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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Melbourne, the late 1940s. A young conservative Australian poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach his country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submits for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571216208
ISBN
9780571216208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. Drawing from sources as varied as Mark Twain, the Patty Hearst story, Melville's "Ishmael", detective fiction, Hollywood and the porn industry, his own experiences as a father and a teacher on Yuork Indian reservations, the author tells the Biblical story of Abraham & Isaac through the distorted lens of popular culture. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 114 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Counterpoint New York
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228208
ISBN
9781932360462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241979488
ISBN
9780241979488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. * The third in the Sunday Philosophy Club series, starring amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349118055
ISBN
9780349118055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Catherine Havisham was born into privilege. Handsome, imperious, she is the daughter of a wealthy brewer, and lives in luxury in Satis House. But she is never far from the smell of hops and the arresting letters on the brewhouse wall - Havisham. A reminder of all she owes to the family name and the family business. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 122 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571288304
ISBN
9780571288304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.24

Paperback. This is the story of a woman who refuses to mourn her husband's death. The village knew she was an unhappy wife, but she is still expected to weep and speak the praises of her husband. Her story reveals the value of friendship between women, based on liking rather than traditional beliefs. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 192 pages. This is the story of a woman who refuses to mourn her husband's death. The village knew she was an unhappy wife, but she is still expected to weep and speak the praises of her husband. Her story reveals the value of friendship between women, based on liking rather than traditional beliefs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight: 162.
Publisher
Heinemann
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435912086
ISBN
9780435912086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509816569
ISBN
9781509816569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.41

Paperback. A compelling historical novel set in south London 1912 - based on a true story Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349007830
ISBN
9780349007830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. NEVER SAY DIE Twenty years after her father's plane crashed in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Willy Jane Maitland was finally tracking his last moves. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 327. NEVER SAY DIE Twenty years after her father's plane crashed in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Willy Jane Maitland was finally tracking his last moves. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 327. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KSG0005979
ISBN
9781848452770
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A teenage son shoots himself under his parents' bed. They sleep that night unaware he is lying dead beneath them. A stranger turns up at a man's door to persude him that they must get rid of his ageing mother in order to sell the house. An old man grumbles to his daughter about the unexplained digging and banging he hears under the house at night. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541363
ISBN
9780099541363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008196240
ISBN
9780008196240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. New from the author of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: it's a match made in hell. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 276 x 31. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0013851
ISBN
9780007569243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. * 'Fag Lit' comes out of the closet: the ONLY contemporary, commercial gay novel on the market! * 'Witty, intelligent and very, very funny .. it deserves a wide readership' TIME OUT Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349114798
ISBN
9780349114798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. When Pius Fernandes, a retired schoolteacher living in modern day Dar es Salaam, discovers a diary of a British colonial administrator from 1913, he is drawn into a provocative account of the Asian community of East Africa, and the liaisons, feelings and secrets of its people, over the course of a century. Num Pages: 384 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 267.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956862
ISBN
9781841956862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. When drugged-up Time Traveller and '80s musical burnout Rock Section and his fellow English hooligans get kidnapped during Italia '90, there are ruinous implications. But now Rock has returned to Sardinia one final time to settle some scores and uncover the truth. Series: Gnostic Hooligan Road Novel. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 34. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571270361
ISBN
9780571270361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. Containing obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 332. 384 pages, illustrations. Containing obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight: 330.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492128
ISBN
9781847492128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Clean copy in good to very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Dorchester Publishing Company
Number of pages
353
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New
SKU
KLJ0002665
ISBN
9780843946017
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presents Hemingway stories, in which men and women of passion live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. They range from the haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro, to brutal America with its deceptive calm, and war-ravaged Europe. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099908807
ISBN
9780099908807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. The third - and final - book in the Lindchester Chronicles series of novels, set in the contemporary Anglican church. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Marylebone House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910674215
ISBN
9781910674215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.58

Paperback. .
Publisher
Fanfare Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993183706
ISBN
9780993183706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 63. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284765
ISBN
9780099284765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Some would call Joseph a wizard, or magician, though a Renaissance magus might be nearer the mark. In Venice in 1982, though, no magical operation can take place without an acquaintance with his special field. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747548263
ISBN
9780747548263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.58

Paperback. An Irish country girl is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man, but finds release through secret meetings with a man who shares her passion for Russian novels. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044613
ISBN
9780141044613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. What do you do when your family's dream becomes a nightmare? Combining the skill of Jodi Picoult with the warmth of Anita Shreve, Charity Norman explores - with heart-thumping tension - a fresh start which goes very badly wrong. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264. 368 pages. What do you do when your family's dream becomes a nightmare? Combining the skill of Jodi Picoult with the warmth of Anita Shreve, Charity Norman explores - with heart-thumping tension - a fresh start which goes very badly wrong. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight: 250.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781743314890
ISBN
9781743314890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

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