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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Sounds like easy money: collecting an antique for a rich stranger. Alan Allen, freshly unemployed, short of cash, and caught up in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, is about to find out otherwise. But not before being swept on a European wild-goose chase. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 241.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847670298
ISBN
9781847670298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. In the middle of a sultry summer heatwave, the inhabitants of Barleybridge find love, conflict and much more.. Series: Barleybridge. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752881805
ISBN
9780752881805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A powerful Cold War thriller in the tradition of John le Carre from the acclaimed author of A Breed of Heroes Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847397737
ISBN
9781847397737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

paperback. Young, impoverished and ambitious, science student Mr Lewisham is locked in a struggle to further himself through academic achievement. But when his former sweetheart, Ethel Henderson, re-enters his life his strictly regimented existence is thrown into chaos by the resurgence of old passion. Editor(s): James, Simon. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441054
ISBN
9780141441054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. A Walk Across The Sun is about cruelty and loss. It is about family and survival. And ultimately it is about love, and the immeasurable strength of the human spirit. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857388216
ISBN
9780857388216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A gorgeous, wise and witty new collection of stories about the complexities of love, family and friendship, from the author of Away. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081698
ISBN
9781847081698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 260 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551526065
ISBN
9781551526065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. It's 1950s Jerusalem. Hannah Gonen has just married and is thrilled and pained by her young well-meaning husband, Michael. Haunted by her dreams of two boys who disappeared from Jerusalem after the establishment of the state of Israel, Hannah gradually withdraws from her husband into a private world of fantasy and suppressed desires. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529057
ISBN
9780099529057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Salzburg, 1946. The Hungarian Gold Train, loaded with Jewish treasure. A dazzling jewelled pendant in the form of a stylized peacock. And three men who find their carefully-wrought lives turned upside-down by three amazing and fierce women, each locked in a struggle against her own history and the history of the last hundred years. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444763119
ISBN
9781444763119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. This pioneering post-colonial novel was the first break-through Moroccan novel to be written in native Moroccan Arabic. The story follows two generations of the al-Tihamis family whose members characterise distinctive aspects of Moroccan society, and whose lives reflect the profound social changes taking place during the period. Translator(s): Allen, Roger. Series: Modern Arabic Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910376409
ISBN
9781910376409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Celeste Price is an eighth-grade English teacher in suburban Tampa. She is attractive. She drives a red Corvette. Her husband, Ford, is rich, square-jawed and devoted to her. But Celeste has a secret. She has a singular sexual obsession - fourteen-year-old boys. It is a craving she pursues with sociopathic meticulousness and forethought. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571303335
ISBN
9780571303335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Part One of the Brensham Trilogy. 280 pages, black & white illustrations. This is the first book of the famous trilogy of English country life, "The Brensham Trilogy," by John Moore.A wonderful and exuberant chronicle of an English market town between the wars, distinguished with a historic abbey, a winding river and bustling pubs with a cast of characters that could have stepped out of Hogarth or Shakespeare.. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight: 424.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781448204250
ISBN
9781448204250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. 'Slim belongs to the knuckleduster-in-your-face school of storytelling'. Sunday Times Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 200 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148. 176 pages. Blue-eyed, light-haired and fair-skinned, White Folks was to become the most incredible con man the ghetto ever spawned. After the death of his partner and mentor, Blue Howard, White Folks hooks up with the Vicksburg Kid, who completes his con education. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 154 x 200 x 11. Weight: 148.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857869838
ISBN
9780857869838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.26

Paperback. A witty and beautifully observed novel that looks deep into the secrets of family life Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 238. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KTM0006138
ISBN
9780747261575
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The discovery of a child's skeleton lays bare terrible secret's from Norwich's past in the second gripping mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway Series: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786482129
ISBN
9781786482129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. A rollicking tale about facing death with verve and style, richly told with great feeling and historical depth. Translator(s): Spencer, Arabella. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
New Vessel Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939931139
ISBN
9781939931139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Thursday Next returns in her sixth inventive, funny and fantastical adventure - a Number One bestseller. Series: Thursday Next. Num Pages: 416 pages, Yes. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Collector's edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340963098
ISBN
9780340963098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Epic adventure, grand passion and historical intrigue in the bestselling tradition of Wilbur Smith. Num Pages: 720 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA; FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 47. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340827871
ISBN
9780340827871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 203 x 137. Weight in Grams: 0.75.
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781414386904
ISBN
9781414386904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire finds the spacious loft apartment. But the aspiring shoe designer needs at least one roommate to manage the rent. She meets Abby, then Morgan joins them, and finally Sasha, a medical student. This is their story. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552166294
ISBN
9780552166294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. From the author of Housekeeping, Gilead is the long-hoped-for second novel by one of America's finest writers. Chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the top 6 novels of 2004. 'A beautiful novel: wise, tender and perfectly measured' Sarah Waters Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081486
ISBN
9781844081486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'Reading Templeton has become somewhat of an addiction' Sue Baker, LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER selected as a Personal Choice, Publishing News Num Pages: 416 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340922309
ISBN
9780340922309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. THE THORN BIRDS meets A SUITABLE BOY in this epic tale of a forbidden love that will last for generations. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 382. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KRF0037488
ISBN
9780753827796
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. THE THORN BIRDS meets A SUITABLE BOY in this epic tale of a forbidden love that will last for generations. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 382. Good clean copy showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KSG0018621
ISBN
9780753827796
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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