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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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
€ 10.66

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

€ 25.99
€ 24.31

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
€ 10.97

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
€ 10.66

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
€ 10.50

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
€ 10.18

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
€ 10.22

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
€ 13.20

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
€ 9.15

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
€ 27.73

Paperback. From the no1 bestselling author - a wonderful, romantic novel now with a brand new cover. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 138 x 31. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9781455567348
ISBN
9781455567348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.34

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Sandstone Press
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905207305
ISBN
9781905207305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.65

Paperback. Desmond and Deirdre Doyle will have been married for 25 years in October. It falls to the Doyles' eldest daughter, Anna, to decide how to commemorate her parents' Silver Wedding. No use in asking her sister or brother. But it is unthinkable not to have a party, even though for the Doyles, family occasions are more difficult than for most. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0237625
ISBN
9780099498629
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. I had a good, proper look at myself in the mirror tonight. I've always wanted to look clever, but at the age of twenty years and three months I have to admit that I look like a person who has never even heard of Jung or Updike. Adrian Mole is an adult. At least that's what it says on his passport. But living at home, clinging to his threadbare.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
Re-issue
SKU
9780141046440
ISBN
9780141046440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Liz and Jonathan are in trouble. They can't sell their old house. Here they are, stuck with two mortgages, mounting debts and a miserable adolescent daughter who hadn't wanted to move anyway. Then it seems Marcus Witherstone will solve all their problems. Everything is going to be OK. Or is it? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776707
ISBN
9780552776707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Hardback. As a heatwave blazes in Stockholm, a series of women are found brutally murdered and the Criminal Investigation Department is getting nowhere. The murders bear all the hallmarks of Edward Hinde, the serial killer jailed by psychological profiler Sebastian Bergman fifteen years earlier. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 46. Weight in Grams: 828. Good copy with some shelf wear, dustwrapper with edge wear, remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0011747
ISBN
9781780894553
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KSS0009967
ISBN
9781853260483
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The path of true love never runs smooth. But for some, it's one seriously bumpy ride.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296. 416 pages. The path of true love never runs smooth. But for some, it's one seriously bumpy ride. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
V9781847561138
ISBN
9781847561138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. A highly anticipated summer event for the village of Turnham Malpas doesn't quite go as planned..with consquences no one could have predicted. Series: Turnham Malpas. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 292. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers and page edges
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Orion
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Second Impression
SKU
KSG0007978
ISBN
9780752815497
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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