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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. This Wodehousean comedy features Mike Bond, the owner of Bond's Bank, who finds himself in a spot of trouble and wants someone to burgle the bank before the trustees inspect it. Fortunately Horace Appleby, currently posing as his butler, is on hand to oblige. Horace is, in fact, not a butler but an American gangster.. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591438
ISBN
9781841591438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Stanley Duke thinks it is safe to sink into middle age, his son goes insane. As if that wasn't terrible enough, Stanley finds himself beset on all sides by women - neurotic, cantankerous, half-baked or just plain capricious. As they gnaw away at his composure, he wonders whether insanity is not something with which women are intimately acquainted. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461043
ISBN
9780099461043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. The best novel yet from 'the king of high concept SF' (GUARDIAN) Series: Gollancz S.F. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Gollancz
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575076518
ISBN
9780575076518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Rin is flying back from her honeymoon. She's madly in love with her husband, Shin, and the future looks rosy. This title follows Rin's life backwards through time from this moment so that we see her when she is eighteen, sixteen and finally fifteen, and a picture of the dark heart and violent past of this disturbed young woman gradually develops. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515982
ISBN
9780099515982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Les Anglais are in the kitchen and the French are up in arms Series: Fogas Chronicles. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444708233
ISBN
9781444708233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Set in Paris and Ireland, this is a moving story about a woman in her forties, dealing with her sexuality, a damaged daughter and a fear of returning to her roots. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 412. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KTM0005600
ISBN
9780743450171
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 171 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: FA; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
171
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888393944
ISBN
9780888393944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595545039
ISBN
9781595545039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 24. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553248135
ISBN
9780553248135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.60

Paperback. The highly acclaimed new novel from the award-winning author of Blackmoor Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847391551
ISBN
9781847391551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. 'Wonderful. Paul Burke is a natural storyteller and genuinely funny' Dominic Holland. The second wonderful captivating novel by the author of Father Frank. Num Pages: 352 pages, B Format. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KAK0012794
ISBN
9780340826157
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Slick, upbeat and funny, these stories inspired the popular musical and film Guys and Dolls. 'Of all the high players this country ever sees, there is no doubt but that the guy they call the Sky is the highest. He will bet all he has, and nobody can bet any more than this'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188331
ISBN
9780141188331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Air-kissing. Back-stabbing. Getting away with murder. It's all in a day's work.. The sexynew blockbuster fromSunday Timesbestseller Rebecca Chance Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KRA0006072
ISBN
9780857204868
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of stories set in the tiny Appalachian town of Knockemstiff, Ohio, a community so deprived and diminished it does not appear on any map. The youth there grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents; raised on abuse, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, they are stunted in every possible way: emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520979
ISBN
9780099520979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Anti, a quiet English boy living in Quito, Ecuador, strikes up a friendship with flamboyant classmate Fabian, who is everything Anti isn't: handsome, athletic and popular. What's more, he lives with his rakish Uncle Suarez, while Anti is stuck in the dull ex-pat world inhabited by his parents. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099494225
ISBN
9780099494225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Paperback. Dawn breaks over Vancouver and no-one in the world has slept the night before, or almost no-one. A few people, perhaps one in ten thousand can still sleep, and they've all shared the same golden dream. A handful of children still sleep as well, but what they're dreaming remains a mystery. After 6 days of absolute sleep deprivation, psychosis will set in. After 4 weeks, the body will die. In the interim, panic ensues and a bizarre a new world arises in which those previously on the fringes of society take the lead. Paul, a writer, continues to sleep - and the new world swallows the old one whole. Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783298228
ISBN
9781783298228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Series: The Men of the Sisterhood. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 105. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781420140675
ISBN
9781420140675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.90

Paperback. Callum Pope cannot get over the brutal killing of his girlfriend Sarah Glass. He and Sarah had created strawdonkey.com. Four years later and, on the day Sarah's killer is released from prison, Callum flies to Reykjavik to try and make a fresh start. But can he escape the horror he is running away from? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KNW0014246
ISBN
9780552772174
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925266122
ISBN
9781925266122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Paddleless Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780952419372
ISBN
9780952419372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. From the author of Forever, Interruptedcomes a breath taking novel about modern marriage and the depth of family ties. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 209 x 33. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476712840
ISBN
9781476712840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.93

Paperback. A delightful re-issue from the author of I Capture the Castle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472151179
ISBN
9781472151179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. 8vo.Some minor wear otherwise a good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Airport / Export Ed
SKU
KEX0264268
ISBN
9780701177331
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A side-splittingly funny coming-of-age novel set in the Japan of the sixties, Ryu Murakami's novel is an unusually funny and autobiographical book from an author known for his darkly violent and cynical side. Being young in the 1960s is the same in Japan as everywhere. This is a personal but profound insight into a much wider upheaval in society. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908968463
ISBN
9781908968463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

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