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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A dapper Paris doctor dispenses a treatment for dissatisfied wives. A mother auditions for her first porn movie. A writer working on a study of pain makes himself the subject of his experiments. A voyeur mistakes a murderer for a fellow peeping tom.. these are some of the characters observed by the narrator of these chilling stories. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141389264
ISBN
9780141389264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. The pretty young tutor Clare Bayes attracts many eyes at an Oxford college dinner, not least those of a visiting Spanish lecturer. As they begin an affair, meeting in hotel bedrooms away from the eyes of Clare's husband, the Spaniard finds himself increasingly drawn into the strange world of Oxford. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141389240
ISBN
9780141389240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Every day, Maria Dolz stops for breakfast at the same cafe. And every day she enjoys watching a handsome couple who follow the same routine. Then one day they aren't there, and she feels obscurely bereft. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958490
ISBN
9780241958490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'We lose everything because everything remains except us'. In this book, the author recalls the strange events and people that shaped his past, including ghostly literary figures, a pilot, an adventurer, a brother who died as a child and the king of an island in the Caribbean, we begin to question the nature of time, memory and reality itself. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199894
ISBN
9780141199894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Revealing that Conrad actually hated sailing and Emily Bronte was so tough she was known as 'The Major', among many other stories of eccentricity, drunkenness and even murder, this book uses unusual angles and peculiar details to illuminate writers' lives in a new way. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141389271
ISBN
9780141389271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Victor, a ghostwriter, is just about to have an affair with Marta, a married woman, when - in the bedroom, half-undressed - she drops dead in his arms. He panics and slips away. But Marta's family are all too aware that she was not alone when she died, and Dean, the widowed husband, is determined to find out who was sharing her bed that night. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199986
ISBN
9780141199986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In the middle of a family lunch Teresa, just married, goes to the bathroom, unbuttons her blouse and shoots herself in the heart. What made her kill herself immediately after her honeymoon? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141199955
ISBN
9780141199955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

paperback. On a train journey from Paris to Madrid a young opera singer becomes fascinated by those in his compartment: a middle-aged businessman, his alluring wife and their male travelling companion. Soon his life of constant travel, luxury hotels, rehearsal and performance will become entangled with these three people. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141389257
ISBN
9780141389257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. The next book in the smoking hot SAINTS OF DENVER series from NYT bestselling author of the MARKED MEN series, Jay Crownover Series: Saints of Denver. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; 3JMG; FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008116309
ISBN
9780008116309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100+ b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764307539
ISBN
9780764307539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408876558
ISBN
9781408876558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
SKU
KAK0002887
ISBN
9781408876954
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408889398
ISBN
9781408889398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9781408876961
ISBN
9781408876961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.47

Hardcover. Republished with a foreword by John Tisdale, director of TCU's School of Journalism, the late Jay Milner's novel is a riveting portrayal of a scenario that unhappily mirrored real-life incidents throughout the South in the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875656526
ISBN
9780875656526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896727793
ISBN
9780896727793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896729056
ISBN
9780896729056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.60

Paperback. By 1910, Leo Tolstoy had become an almost religious figure, surrounded on his lavish estate by family and followers alike. Too ill to continue beyond the tiny station of Astapovo, he believes he is dying alone. This book centres on the battle for his soul waged by his wife and his leading disciple. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959672
ISBN
9781841959672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. This poignant novel depicts a Japanese woman and her American "son" buffeted by the traumatic events surrounding World War II. Num Pages: 361 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Chin Music Press United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634059503
ISBN
9781634059503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477830109
ISBN
9781477830109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.66

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Onlywomen Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906500651
ISBN
9780906500651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. Lark and her brother, Termite, who is unable to walk or talk but is deeply loved by his family. The two are raised by their aunt Nonie in place of Lola, their mother, and Termite's father, Corporal Robert Leavitt, who is caught up in the chaos of the Korean War. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099288749
ISBN
9780099288749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Lark and her brother, Termite, who is unable to walk or talk but is deeply loved by his family. The two are raised by their aunt Nonie in place of Lola, their mother, and Termite's father, Corporal Robert Leavitt, who is caught up in the chaos of the Korean War. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000449
ISBN
9780099288749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Faber Faber Inc
Edition
Main
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571152391
ISBN
9780571152391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.99

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