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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. 1936: London is abuzz with gossip about the affair between Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson. But the king is not the only member of the aristocracy with a hard decision to make. Owen Montignac, the handsome and charismatic descendent of a wealthy land-owning family, is anxiously awaiting the reading of his late uncle's will. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552777407
ISBN
9780552777407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Uma, the plain, spinster daughter of a close-knit Indian family, is trapped at home, smothered by her overbearing parents and their traditions, unlike her ambitious younger sister Aruna, who brings off a 'good' marriage, and brother Arun, the disappointing son and heir who is studying in America. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on edges and ffep and minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0008702
ISBN
9780099289630
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. After Rufus Scott, an embittered and unemployed black jazz-musician commits suicide, his sister Ida and old friend Vivaldo become lovers. Yet their feelings for each other are complicated by Rufus's friends, especially the homosexual actor Eric Jones who has been Vivaldo's lover. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141186375
ISBN
9780141186375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A global phenomenon, The Alchemist has been read and loved by over 62 million readers, topping bestseller lists in 74 countries worldwide. Now this magical fable is beautifully repackaged in an edition that lovers of Paulo Coelho will want to treasure forever. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
New
SKU
9780722532935
ISBN
9780722532935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583226988
ISBN
9781583226988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. The Internal Revenue Service Regional Examination Centre in Peoria, Illinois, 1985. Here the workers fight a never-ending war against the urgency of their own boredom. Here then, squeezed between the trivial and the quotidian, lies all human life. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141046730
ISBN
9780141046730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, and a consumate musician. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Paperback Edition
SKU
KKD0011027
ISBN
9780749397548
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the Government dispatches a squadron of soldiers led by the fat, brutal and stupid Figueras to deal with them. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0011028
ISBN
9780749391300
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Tokyo, January 26th, 1948. As the third year of the US Occupation of Japan begins, a man enters a downtown bank. He speaks of an outbreak of dysentery and says he is a doctor, sent by the Occupation authorities. Clear liquid is poured into sixteen teacups. Sixteen employees of the bank drink this liquid according to strict instructions. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571232031
ISBN
9780571232031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 800 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 44. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553382167
ISBN
9780553382167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Enthralling, unusual and richly textured, The Moonlit Cage is a thrillingly realistic evocation of a lost world. It is a novel you will never forget. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Headline Review
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755328567
ISBN
9780755328567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Jackie Collins' most outrageous, erotically charged New York Times bestseller is a sexy, shattering roller-coaster thrill ride! Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849836418
ISBN
9781849836418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. The remarkable new novel from the bestselling author of Everything and Nothing is a warm and heartbreaking tale of three generations of women. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007487813
ISBN
9780007487813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. The first novel in the wonderful Beckman trilogy talkes a girl from the back streets of Lambeth to the salons of Mayfair in the 1920s. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 34. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340708330
ISBN
9780340708330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. A light, fun romantic comedy with a needle-sharp edge, from bestselling chick lit writer Chrissie Manby. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340937044
ISBN
9780340937044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Journey from modern Manhattan to the country houses of 1950s England in this sweeping, heartbreaking novel laced with intrigue, tragedy and a secret love buried in time. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755383566
ISBN
9780755383566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742370057
ISBN
9781742370057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Hardcover. Mingling fact and fiction, science and personal record, history and anecdote, the author uses his training as an industrial chemist and the terrible years he spent as a prisoner in Auschwitz to illuminate the human condition. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BG; FA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152180
ISBN
9781857152180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. The perfect couple. The perfect French farmhouse. Plan A is the perfect life. But then there's the other.. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 298. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Headline Review
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTG0018112
ISBN
9780755325429
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. IN Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423054
ISBN
9780857423054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.40

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