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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In a tranquil Cornish town, Detective Superintendent Wycliffe is faced with a family of secrets - and murder.. Series: The Cornish Detective. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409171850
ISBN
9781409171850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

paperback. A winner of six major literary prizes, this rich and haunting novel examines the shadowy Sardinian figure of the Accabadora, exploring the boundaries between mercy-killing and murder. Translator(s): Mazzarella, Silvester. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Maclehose
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857050472
ISBN
9780857050472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Features a collection of sixteen stories. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222. 272 pages, Illustrations. Features a collection of sixteen stories. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747511892
ISBN
9780747511892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.70

Paperback. 'Intricate, beautifully observed and with a painter's eye for imagery, in these stories Hislop evokes Greece, its people, its customs and traditions with a sensitivity that reveals her deep knowledge of not just the place but also the human condition' Express Num Pages: 176 pages, Line drawing for each story. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472206022
ISBN
9781472206022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185736
ISBN
9780141185736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Following the hugely acclaimed bestseller Hey Nostradamus! comes a major new novel from Douglas Coupland: the wonderfully warm, funny, life-affirming story of Liz Dunn, a woman who has spent her whole life alone and lonely - until now.. This is a brilliant work of commercial literary fiction from an author who just gets better and better. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
(Reissue)
SKU
KST0029683
ISBN
9780007162529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The great novel of Africa from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330522991
ISBN
9780330522991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 205 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385468862
ISBN
9780385468862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.03

Paperback. A story of love and honour, greed and cruelty, and a magical journey into the unknown from the Richard and Judy bestselling author of THE CONJUROR'S BIRD Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton London
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340896365
ISBN
9780340896365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. In an idyllic, peaceful island setting two charming children conspire to execute the perfect murder - and get away with it Series: The Bloomsbury Group. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206. Series: The Bloomsbury Group. 288 pages. In an idyllic, peaceful island setting two charming children conspire to execute the perfect murder - and get away with it. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight: 204.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408808573
ISBN
9781408808573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. The thrilling new novel from bestselling Richard Madeley takes us into the glamorous world of the Kennedys and the steamy, sinister Florida Keys Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0009228
ISBN
9781471112652
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother's undivided attention, and finds himself in a constant struggle to win back her affections. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Penguin Classics England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187877
ISBN
9780141187877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Dinah is a prostitute who lives with a Rastafarian fisherman on the Dungle, the rubbish heap where the very poorist squat. She refuses to accept his passivity and patriarchal attitudes and leaves him. But she is no more satisfied by the secure life she takes up with Alphanso, a dull police constable. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 208 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 134 x 208 x 17. Weight: 268.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845230944
ISBN
9781845230944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. When the three witches - now old, remarried and widowed - decide to go back to Eastwick to spend a summer together, many things have changed. Darryl Van Horne is gone. Their husbands and lovers have gone. The lithe and supple bodies with which they wrecked marriages and wreaked havoc many years before have gone. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition/1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038032
ISBN
9780141038032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. In the weeks before Christmas, a mother will lose a son, and a father will gain one. Both will have to find a way to survive when everything they love is in danger of being destroyed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KST0029828
ISBN
9780743240024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. The thrilling debut from comedy writer and stand up star, Will Smith - a novel about loneliness, about not belonging and about the corroding effects of keeping secrets. 'John le Carre meets 'Middlemarch' Independent Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 442. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTG0003613
ISBN
9780007594269
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Wakefield Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984115587
ISBN
9780984115587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.36

Paperback. * A gripping historical novel, based on a true story, which tells the tale of a girl born into rough cloth who hungered for lace and was hanged for murder in 1763. * By a well-known Irish writer. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087341
ISBN
9781844087341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he will receive there, while Joan is plotting how to leave him. For too long she has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, whilst quietly being the keystone of his success. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478195
ISBN
9780099478195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'Presumed Innocent meets Fatal Attraction.. Hart's prose is like Raymond Chandler's, angular and hard..' - Entertainment Weekly Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848540989
ISBN
9781848540989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

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