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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Features three novels that come together in the humorous parable of greed, religion and slum youth that is The Boy Who Wanted Peace; in the fate of old and disturbed Miss Partridge who is obsessed with the innocence of young Grace; and in the mental collapse of Mr Alfred, a middle-aged schoolteacher who is in love with one of this pupils. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Canongate UK
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862418854
- ISBN
- 9780862418854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.31
€ 26.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. An unforgettable depiction of the psychological impact of war, by a young Iraq veteran and poet, THE YELLOW BIRDS is already being hailed as a modern classic. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444756142
- ISBN
- 9781444756142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Constructed around the true Nanavati murder case, Indra Sinha's first novel offers a rare and fascinating insight into the psychosexual undercurrents of Indian life. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 476. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General,Special Features - Search Inside!"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KHS0058301
- ISBN
- 9780743207003
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A heartwarming novel about the impact 'Songs of Praise' has on an idyllic village in rural Suffolk. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782641728
- ISBN
- 9781782641728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241962664
- ISBN
- 9780241962664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. Highly amusing sequel to Fisher of Men. Neil returns from his ordination full of zeal, but his plans swiftly unravel. Series: The Dunbridge Chronicles. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782640622
- ISBN
- 9781782640622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
paperback. Including a cast of characters such as Newton, Leibniz, Christopher Wren, Charles II, Cromwell and the young Benjamin Franklin, this book shows the ability to get inside a place and time; and more. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 51. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099410683
- ISBN
- 9780099410683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Despite the heavy rain, the officer at Polling Station 14 finds it odd that by midday on National Election day, only a handful of voters have turned out. Puzzlement swiftly escalates to shock when the final count reveals seventy per cent of the votes are blank. National law decrees the election should be repeated but the result is even worse. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871772
- ISBN
- 9781784871772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 518 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 518
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307390783
- ISBN
- 9780307390783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.66
€ 23.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. The impressively entertaining tale about the frailty of human civilisation by the leading Flemish writer Peter Verhelst, now for the first time in English. Translator(s): Colmer, David. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 125 x 10. .
- Publisher
- Peirene Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908670267
- ISBN
- 9781908670267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.37
€ 16.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Deals with Flaubert, parrots, bears and railways; with our sense of the past and our sense of abroad; with France and England, life and art, sex and death, George Sand and Louise Colet, aesthetics and redcurrant jam; and, with its narrator, a retired English doctor, whose life and secrets are slowly revealed. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540083
- ISBN
- 9780099540083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.26
€ 13.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Translator(s): Ramadan, Emma. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 5SL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Deep Vellum Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941920091
- ISBN
- 9781941920091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.19
€ 17.99
€ 15.19
Paperback. The girls of Riyadh are young, attractive and living by Saudi Arabia's strict cultural traditions. In-between sneaking out behind their parents' backs, dating, watching American TV and having fun, they're still trying to be good little Muslim girls. That is, pleasing their families. But can you be a twenty-first century girl and a Saudi girl? Num Pages: 320 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141030616
- ISBN
- 9780141030616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. The day her twins leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. For seventeen years she's wanted to yell at the world, 'Stop! I want to get off'. Finally, this is her chance. Her husband Brian, an astronomer having an affair, is upset. Who will cook his dinner? Eva, he complains, is attention seeking. But word of Eva's defiance spreads. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers and page edges
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0007580
- ISBN
- 9780141399645
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "Asleep" tells the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning a lost love, finds herself sleepwalking at night. Another, embarking on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself unable to stay awake. The third finds her sleep haunted. Translator(s): Emmerich, Michael. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571205370
- ISBN
- 9780571205370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. 14 year old June Mayborn lights a deadly fire, accidently killing an aging cult leader. The funeral draws out Iris Utter and daughter Lee, who, needing answers to the past, begin a disturbing relationship with the Mayborns. Spiked with dark humour, this novel explores the boundaries of family ties and consequences of crossing them. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099468684
- ISBN
- 9780099468684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.70
€ 9.99
€ 8.70
Paperback. From one of the world's biggest selling authors comes another million-copy worldwide bestseller: A beautiful and tender fable seen through the eyes of a Jewish child living in Belgium under the Nazi occupation. Isn't it time you discovered Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt? Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848874190
- ISBN
- 9781848874190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.01
€ 10.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. In true controversial James Frey style, this brilliant new novel is the final Testament of the Holy Bible. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 196 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848543195
- ISBN
- 9781848543195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Hannah Olsen and her husband Lars own Langani Farm and Safari Lodge where they struggle to protect their wildlife and land from poachers and corrupt officials. But the developing relationship between their daughter and a young African boy with a terrifying legacy tests the strength of their family. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520634
- ISBN
- 9780099520634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. When Rosie Kitto, an eccentric thirty-eight-year-old primary school teacher from England, bounces into their lives with a secret sorrow and a heart as big as the city, nobody realises that she hasn't read the rule book. For the Wilder-Bingham family, whose lives begin to unravel thread by thread, the consequences are explosive. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 275 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405921558
- ISBN
- 9781405921558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29