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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Younes' life is changed forever when his poverty-stricken parents surrender him to the care of his more affluent uncle. Re-named Jonas, he grows up in a colourful colonial Algerian town, and forges a unique friendship with a group of boys, an enduring bond that nothing - not even the Algerian Revolt - will shake. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540458
ISBN
9780099540458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'Sharp, intelligent and funny' Sarah Winman, author of When God was a Rabbit Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. Some minor shelf wear but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTJ0046907
ISBN
9780330519892
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Sharp, intelligent and funny' Sarah Winman, author of When God was a Rabbit Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTG0006335
ISBN
9780330519892
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A fictionalised account of the the development of the Delorean gull-wing car. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784971779
ISBN
9781784971779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

paperback. The brilliant student of an earlier generation returns to his Sudanese village; obsession with the mysterious West and a desire to bite the hand that has half-fed him, has led him to London and the beds of women with similar obsessions about the mysterious East. He kills them at the point of ecstasy and the Occident, in its turn, destroys him. Translator(s): Johnson-Davies, Denys. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187204
ISBN
9780141187204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845888589
ISBN
9781845888589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at his mother's funeral. Accompanying his aunt, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society: mixing with hippies, war criminals, CIA men; smoking pot, breaking the currency regulations and coming alive after a dull suburban lifetime. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282587
ISBN
9780099282587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 8.72

Paperback. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 201 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088638
ISBN
9781844088638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A heartbreaking wartime saga from Sally Worboyes, author of Down Stepney Way and At the Mile End Gate. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473659490
ISBN
9781473659490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844135684
ISBN
9781844135684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. A compelling vision of a disorietating and barbaric future from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006493259
ISBN
9780006493259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Failing salesman Joe has a dream - or rather an outrageous fantasy. Holed up in his trailer, Joe devises a jaw-dropping plan that will stamp out sexual harassment in the workplace and make his fortune. Win-win? As he turns his life around, Lightning Rods takes us to the very top of corporate America. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
And Other Stories United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276292
ISBN
9781908276292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. *A powerful exposition of the strange necessity of artistic endeavour -- and its limitations, the struggle of light against darkness, good against evil, played out against the coming of the First World War Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860686699
ISBN
9780860686699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Who is A. N. Dyer? For fans of 'The Art of Fielding' and 'Wonder Boys' - this is the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
KLJ0015470
ISBN
9780007552818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272. Clean, well read copy in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KLJ0006237
ISBN
9780802138842
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Feel Good Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956336613
ISBN
9780956336613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Gallic Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908313546
ISBN
9781908313546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061744679
ISBN
9780061744679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. A reissue in new packaging of one of Rosamunde Pilcher's classic stories. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444761719
ISBN
9781444761719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. From the acclaimed author of Meeting Point and Singing Bird Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KNW0010391
ISBN
9780751538595
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Hannah thinks you have to be absolutely nuts to want to get married. She's quite content with her life - her job as a private investigator, Jason (her boyfriend of ten years standing), and her relationship with her wonderful dad. Besides which, she's tried it once but she and Jack ended up divorced before she was 21. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 51. Weight in Grams: 265. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Arrow Book Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KTJ0008046
ISBN
9780099439899
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. "[S]o good that almost any novel you read immediately after it will seem at least a little bit posturing."-Jonathan Franzen Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 47. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871409522
ISBN
9780871409522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. Written in 1915, The Shadow-Line is based upon events and experiences from twenty-seven years earlier, to which Conrad returned obsessively in his fiction. A young sea-captain faces a succession of crises on his first command, for which he feels himself responsible. The novel is a work full of 'sudden passions', as well as a penetrating analysis of the nature of manhood. Editor(s): Hawthorn, Jeremy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 102 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555567
ISBN
9780199555567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

paperback. A Sunday Times bestseller in hardback, THE BIG OVER EASY heralds the start of an ingenious new series from the creator of the international phenomenon Thursday Next. Series: Nursery Crime Adventures. Num Pages: 416 pages, b/w line illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340897102
ISBN
9780340897102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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