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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The inhabitants of a Greek village, ruled by the Turks, plan to enact the life of Christ in a mystery play but are overwhelmed by their task. A group of refugees, fleeing from the ruins of their plundered homes, arrive asking for protection - and suddenly the drama of the Passion becomes reality. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571190218
ISBN
9780571190218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. How far would a grandmother go to stay close to her grandson? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Halban Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559701
ISBN
9781905559701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A collection of short stories by Saul Bellow. Some stories recount the events of a single day, while some are contained in a wider frame. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188782
ISBN
9780141188782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. On a Monday night in October in a seaside town in Suffolk, a woman is brutally murdered. She was not an obvious victim. She just wasn't, thinks her grieving, bewildered friend Tess, the type to have something happen to her. As the police go about their routine investigation, Tess' world of nappies, school runs and baked beans begin to unravel. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099453529
ISBN
9780099453529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. Dionysus, god of wine and ecstasy, has come to Thebes, and the women are streaming out of the city to worship him on the mountain, drinking and dancing in wild frenzy. The king, Pentheus, denouces this so-called 'god' as a charlatan. But no mortal can deny a god and no man can ever stand against Dionysus. Translator(s): Robertson, Robin. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577386
ISBN
9780099577386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
Empire Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901746792
ISBN
9781901746792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Fred 'Bogus' Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes and the pursuit of happiness. He also happens to have a complaint more serious than Portnoy's. Yet he stubbornly clings to the notion that he'll make something of his life, and is about to commit himself to a second marriage that bears remarkable resemblance to his first. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552992077
ISBN
9780552992077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Sometimes, to be a good adult you need to rediscover the child inside.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278. Clean paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0009870
ISBN
9780751542721
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A startling, hard-edged dissection of slavery and a tour de force of both voice and storytelling Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780746524
ISBN
9781780746524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Mani is born into a time of war - 3rd-century Mesopotamia. Despite being the son of a warrior, he becomes a painter, physician, mystic and prophet, preaching in the battlefields, a doctrine of humility, tolerance and love that becomes known as "Manicheanism". Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349108711
ISBN
9780349108711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. 'Goodman is everything it says on her tin - a wonderful, lyrical writer - but she also has an astute eye for comedy and some bits of the book are truly hilarious.' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394. 'Goodman is everything it says on her tin - a wonderful, lyrical writer - but she also has an astute eye for comedy and some bits of the book are truly hilarious.' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight: 392.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848875401
ISBN
9781848875401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. David Kepesh, an adventurous man of intelligence and feeling, tries to make his way to both pleasure and dignity through a world of sensual possibilities. Temptation comes to him in both its ordinary and spectacular forms. This book explores in all its painful ramifications, the pursuit and loss of erotic happiness. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099389019
ISBN
9780099389019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The steamy page-turner from the 'queen of sexy stories', and internationally bestselling author of MARRIED LOVERS, Jackie Collins Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 360.
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849835473
ISBN
9781849835473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143130710
ISBN
9780143130710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. A riveting novel that begins with a murder in an old Connecticut barn and reaches its climax on Broadway. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 27. Weight in Grams: 224. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ0006901
ISBN
9780006514398
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Charlotte is hovering between life and death, but it's taken a coma for her to realize she's made a complete mess of her short time on earth. Not to mention the five precious dating years she's just wasted on the cheating, faithless James Kane. But after a quick peek at the afterlife, she decides it's not all it's cracked up to be either. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KSG0007597
ISBN
9781848270268
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Charlotte is hovering between life and death, but it's taken a coma for her to realize she's made a complete mess of her short time on earth. Not to mention the five precious dating years she's just wasted on the cheating, faithless James Kane. But after a quick peek at the afterlife, she decides it's not all it's cracked up to be either. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KAK0010752
ISBN
9781848270268
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Coco Barrington is the black sheep of her unusual Hollywood family. Having dropped out of law school, she works as a dog walker in North California. Her widowed mother, mega-bestselling author Florence Flowers, has just begun a secret romance with a man twenty-four years her junior. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KEX0224848
ISBN
9780552151832
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Coco Barrington is the black sheep of her unusual Hollywood family. Having dropped out of law school, she works as a dog walker in North California. Her widowed mother, mega-bestselling author Florence Flowers, has just begun a secret romance with a man twenty-four years her junior. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KCG0003209
ISBN
9780552151832
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The captivating, quirky and heartwarming new novel from the bestselling author of ELEANOR & PARK Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409152125
ISBN
9781409152125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Rivalries flare and scandal abounds in bestselling author Rebecca Shaw's sparkling tale of love, loyalty and village life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409120988
ISBN
9781409120988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Everything is over for Simon Axler. One of the leading American stage actors of his generation, now in his sixties, he has lost his magic, his talent and his assurance. When he goes on stage he feels like a lunatic and looks like an idiot. His wife has gone, his audience has left him, his agent can't persuade him to make a comeback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099535652
ISBN
9780099535652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. From international bestseller Nicholas Sparks comes an unforgettable story of a man whose brushes with death lead him to the love of his life. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KAK0003798
ISBN
9780751539240
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. At Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage in the English countryside, five elderly people live together in rancorous disharmony. Adela Bastable bosses the house, as her brother Bernard passes his days thinking up malicious schemes against the baby-talking Marigold and secret drinker Shorty, while kindly George lies bedridden upstairs. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194233
ISBN
9780141194233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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