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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Translator(s): Proctor, Minna. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; FA; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 114. .
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811226875
ISBN
9780811226875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. When George, Viscount Uffenham turns the entire family fortune into diamonds and squirrels them away, naturally he forgets where he has hidden the loot and finds himself compelled to let the family seat to stay afloat. So it is that Mrs Cork's health colony comes into being, providing the perfect setting for crime and young love to flower. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591360
ISBN
9781841591360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. .
Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785898914
ISBN
9781785898914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.54

Paperback. Translator(s): Klimova, R.; Schloss, Roslyn. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296. 256 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight: 294. Translator(s): Klimova, R.; Schloss, Roslyn.
Publisher
Daunt
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970061
ISBN
9781907970061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Hardcover. Returning to Turkey from exile in the West, the secular poet Ka is driven by curiosity to investigate a surprising wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden by the government to wear their head scarves in school. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 206 x 33. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
460
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593388
ISBN
9781841593388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Featuring an early collection of stories, this book presents the works of a well known fiction writer. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700898
ISBN
9781784700898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Home is where the heart is.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318. Paperback, in good condition.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0014570
ISBN
9781847560995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Home is where the heart is.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318. Clean copy, good to very good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0016671
ISBN
9781847560995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It was 1882 when Antoinette Giry took her daughter to the funfair at Neuilly. There, in a cage, she saw a manacled creature whose tormented eyes shone from a grotesquely deformed face. Antoinette freed him and cured his wounds. The creature, Erik, whose hideous face hid a brilliant brain of near-genius, was now to become the Phantom of the Opera. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 106 x 17. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552147194
ISBN
9780552147194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

paperback. Tells the story of Charlie and Maureen Buck's ailing marriage and their climb up the social ladder during the 1980s. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 250. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KOC0016775
ISBN
9780140284461
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 1950s and 60s West London is the setting for this fantastic new saga by Pamela Evans. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755374861
ISBN
9780755374861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. In September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokaster, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the events of the previous night, rumours circulate of a childhood friendship between a local dignitary and the invading Nazi Colonel. Translator(s): Hodgson, John. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857860125
ISBN
9780857860125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Abigail Tarttelin 'is a natural storyteller' (Matt Haig, METRO), and she has written 'a poignant, brave and important book' (S.J. Watson) about a young boy coming to terms with being intersex. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224596
ISBN
9781780224596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. The first collection of short stories published by Peter Carey, whose other books include "Bliss", "Illywhacker" and "Oscar and Lucinda", which was awarded the 1988 Booker Prize. The stories, set in an ominous near-future that has a feel of contemporary life, are by turn bizarre and funny. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571144389
ISBN
9780571144389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty, a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream. Editor(s): Cunnell, Howard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189215
ISBN
9780141189215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

paperback. Mary Panton walls up her desires in a beautiful villa high up in the hills above Florence, as she calmly contemplates her disastrous marriage. But a single act of compassion begins a nightmare of violence that shatters her serenity. She turns for help to the notorious Rowley Flint. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478324
ISBN
9780099478324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Juno Marlowe has just waved off to war the two young men she has loved for the best part of her life when the air raid sirens begin to wail out across London. She is rescued from this nightmare by a gaunt stranger called Evelyn, frail and older than his years. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513056
ISBN
9780099513056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The survivor of multiple marriages, career comebacks and cosmetic surgeries, Miss Kathie lives the way legends should. But danger lurks when gentleman caller Webster Carlton Westward III arrives and worms his way into Miss Kathie's heart and boudoir. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526988
ISBN
9780099526988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

paperback. .
Publisher
The Quince Tree Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900847967
ISBN
9780900847967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.20

Paperback. By the same authors as "French Leave" and "An Enthusiast" this book is a collection of stories first published at the turn of the century and were considered some of the funniest prose in the English language. They have more recently inspired the television series of the same name. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349101460
ISBN
9780349101460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.51

Paperback. A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey to discover the real Arcadia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784082574
ISBN
9781784082574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy, recently widowed, is a cook and food journalist; Joanna, a successful business woman, never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads and they quickly form a bond. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KTG0014153
ISBN
9781849160131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy, recently widowed, is a cook and food journalist; Joanna, a successful business woman, never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads and they quickly form a bond. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KIN0032455
ISBN
9781849160131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Moving between Italy and England, the lives of four people intertwine across half a century: a dying painter considers the sacrifices and losses that have made him an enigma; a blind girl tries to make sense of a world she can no longer see; a landscape artist finds himself trapped in dangerous terrain, and more. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315635
ISBN
9780571315635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

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