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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Following a baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect. Reuven is brought up by a father patently aware of the 20th century. Everything tries to destroy their friendship, but they use honesty with each other as a shield and it proves an impenetrable protection. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141040776
ISBN
9780141040776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'A modern take on The Wizard of Oz that will be thoroughly enjoyed by all fans of Douglas Coupland.' Daily Mail Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262. 384 pages. 'A modern take on The Wizard of Oz that will be thoroughly enjoyed by all fans of Douglas Coupland.' Daily Mail. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 24. Weight: 262.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857862105
ISBN
9780857862105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. French Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241145784
ISBN
9780241145784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40 b/w drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Copy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955379277
ISBN
9780955379277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552777124
ISBN
9780552777124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.85

Paperback. Number One bestselling author Jodi Picoult explores the demands of having a family on a new mother in this gripping bestseller. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444754407
ISBN
9781444754407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 180. Clean copy in very good condition. Signed by author.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Ten Publishing Ltd Nottingham
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KNH0012153
ISBN
9780956827708
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Hildy Good is hiding a secret from her town, her family - and even herself. A funny, poignant and revealing novel that's become a word of mouth smash-hit in the US. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782393221
ISBN
9781782393221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

hardcover. First edition. Copy fine in dustjacket. DJ has wear and discolouring to edges but remains very good overall
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KEX0274050
ISBN
9781782114185
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Hardcover. Follows the fortunes of Mr Biswas, the outsider who refuses to conform to the customs of his grander in-laws whose house he lives in. Finally finding a house of his own, he triumphs over the smaller minds who would repress him. Num Pages: 564 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
564
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
56272nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152135
ISBN
9781857152135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Marcia Willett's wonderful debut novel is a moving and fascinating story of the ups and downs of Navy life Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 114 x 33. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747248699
ISBN
9780747248699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 405.
Publisher
Rare Bird Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781942600534
ISBN
9781942600534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Magical realism in Venezuela; this prize-winning fable is a short but epicwork from a major new talent. Translator(s): Boyce, Emily. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 80.
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910477311
ISBN
9781910477311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.21

paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Patterson, Ian. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
6 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141180366
ISBN
9780141180366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Decades ago Massachusetts salesman Ellis Hock spent four years in Africa - and the continent has never left him. So when his wife walks out and his business goes belly up, Ellis turns back to the one place in which he briefly found happiness. Yet returning to the village of Malabo shocks him. The school he built is a ruin. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241957745
ISBN
9780241957745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. A heart-rending tale of harship in pre-war Belfast. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
SKU
KRA0006821
ISBN
9780751511345
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When two young couples meet for the first time during the Great Depression, they quickly find they have much in common: Charity Lang and Sally Morgan are both pregnant, while their husbands Sid and Larry both have jobs in the English department at the University of Wisconsin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141394954
ISBN
9780141394954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. An extraordinary story of inheritance, belonging and the stories that bind us to our past, set in modern-day London and 1920s Kashgar Num Pages: 384 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KRA0011103
ISBN
9781408830918
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Danielle Steel is a master storyteller and one of the best-known and best-loved writers of women's fiction of all time Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 108 x 26. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751550658
ISBN
9780751550658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842236277
ISBN
9781842236277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.42

Paperback. Maddie Ashman is left devastated when she is forced to give up her baby for adoption. Can a job in a funeral parlour really be the thing that heals her broken heart? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 26. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747261223
ISBN
9780747261223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. On the side of a mountain, in eighteenth century Japan, sits a man in perfect stillness as the summit erupts, spitting fire and molten rock onto the land around him. The man is Hakuin. He will become the world's most famous teacher of zen. This is not the first time he has seen hell. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857868541
ISBN
9780857868541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends with the Ashburnhams for years. Edward Ashburnham, a first-rate soldier, seems to be the perfect English gentleman, and Leonora his perfect wife, but beneath the surface their marriage seethes with unhappiness and deception. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441849
ISBN
9780141441849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. A collection of nine stories that provides an idiosyncratic guide to female existence. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571260850
ISBN
9780571260850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

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