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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Intoxicating, witty and delicious, like Paris itself Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy showing minor shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KSG0011647
ISBN
9780755325023
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers a personal record of the author's north-east London home in which he has lived for forty years. This documentary fiction seeks to capture the spirit of place, before Hackney succumbs to mendacious green papers, eco boasts, sponsored public art and the Olympic Park gnawing at its edges. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141012742
ISBN
9780141012742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. When a group of international activists arrive on the Faroe Islands, intent on stopping the traditional whale hunts, tensions between islanders and protestors run high. And when a woman is found viciously murdered only hours after a violent confrontation, the circumstances seem purposely designed to increase animosity between the two sides. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783297061
ISBN
9781783297061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. There was no doubt Bella Parkinson was a success: the most promising actress in London, bright, sexy - and hopelessly scatterbrained - she was taking the town by storm. Rupert Henriques, dashingly handsome and wealthy enough to buy her every theatre in London if she wanted it, couldn't wait to marry her.. But Bella had a secret in her past. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Publication date
2005
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152501
ISBN
9780552152501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

paperback. Marcelo, a humble clerk in a Barcelona office who might have come from a novel by Kafka, inhibits a world peopled by characters in literature. He once wrote a novel about the impossibility of love, but since then he has written nothing and a mental trauma has meant that he has been unable to put pen to paper; he has become a 'Bartleby'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099453727
ISBN
9780099453727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Allyson Jaymes has it all - celebrity, power, and a glamorous marriage. Until her world is destroyed by the bitterest betrayal of all: her husband's explosive affair with her 19-year-old assistant, Tessa Dukes. Tessa's ambitions burn fiercely. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099534358
ISBN
9780099534358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. The stunning new look for David Park Heartbreaking story of tragedy and of the past catching up with a father in modern-day Northern Ireland Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174. 256 pages. The stunning new look for David Park Heartbreaking story of tragedy and of the past catching up with a father in modern-day Northern Ireland. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight: 172.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747599272
ISBN
9780747599272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldstein, Ann. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933372167
ISBN
9781933372167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.42

Paperback. A warm-hearted satire, first published in 1931, by the author of SOUTH RIDING. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087907
ISBN
9781844087907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.97

Paperback. A warmhearted funny novel that explores the secret lives of women - from the ages of 15 to 85.. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780720401
ISBN
9781780720401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Christopher Newman, an American millionaire in France, falls in love with the aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage. When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes' past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and gain his revenge? Editor(s): Spengemann, William C. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140390827
ISBN
9780140390827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

paperback. Covers seven stories including "Errand", in which the author imagines the death of Chekhov, a writer whom the author hugely admired and to whose work his own was often compared. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530350
ISBN
9780099530350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 114 x 26. Weight in Grams: 181. 8vo Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam USA
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0262873
ISBN
9780553569087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A rich and suggestive work which contrasts the middle-aged disillusion of Professor St Peter with his memories of his favourite student, the brilliant explorer and inventor Tom Outland Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083763
ISBN
9781844083763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The lives of a group of young women converge in 1960s New Zealand in a moving time- and continent-spanning saga. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910709177
ISBN
9781910709177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. A revelatory novel about the poet Rupert Brooke from the Orange and Whitbread-shortlisted author of FRED AND EDIE Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy, Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KST0015938
ISBN
9780340935668
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A revelatory novel about the poet Rupert Brooke from the Orange and Whitbread-shortlisted author of FRED AND EDIE Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRF0023352
ISBN
9780340935668
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * Set at the time of the Spanish Inquisition, all Jews are to be exiled from Spain. Orphaned Yonah manages to stay and learn physician's skills from a mentor. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 109 x 33. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751530629
ISBN
9780751530629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. High up in the Conrad Flats that loom bleakly over Acton, two future stars of the literary scene - or so they assume - are hard at work, tapping out words of wit and brilliance between ill-paid jobs writing captions for the Cat Calendar 1985 and blurbs for trashy novels with titles like Brothel of the Vampire. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571311286
ISBN
9780571311286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Hardback. Harry, a young writer, is commissioned to write a biography to revitalise both Mamoon's career and his bank balance. Harry greatly admires Mamoon's work and wants to uncover the truth of the artist's life. Harry's publisher seeks a more naked truth, a salacious tale of sex and scandal that will generate headlines. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0016196
ISBN
9780571277520
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170519
ISBN
9781590170519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.39

Paperback. The brilliant new novel from Anthony Capella, author of the bestselling The Food of Love and The Wedding Officer. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751539431
ISBN
9780751539431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Polly Penhalligan is outraged at the suggestion that since getting married to Nick and settling into their beautiful manor farmhouse in Cornwall she has let herself go. But watching a lot of telly and gorging on biscuits, not getting dressed until lunchtime and waiting for pregnancy to strike are not the signs of someone living an active life. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958292
ISBN
9780241958292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, pursued by the constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776578
ISBN
9780552776578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

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