as we know it. But theirs is no ordinary alliance, for these two women live at opposite ends of history, until fate brings them together and their destinies are inextricably intertwined. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099532828
ISBN
9780099532828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. From the Oscar-winning screenwriter comes a superb historical thriller, based on a true story, set in 1880s New York. 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
V9781471156687
ISBN
9781471156687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854115126
ISBN
9781854115126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.92

Paperback. Graham Norton's masterful debut is an intelligently crafted story of love, secrets and loss. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
New
SKU
9781444791983
ISBN
9781444791983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.34

paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001244
ISBN
9781444792034
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Monsoon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814625418
ISBN
9789814625418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.95

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