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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The tale of lives won from a cruel sea and crueller landlords. The dawning of the herring fisheries brought with it the hope of escape from the Highland Clearances, and this story paints a vivid picture of a community fighting against nature and history, and refusing to be crushed. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571090419
ISBN
9780571090419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. Lynne is a young woman who once dreamed of being an artist, but whose promotion to supervisor at an insurance call centre in Glasgow is sucking the soul out of her. When Lynne hands a fiver to a homeless man on the street in town one day, she is shocked to recognise Angus - her former art teacher on whom she once had a crush. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472113115
ISBN
9781472113115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Nanny required to take care of needs of busy professional London family. When penniless student Ali Sparrow answers Bryony and Nick Skinner's advertisement her life changes overnight. She is catapulted into the privileged and excessive world of London's financial elite. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 346. Nice copy in good condition. Some shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KST0026560
ISBN
9780241952559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Published in 1963 Up the Junction won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, was adapted into a film and was the inspiration for the song of the same name Series: VMC. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Little Brown Paperbacks (a&C) United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089826
ISBN
9781844089826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

paperback. Nell Dunn's 1967 novel which was made into a film directed by Ken Loach Series: VMC. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 139 x 37. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
9781844089819
ISBN
9781844089819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. The year is eighteen hundred and thirty one when fifteen-year-old Mary begins the difficult task of telling her story. A scrap of a thing with a sharp tongue and hair the colour of milk, Mary leads a harsh life working on her father's farm alongside her three sisters. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241959541
ISBN
9780241959541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Dover Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486437132
ISBN
9780486437132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.16

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Condition
New
SKU
9780375758133
ISBN
9780375758133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. If only I had never opened that letter..and let the devil in Meredith Hathaway has spent the last seventeen years pretending to forget. Until she gets a letter and her world is shattered in an instant. She must finally confront the rise and fall of the Hathaway dynasty..and her own part in their devastating history. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 314. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTM0000562
ISBN
9781848450936
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Dove Findhorn is a naive country boy who busts out of Hicksville, Texas in pursuit of a better life in New Orleans. Amongst the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers and hustlers of the old French Quarter, Dove finds only hopelessness, crime and despair. His quest uncovers a harrowing grotesque of the American Dream. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250. 352 pages. Dove Findhorn is a naive country boy who busts out of Hicksville, Texas in pursuit of a better life in New Orleans. Amongst the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers and hustlers of the old French Quarter, Dove finds only hopelessness, crime and despair. His quest uncovers a harrowing grotesque of the American Dream. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight: 304.
Publisher
CANONGATE BOOKS
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956800
ISBN
9781841956800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.50

Paperback. Tells the story of Frankie Machine, the golden arm dealer at a back street Chicago gambling den. Frankie reckons he's a tough guy in the Chicago underworld but finds that he's not tough enough to kick his heroin addiction. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 36. Weight in Grams: 338. 480 pages. Tells the story of Frankie Machine, the golden arm dealer at a back street Chicago gambling den. Frankie reckons he's a tough guy in the Chicago underworld but finds that he's not tough enough to kick his heroin addiction. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 126 x 36. Weight: 338.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955612
ISBN
9781841955612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. This is the story of a woman who refuses to mourn her husband's death. The village knew she was an unhappy wife, but she is still expected to weep and speak the praises of her husband. Her story reveals the value of friendship between women, based on liking rather than traditional beliefs. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 192 pages. This is the story of a woman who refuses to mourn her husband's death. The village knew she was an unhappy wife, but she is still expected to weep and speak the praises of her husband. Her story reveals the value of friendship between women, based on liking rather than traditional beliefs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight: 162.
Publisher
Heinemann
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435912086
ISBN
9780435912086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.25

Paperback. 8vo. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KEX0257643
ISBN
9781902011127
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KEX0220793
ISBN
9781902011127
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. As new
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0220931
ISBN
9781902011127
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured she joins a group of other women and children whom the Japanese force to walk for miles through the jungle leading to the deaths of many. Due to her courageous spirit, Jean takes on the role of leader of the sorry gaggle of prisoners. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Publication date
2015
Format
Paperback
SKU
9781784870027
ISBN
9781784870027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 5.80

Hardback. Leading politician and bestselling author Newt Gingrich and novelist Pete Earley are back with the gripping sequel to Duplicity. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455530441
ISBN
9781455530441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Leading politician and bestselling author Newt Gingrich and novelist Pete Earley are back with another gripping international thriller. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455540297
ISBN
9781455540297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Explores life on the Makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white settlement. Faced with an alluring, new religion and "magical" customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 160 pages. Explores life on the Makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white settlement. Faced with an alluring, new religion and "magical" customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 8. Weight: 140.
Publisher
Heinemann
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435905484
ISBN
9780435905484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.26

Paperback. A novel that portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. It features a reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186993
ISBN
9780141186993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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