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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. After shooting his brother's killer, young Gjorg is entitled to thirty days' grace - not enough to see out the month of April. Then a visiting honeymoon couple cross the path of the fugitive. The bride's heart goes out to Gjorg, and even these 'civilised' strangers from the city risk becoming embroiled in the fatal mechanism of vendetta. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449874
- ISBN
- 9780099449874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. First published in 1977, this novel is based on the fairy story "The Fisherman and his Wife". Multi-layered and laced with poetry and humour, it analyzes the battle of the sexes. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749394851
- ISBN
- 9780749394851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
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Paperback. Johanne is a young woman in her twenties who lives with her mother. When she falls in love with Ivar, she finally feels ready to leave home. The couple plan a trip to America. But the morning of her departure, Johanne wakes up to find the door locked. Translator(s): Dawkin, Deborah. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Peirene Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908670151
- ISBN
- 9781908670151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.41
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Paperback. In Brasilia they're coming off their night shift, in Tokyo they're having their first whisky sours - that's what's happening elsewhere in the world when our hero wakes up. Together with his wife and dog, he lives at home with his parents. He has had the good education and, until recently, the good job. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099539841
- ISBN
- 9780099539841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
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Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155431
- ISBN
- 9781903155431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.22
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Paperback. This shattering novel is filled with storytelling sleight of hand. What appears to be a story of mothers and daughters, of sisterhood put to the test, of adolescent love and grown-up misconduct, and of history's long reach, becomes a provocative and compelling exploration of America's failure to find a language to talk about race. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 38. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books (division of Workman)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616206444
- ISBN
- 9781616206444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.19
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Paperback. A woman must decide if her daughter's killer lives or dies. A gripping, emotive thriller from the author of The Moon Pool. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781856901
- ISBN
- 9781781856901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
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Paperback. Desperate to quell her addiction to drugs, disastrous romance, and nineties San Francisco, Michelle heads south for LA. But soon it's officially announced that the world will end in one year, and life in the sprawling metropolis becomes increasingly weird in this riot grrrl take on speculative fiction. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276902
- ISBN
- 9781908276902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099484189
- ISBN
- 9780099484189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
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Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408868454
- ISBN
- 9781408868454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.13
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Paperback. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, The Sellout is the most important novel of 2016 Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786071460
- ISBN
- 9781786071460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Repack
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764203404
- ISBN
- 9780764203404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.57
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Paperback. A novel that tells the story of a grown man who runs away from home, and the adventures that befall him in his quest for a new lease of life. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 35. Weight in Grams: 238. Clean copy in good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KLJ0001821
- ISBN
- 9780749318888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth century. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046914
- ISBN
- 9780141046914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. A novel about two men of the same age and with the same name: Joshua Cohen. The first Joshua is a writer whose keenly anticipated debut had the bad luck to be published on September 11, 2001. The other Joshua is the enigmatic billionaire Founder and CEO of the world's most profitable tech company. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 247 x 39. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099597384
- ISBN
- 9780099597384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
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Paperback. The first in a new series of books by the author of THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY - marking new territory - but familiar moral ground. Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139418
- ISBN
- 9780349139418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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Hardcover. Set in the depression of the 1930s, this is the story of one of the thousands of destitute families which fled the Dust Bowl for the promise of California. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize when it was first published in 1939. Num Pages: 578 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Everyman London
- Number of pages
- 578
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151541
- ISBN
- 9781857151541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
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Paperback. A profoundly moving debut novel about the fragility of family love, the resilience of the living, the durability of memory and the experience of bereavement. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174. 176 pages. A profoundly moving debut novel about the fragility of family love, the resilience of the living, the durability of memory and the experience of bereavement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 14. Weight: 174.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848876064
- ISBN
- 9781848876064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.48
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Paperback. A love triangle plays out against the backdrop of WWII, as Motherland explores the profound impact of historical events on individual lives. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 197 x 39. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780876238
- ISBN
- 9781780876238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
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Hardcover. Congo the bush baby, from the jungles of Madagascar and the tropical fish, tortoises, chickens, guinea pigs, foxes, pigs, and two dogs. This book recalls the animals in the authors' life and in so doing gives us a sidelong glance at the human members of her family, her painter mother and poet father. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224082341
- ISBN
- 9780224082341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47