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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. 156 pages. Editor(s): Daley, Ian; Penn, Emily. Containing five contemporary stories, this title features: a showcase of young talent; the decorator's tale; stories of love and the trouble it can bring; and modern folk tales. It also includes a car chase short story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Dimension: 215 x 154 x 12. Weight: 224.
Publisher
Route
Number of pages
156
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901927269
ISBN
9781901927269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Travelman Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
22
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860920400
ISBN
9781860920400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909593596
ISBN
9781909593596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.28

Paperback. For the third time, Granta has selected 20 writers under 40 whose writing represents the best promise or achievement in British fiction. The collection includes stories by Sarah Waters, Rachel Cusk, Robert McLiam Wilson, Rachel Seiffert, Philip Hensher, A. L. Kennedy and Toby Litt. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32photos. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903141581
ISBN
9780903141581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. The life of Paul Metzger, a writer, is in disrepair. Mid-thirties, divorced, underachieving. A mid-winter Sunday in New York sees him traversing the city to visit three people: a half-brother who wants little to do with him; a dying father, whose meagre estate has pitted his sons against one another; and an ex-wife whom Paul still loves. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099531852
ISBN
9780099531852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilla strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Limited Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099497042
ISBN
9780099497042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. As their holiday unfolds, Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though there waits someone who cares deeply about how they appear. Then, they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell and become drawn into a fantasy of violence and obsession. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099754916
ISBN
9780099754916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099755111
ISBN
9780099755111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593609
ISBN
9781841593609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Stephen Lewis, a successful author of children's books, takes his three-year-old daughter on a routine Saturday morning trip to the supermarket. While waiting in line, his attention is distracted and his daughter is kidnapped. From there, Lewis spirals into bereavement that has effects on his relationship with his wife, his psyche and time itself. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099755012
ISBN
9780099755012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 179 x 111 x 15. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099599647
ISBN
9780099599647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. On a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their eminence, Clive as Britain's composer, and Vernon as editor of the quality broadsheet, The Judge. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099272779
ISBN
9780099272779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity is called on to try an urgent case. For religious reasons, a seventeen-year-old boy is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life. Time is running out. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099599630
ISBN
9780099599630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A collection of macabre short stories. Ian McEwan received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976 for a previous collection of short stories entitled "First Love, Last Rites". Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099754718
ISBN
9780099754718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 178 x 110. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784705121
ISBN
9781784705121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Charles Frieth, pre-eminent composer and conductor, is preparing for a performance of one of his works, Demonic Aubade. Obstinate and myopic, he is oblivious to the growing turmoil around him. As the performance draws near, the maestro is awoken to the chaos, and as Charles struggles to regain control of his life, a tragedy begins to unfold. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526995
ISBN
9780099526995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A true story of the Berlin Tunnel or Operation Gold, the abortive brainchild of the CIA and MI6. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099277095
ISBN
9780099277095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784703608
ISBN
9781784703608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: his wife is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KEX0302721
ISBN
9780099549024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Perowne makes his way to his weekly squash game through London streets filled with hundreds of thousands of anti-war protestors. A minor car accident brings him into a confrontation with Baxter, a fidgety, aggressive, young man, on the edge of violence. To Perowne's professional eye, there appears to be something profoundly wrong with him. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099469681
ISBN
9780099469681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

paperback. In the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have changed for ever.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy with some shelf wear but remains good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCW0000479
ISBN
9780099429791
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.44

paperback. In the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have changed for ever.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0004714
ISBN
9780099429791
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

Paperback. One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm, organized life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon, Rose reflects, could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000700
ISBN
9780099481249
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: his wife is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003387
ISBN
9780099549024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

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