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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. Brings together an assortment of short stories inspired by romantic entanglement in its many forms: first love, infatuation, obsession, unrequited love, marriage, adultery, jealousy, and the complicated bonds of those who have spent their lives together. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 125 x 29. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596020
ISBN
9781841596020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. A man, dispirited by ageing, endeavours to steal a younger man's face; a doctor yearns for a virus that might eliminate his discomfort by turning everyone else into doubles of himself; a Colonel lays out the precepts of the life of DE (Do Easy); and conspirators posthumously succeed in blowing up a train full of nerve gas. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189840
ISBN
9780141189840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A young Jewish woman growing up in Germany in the middle of the twentieth century and an African general hired by the Doge to command his armies in sixteenth century Venice are bound by personal crisis and momentous social conflict. What emerges is Europe's age-old obsession with race, with sameness and difference, with blood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520573
ISBN
9780099520573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. From the author of the 2016 Man Booker Prize winner The Sellout comes a novel as fast-paced and hard-edged as the Harlem streets it portrays Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786072238
ISBN
9781786072238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Following the critical acclaim for his debut, Patrick Flanery's Fallen Land is his astonishing break-out novel; a nail-biting story powered by a fierce anger at the utter failure of the American dream, and the greatest fears that lurk in every one of us. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857898791
ISBN
9780857898791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.93

Paperback. Three dead women; three children each with their families under suspicion; a community packed with secrets. And one serial killer. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 314. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Orion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0030916
ISBN
9780752883298
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Spring is coming to the small towns of Michigan, but the snow still covers the land when Scripps O'Neil sets of for Chicago, decides to stop a while in Petoskey, and meets up with Yogi Johnson. Subtitled "A Romantic Novel in Honour of the Passing of a Great Race", this work parodies the themes and styles of the 'great race' of writers. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 9. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099909507
ISBN
9780099909507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Thought-provoking and impossible to put down novel from the UK's Number One bestselling women's fiction author. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KSG0011838
ISBN
9781444754452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A tale of Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, one of Wodehouse's favourite protagonists, and his fraught attempt to establish a business farming chickens on the coast of Dorset. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Everyman Paperback Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591766
ISBN
9781841591766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. Features a 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: 198 x 129. . Well read, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KST0003684
ISBN
9780747574170
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A lively, entertaining sequel to Pride and Prejudice, following the fates of the unmarried Bennet sisters in the 200th anniversary year of Jane Austen's death Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRH; FZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409170624
ISBN
9781409170624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. By the Booker-shortlisted author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour, a wry, poignant novel about a man trying to escape his fame as the boy in his mother's bestselling books. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340994320
ISBN
9780340994320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
Publisher
Atlas Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900565691
ISBN
9781900565691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.46

Paperback. .
Publisher
PULP Faction
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899571062
ISBN
9781899571062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 4.34

Paperback. The lights of London seem bright to Kitty Miller, but their sparkle soon fades when she finds herself alone, at the mercy of those that inhabit the fog-bound streets and alleyways of the East End. Until the feisty young prostitute, Tibs Tyler, takes her under her wing, and the two girls, one dark, one fair, set themselves up as a music hall act. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 121 x 22. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Minor creasing on the cover
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
SKU
KAK0000072
ISBN
9780749321772
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Glorious, unexpected, superbly written; just try putting it down' The Times Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447268970
ISBN
9781447268970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. The Quinn family celebrate their most dramatic Christmas yet in this enchanting sequel to Elin Hilderbrand's bestselling WINTER STREET. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 263 x 27. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473620568
ISBN
9781473620568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A dazzling second novel from the author whose debut was compared to Sarah Waters and Daphne Du Maurier and won her tens of thousands of readers .. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846273001
ISBN
9781846273001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. It is 1985, and Greta Wells wishes she lived in any time but this one: she has lost her brother to AIDS, her lover Nathan to another woman, and can not seem to go on alone. To ease her sadness, her doctor suggest an unusual procedure, one that opens doors of insight into the relationships in her life, and her conflicting affections. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571295432
ISBN
9780571295432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. In 1950s Leicestershire, a young girl searches for love and adventure Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 112 x 28. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747239949
ISBN
9780747239949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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