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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The University of St John and the Holy Ghost (known affectionately as Spook) has a problem - and an opportunity. Strange, eccentric art patron and collector Francis Cornish has died and faculty members have been made executors of his complicated will. Num Pages: 1152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 52. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
1152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952610
ISBN
9780241952610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.10

Paperback. Includes a selection of short fiction and famous dramas. This book includes stories ranging from comic to tragic and describes the isolated lives of low-ranking clerks, lunatics and swindlers. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449075
ISBN
9780140449075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy' - Candis NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Series: A Blossom Street Novel. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Mira Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780778304845
ISBN
9780778304845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. A beautifully written love story set in 1960s Soho amid the revival of fascism. Includes reading-group notes. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780228242
ISBN
9781780228242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe's new home is not only haunted by the memories of her past but also by the ghost of her baby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540977
ISBN
9780099540977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Upstairs, downstairs.. it's all going on at the manor. From the bestselling author of THE LONG WEEKEND and A NIGHT ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409148395
ISBN
9781409148395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Hardback. When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent. Editor(s): Dolin, Tim. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 47. Weight in Grams: 730.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780141040332
ISBN
9780141040332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.64

paperback. Two wonderfully gripping novels from Martina reilly, full of secrets and revelations Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 107 x 46. Weight in Grams: 406. Some shelf wear, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTJ0007050
ISBN
9780751544718
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Two wonderfully gripping novels from Martina reilly, full of secrets and revelations Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 107 x 46. Weight in Grams: 406. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTM0000921
ISBN
9780751544718
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Maggie O'Farrell's groundbreaking debut: a stunning, best-selling story of wrenching love and grief Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747268161
ISBN
9780747268161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.47

Paperback. A wonderful novel for anyone who's ever wondered what life is all about from the Sunday Times bestselling and readers' favourite Carole Matthews Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751551396
ISBN
9780751551396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Hugh Garner's Governor General Award-winning Best Stories depicts working-class life in North America and Europe between the Great Depression and the Quiet Revolution, emphasizing the Spanish Civil War's integral role in Canadian and transnational identity formation. Editor(s): Robins Sharpe, Emily. Series: Canadian Literature Collection. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776622613
ISBN
9780776622613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. Where there's a will there's a motive for murder! Miss Silver solves this mystery written by one of the Queens of classic crime fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340286456
ISBN
9780340286456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. Bea Britt lives alone in her grandmother's house in Oslo. Early one morning, there are people out in the garden, and drama unfolding on her living room TV. Volunteers are scouring the neighbouring woods looking for Emilie, a twelve-year-old girl who has disappeared. This novel is about enduring oneself and others, delicately revealing the choices. Translator(s): Kinsella, Sean. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910701805
ISBN
9781910701805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Rickie Elliot, a sensitive and intelligent young man with an intense imagination and a certain amount of literary talent, sets out from Cambridge full of hopes to become a writer. But when his stories are not successful, he decides instead to marry the beautiful but shallow Agnes, agreeing to abandon his writing and become a schoolmaster. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441481
ISBN
9780141441481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. An American coming-of-age tale during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471152320
ISBN
9781471152320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. William has a lot on his mind. Firstly there's The Alaska Factory, the band he plays in. They're no good and they make his songs sound about as groovy as an unpressed record. Secondly, there's Madeleine, his high-maintenance girlfriend whose idea of a night of passion is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical followed by a doorstep peck on the cheek. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967737
ISBN
9780241967737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.85

Paperback. Coconut is a story that deals with growing up as a black child in a white world. It is the story of black youth who grow up in white neighbourhoods, go to private schools and have white friends. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230. 224 pages. Coconut is a story that deals with growing up as a black child in a white world. It is the story of black youth who grow up in white neighbourhoods, go to private schools and have white friends. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 15. Weight: 234.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770093362
ISBN
9781770093362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. Meet Kate Reddy, fund manager and mother of two. She can juggle nine different currencies in five different time zones and get herself and two children washed and dressed and out of the house in half an hour. A victim of time famine, Kate counts seconds like other women count calories. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320. 8vo.Some minor wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KEX0264750
ISBN
9780099428381
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Meet Kate Reddy, fund manager and mother of two. She can juggle nine different currencies in five different time zones and get herself and two children washed and dressed and out of the house in half an hour. A victim of time famine, Kate counts seconds like other women count calories. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KTM0006123
ISBN
9780099428381
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A powerful tale of bitter revenge and sweet retribution from the author of Women of Iron. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 26. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy.Trade paperback
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0219135
ISBN
9780751539080
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In a suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four girls drift through tedious summer school classes. Then Toshi's next-door neighbour is found brutally murdered and the girls suspect Worm, the neighbour's son. They become drawn into a treacherous vortex of brutality and seduction which rises from within themselves as well as the world around them. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523192
ISBN
9780099523192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Tells the story of four people whose intertwined lives span Asia's last seventy years. This novel covers the complacency of colonial life in the 1930s; the horrors of the Japanese occupation during the Second World War; and the post-war boom and the handover of the city to the Chinese. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571294855
ISBN
9780571294855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. Off stage, however, she is bored with her handsome husband, coquettish and undisciplined. She is at first flattered and amused by the attentions of a shy and eager young fan, but before long Julia is amazed to find herself falling wildly, dangerously, in love. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286837
ISBN
9780099286837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

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