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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A wild carnival of a novel that treads Kafkaesque territory and spills over the rails to plumb the depths of a murder mystery. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782796497
ISBN
9781782796497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.40

Paperback. Preparing to deliver a lecture in Pisa, Horace Dorlan plans to incorporate music and performance into his scientific presentation. On the eve of his big event, however, strange things start to happen. Where, for instance, is his wife, why is there a miniature musical quintet in his room, and what of the accident that afflicted him? Num Pages: 240 pages, chiefly ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571232215
ISBN
9780571232215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 98 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 301 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Diffusion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908713032
ISBN
9781908713032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.90

Paperback. Kevin Carver is a household name. A TV soap star, he's coasting through life in the same semi-detached, slightly smug way he's done. When he dumps his much-too-young-for-him girlfriend in the callous way he's come to treat those around him, he makes the first in a series of mistakes. It is the story of self-regarding man's descent into disgrace. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Unbound
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783523962
ISBN
9781783523962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. A story about love and the choices we make. How bad choices can lead to good things, and how life is never what you expect it to be. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Paperback Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471142468
ISBN
9781471142468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. One Dayon fast-forward: falling in love is the easy part. What matters most is what happens next .. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471142444
ISBN
9781471142444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. The fifth thrilling novel from Andy McDermott in which Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase must help a young archaeologist locate a lost pyramid if they are to stop a cult determined to find it for their own nefarious reasons. Series: Wilde/Chase. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755377459
ISBN
9780755377459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The twelfth in the fantastic Wilde/Chase series sees Nina trying to follow in her late mother's footsteps as she and husband Eddie search for King Midas' legacy. Fan Scott Mariani says that McDermott's adventure thrillers are full of 'action, adventure and mayhem aplenty'. if you read Cussler, Mariani or James Rollins you'll love this. Series: Wilde/Chase. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755380824
ISBN
9780755380824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Series: Wilde/Chase. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755380787
ISBN
9780755380787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Afghanistan, 2009. A Rifle section is halfway through their six-month tour of duty in Helmand Province. Forty-seven others have been wounded and flown back home. Young men with tans, scruffy beards, peeling noses and lips burnt raw by the Afghan sun. This book tells the story of four young men in this Rifle section. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE EXPORT
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552165518
ISBN
9780552165518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. Betrayed and left for dead high in the Alps, Nick Stone is in trouble. The blood on his hands tells of a head wound he can't see. He knows only one thing for certain - someone, somewhere wants to kill him. And they think they've succeeded. Stone wants revenge, but the only person who can help him is a seven year old boy. Series: Nick Stone Thriller. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552170932
ISBN
9780552170932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. Explores the emergence of political identity, which grows from class to national consciousness and celebrates that brand of idealism that has never since the early Eighties recaptured its clarity of purpose. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638942
ISBN
9781902638942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

Hardback. Translator(s): Lin, Sylvia Li-Chun; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175548
ISBN
9780231175548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.49
€ 64.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824764
ISBN
9781934824764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900715713
ISBN
9781900715713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.89

Paperback. * This bestselling collection of stories extols the female virtues of discontent, sexual disruptiveness and bad manners - reissued in a HB edition as a companion to Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 287 x 30. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349008462
ISBN
9780349008462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Based on real people, this volume offers a collection of stories focusing on mingling history, invention, literary criticism, high drama and low comedy. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099480716
ISBN
9780099480716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. From familiar fairy tales and legends - "Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard", "Puss in Boots", "Beauty and the Beast", vampires and werewolves, the author has created a collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. Series: Vintage Magic. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099588115
ISBN
9780099588115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

hardcover. Angela Carter's pick of Mother Goose's feathers. 'Trumps Grimm, with a world-wide selection of savage and funny stories' Observer Num Pages: 512 pages, Integrated: 25, woodcuts. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 43. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Virago London
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081738
ISBN
9781844081738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. As well as her eight novels, Angela Carter published four collections of short stories during her lifetime, and contributed stories to several anthologies. The stories were scattered amongst different publishers. Suitable for Angela Carter aficionados, this title gathers together her work. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592914
ISBN
9780099592914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

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