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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The gripping story of life on the inside and the outside of one of Britain's toughest prisons Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 56. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755374083
ISBN
9780755374083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. An energetic and compelling novel that takes us on a corkscrew journey from Washington to Bagram to reveal some dark truths about how a superpower's agents and newspapers work Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846272387
ISBN
9781846272387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. It's May, 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure - a desperate hunt across the country and against the clock, pursued by the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528395
ISBN
9780099528395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JMG; 5HC; FA; FR. Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008221973
ISBN
9780008221973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman is commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the company of Brigadier Ritchie-Hook or the denizens of Bellamy's Club - is only part of the shambles of his war. When action comes in Crete and in Yugoslavia, he discovers not heroism, but humanity. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Press
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184975
ISBN
9780141184975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Looking out upon the backstreets, the suburbs and the high society haunts of Edwardian London, the delightfully witty and independent spinster Miss Ley surveys a tangled web of lives; she sympathetically observes the struggle under the pressures of convention, and the complex interplay between love and reason. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288701
ISBN
9780099288701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Perfect for readers of Adele Parks and Lisa Jewell, The Silence Between Us is a powerful, heart-breaking novel about modern life and all its challenges. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473618367
ISBN
9781473618367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

Paperback. Elizabeth Costello is an Australian writer of international renown. Famous principally for an early novel that established her reputation, she has reached the stage where her remaining function is to be venerated and applauded. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461920
ISBN
9780099461920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Paul Dukach is heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of the last independent publishing houses in New York. Paul remains obsessed by one dazzling writer: poet Ida Perkins. When Paul finally meets Ida, at her secluded Venetian palazzo, she entrusts him with her greatest secret - one that will change all of their lives forever. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701109
ISBN
9781784701109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

paperback. Tyrone Slothrop, a GI in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets an erection, a Blitz bomb hits. Slothrop gets excited, and then, "a screaming comes across the sky," heralding an angel of death, a V-2 rocket. Soon Tyrone is on the run from legions of bizarre enemies through the phantasmagoric horrors of Germany. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099533214
ISBN
9780099533214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Meet Butterfly - loveable socialite, inspired shopper and unwittingly acute observer. Of course everyone thinks her life is perfect but having to contend with a conniving mother-in-law, a husband who doesn't like parties, and a circle of friends who bring new meaning to the word competitive, Butterfly thinks her life is far from enviable. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572732
ISBN
9780099572732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A coming of age late tale as a jaded PR man seeks meaning and love in his life and addresses past, present and future along with a misfit cast of mystics, tramps, bar flies and copywriters. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909844414
ISBN
9781909844414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.97

Paperback. One wet and stormy Irish summer, the three Miller sisters gather at their grand but shabby old family home, Tobar Lodge. As family and strangers meet and collide, and a long hidden secret is exposed, they begin to discover that love and life is all about losing, yearning for and ultimately finding a place called home. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KST0029838
ISBN
9781848270565
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

hardcover.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1900
SKU
KNW0008181
ISBN
9780230001862
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. An extraordinary debut collection of stories, which reveal how the world looks when you're young, wild and deaf Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081773
ISBN
9781847081773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. Maddy, dressed in white, stands at the back of the church. At the end of the aisle is Rob - the man she's about to marry. Next to Rob is Ben - best man and the best friend any two people ever had. And that's the problem. Because if it wasn't Rob waiting for her at the altar, there's a strong chance it would be Ben. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405909976
ISBN
9781405909976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. 'Helen Fielding is one of the funniest writers in Britain and Bridget Jones is a creation of comic genius' Nick Hornby. Now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures starring Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186. Well read copy, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Publication date
2001
SKU
KTJ0005567
ISBN
9780330375252
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Helen Fielding is one of the funniest writers in Britain and Bridget Jones is a creation of comic genius' Nick Hornby. Now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures starring Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Publication date
2001
SKU
KEX0245652
ISBN
9780330375252
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The riotously funny new novel from Penny Smith. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KRF0037747
ISBN
9780007360734
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. One golden family. One fateful summer. Four lives changed forever. Amber Alton knows that the hours pass differently at Black Rabbit Hall, her London family's country estate where no two clocks read the same. Summers there are perfect, timeless. Not much ever happens. Until, one stormy evening in 1968, it does. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405919326
ISBN
9781405919326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

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