Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. The reissue of four unforgettable books by acclaimed poet, novelist and dissident Irina Ratushinskaya. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 279 x 27. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- SKU
- 9781473637221
- ISBN
- 9781473637221
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Paperback. Saved from a delinquent childhood by education, cheated out of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, Hilary Burde cherishes his obsessive guilt and ekes out a living in a dull civil service job. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429128
- ISBN
- 9780099429128
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€ 15.99€ 11.84
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Paperback. Hilda Foster is alone in an isolated cottage when she receives an important telephone call. She must get in touch with her husband but it is virtually impossible. How can she avert the crisis? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285335
- ISBN
- 9780099285335
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Paperback. Jake Donaghue is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging on his friends. A meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429074
- ISBN
- 9780099429074
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Condition: New
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paperback. A revolver shot rings through a Whitehall office one hot afternoon in the middle of an English summer. A Government official has apparently shot himself, but the circumstances are questionable - prompting Octavian Gray, head of the department in which the dead man worked, to investigate. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285267
- ISBN
- 9780099285267
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
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Paperback. Austin is one of those people who needs to survive through the destruction of others. The others, in Austin's case, include his successful elder brothers, Matthew, and the women who, one after the other, are so touchingly convinced that they can 'save' him. This is the story of the relentless struggle for survival of Austin, the accidental man. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099433569
- ISBN
- 9780099433569
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Condition: New
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Hardcover. Traces the turbulent emotional journey of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, a smug, well-to-do London wine merchant and unfaithful husband, whose life is turned inside out when his wife leaves him for her psychoanalyst. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 212 x 39. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593708
- ISBN
- 9781841593708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
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Paperback. Annette runs away from her finishing school but learns more than she bargained for in the real world beyond; the fierce and melancholy Rosa is torn between two Polish brothers; Peter is obsessed by an indecipherable ancient script. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE (RAND)
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283690
- ISBN
- 9780099283690
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Gertrude has lost her husband and Anne, an ex-nun, her God. They plan to live together and do good works. Tim is a different sort of soldier. He plans to live off rich friends. Who will judge whom in this story? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285359
- ISBN
- 9780099285359
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Condition: New
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paperback. In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. In these healing waters the townspeople seek health and regeneration, rightousness and ritual cleansing. To this town steeped in ancient lore and subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283591
- ISBN
- 9780099283591
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Edmund has escaped from his family into a lonely life. Returning for his mother's funeral he finds himself involved in the old, awful problems, together with some new ones. One by one his relatives reveal their secrets to a reluctant Edmund: illicit affairs, hidden passions, shameful scandals. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 122 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285236
- ISBN
- 9780099285236
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
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Paperback. After his wife's death, Hugh contemplates returning to his former mistress. His son, Randall, longs to abandon his shapeless marriage for a perfect partner. Randall's young daughter, Miranda, is adored by her Australian cousin Penn, but has attachments elsewhere. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285380
- ISBN
- 9780099285380
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Paperback. When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099284093
- ISBN
- 9780099284093
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Condition: New
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Paperback. The quiet life of schoolteacher Bill Mor and his family is disturbed when Rain Carter arrives at the school to paint the portrait of the headmaster. Mor becomes aware of new desires and his wife and children fight discreetly and ruthlessly against Rain and her influence over him. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE (RAND)
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099433583
- ISBN
- 9780099433583
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
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Paperback. Martin believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendor at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion. How will he survive it? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285366
- ISBN
- 9780099285366
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to live with her husband in a lay community encamped outside Imber Abbey, home to a mysterious enclosed order of nuns. Watched over by its devout director and the discreet authority of the wise old Abbess, Imber Court is a haven for lost souls seeking tranquility. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099470489
- ISBN
- 9780099470489
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Paperback. It's the midsummer ball at Oxford, and a group of men and women - friends since university days - have gathered under the stars. Included in this group is David Crimond, a genius and fervent Marxist. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099433545
- ISBN
- 9780099433545
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Stuart Cuno has decided to become good. Not believing in God, he invents his own methods, which include celibacy, chastity and the abandonment of a promising academic career. Stuart's step-brother Edward Baltram is tormented by guilt because he has, he believes, killed his best friend. He dreams sometimes of redemption, sometimes of suicide. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099285250
- ISBN
- 9780099285250
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.98
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Paperback. Features Bruno, dying, obsessed with spiders and preoccupied with death and reconciliation. He lies at the center of an intricate spider's web of relationships and passions: Bruno's estranged and grieving son Miles; Danby, Bruno's widowed son-in-law, creepy Nigel the nurse and his besotted twin Will, fighter of duels. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099285373
- ISBN
- 9780099285373
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.71
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Paperback. Yvonne believes there's more to life than marriage to Sam, the young man who's courting her. But when she tries to have fun, she gets caught up in a fracas in a bar. Sam's idea of "something special" meanwhile is to take her to St Stephen's Green later that night to show her a ghostly tree! Illustrator(s): McCurdy, Michael. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 56.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099422655
- ISBN
- 9780099422655
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.80
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