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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Bernie Gibbs, living on her memories on the seventh floor of an East End high-rise. Her diet is mainly chocolate bars and she yearns for action, or at least for the re-opening of the old Imperial Dance Hall, where she used to have good times. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849163989
ISBN
9781849163989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Set in the world of day-time TV cook shows, a wonderfully funny black comedy about the real highs and lows of everyday life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849164702
ISBN
9781849164702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. From the author of the well-reviewed 'The Ten O'Clock Horses', a delightfully funny contemporary novel about a year in the life of a TV cookery-show host and chef. Advertising in The Guardian's The Guide and The Mail on Sunday. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005050
ISBN
9780552996570
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Selected from the book Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Liberty by Virginia Woolf Eating by Nigella Lawson Swimming by Roger Deakin Drinking by John Cheever Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; BM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 110. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872922
ISBN
9781784872922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.87

Paperback. Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry - the pride in poverty, the gypsy intensity in vivid whitewashed slums, and the cult of the bullfight. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099479710
ISBN
9780099479710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558617483
ISBN
9781558617483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. An international event: a remarkable first novel of modern India, weaving together a rich tapestry of social manners and mores, ambition, greed, and love, which will establish Lavanya Sankaran as one of the most gifted and original writers of fiction today. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755327898
ISBN
9780755327898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616962142
ISBN
9781616962142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910974278
ISBN
9781910974278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. It is a warm summer's evening in 1895 at Rose Point Cottage on White Bear Lake. But Commodore Barnett's planned victory dinner has been spoilt - his team lost the yacht race and he can't figure out way. Against his principles, he agrees to let his kitchen hand try to solve the problem. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 29. Weight in Grams: 244.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New edition
SKU
KLN0015876
ISBN
9780006476085
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Attempts to reconcile himself to the end of his affair with the dark, passionate Justine Hosnani - setting alight a beguiling exploration of sexual and political intrigue that the author himself described as 'an investigation of modern love'. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 124 x 50. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571283934
ISBN
9780571283934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Rich in invention, psychological truth and sheer entertainment, the five short novels that comprise 'The Avignon Quintet' form one of the key works of an undisputed modern master. Num Pages: 1376 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571225552
ISBN
9780571225552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140. . Clean copy showing some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0002999
ISBN
9780571109654
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; YXF. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 138 x 206 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200424
ISBN
9780811200424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Set in a world in which aspirin had not been invented, abortion was illegal, and pregnancy could result in agonising death, this novel is an intriguing and richly atmospheric blend of history, early forensic science and knife-edge suspense. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 315.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780552774109
ISBN
9780552774109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom. After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552775489
ISBN
9780552775489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

paperback. David and Jo Henniger are on their way to a party at their old friends' home, deep in the Moroccan desert. But as a groggy David navigates the dark desert roads, two young men spring from the roadside, the car swerves and collides with one of the boys.. Meanwhile, festivities at the house are in full flow. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578932
ISBN
9780099578932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Robert Grieve - pushing thirty and eager to side-step a life of quiet desperation as a small-town teacher - decides to go missing. As he crosses the border from Thailand to Cambodia, he tests the threshold of a new future. And on that first night, a small windfall precipitates a chain of events which changes Robert's life forever. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 274 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700362
ISBN
9781784700362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. His name is Lord Doyle. His plan: to gamble away his last days in the dark and decadent casino halls of Macau. His game: baccarat punto blanco - 'that slutty dirty queen of casino card games.' Though Doyle is not a Lord at all. He is a fake; a corrupt lawyer who has spent a career siphoning money from rich clients. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099599685
ISBN
9780099599685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Witchbroom is a visionary history of a Caribbean Creole family and an island. Its carnival tales of crime and passion are told by the narrator Lavren, who is both male and female. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 196 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Papillote Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993108686
ISBN
9780993108686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. "A delight" says Nobel-prize winning poet Derek Walcott. Lawrence Scott explores a Caribbean world of yearnings and memory, of escape and return underpinned by the disturbing tensions wrought by religion, race, sexuality and crime. Sensuous and evocative, Scott's prose has a glorious lightness of touch and tone that exhilarates and illuminates. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Papillote Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957118782
ISBN
9780957118782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Political and literary thriller set in 1980s Guatemala. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785354748
ISBN
9781785354748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. This work chronicles the antics of J.S.G. Boggs, a young artist whose consuming passion is money, or more precisely value. What Boggs likes to do is to draw money - paper notes in the denominations of currencies from all over the world - and then to go out and try to spend those drawings. Num Pages: 170 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893969
ISBN
9780226893969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609804404
ISBN
9781609804404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.66

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