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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Wife, mother and journalist Jess finds her usually cheery muddle of family life turned upside down when her husband Matt is unexpectedly made redundant. For instead of looking upon it as the disaster it is, he sees it as the perfect opportunity to indulge in some kind of second adolescence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - Genre - Family Sagas,Subjects - Fiction - Authors, A-Z - A - Astley, Judy,Subjects - Fiction - General,Subjects - Fiction - Contemporary Fiction: 1970 Onwards - Women's Popular Fi"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0048846
ISBN
9780552147644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Wife, mother and journalist Jess finds her usually cheery muddle of family life turned upside down when her husband Matt is unexpectedly made redundant. For instead of looking upon it as the disaster it is, he sees it as the perfect opportunity to indulge in some kind of second adolescence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220. A fine reading copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRS0016790
ISBN
9780552147644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel of spellbinding emotional power about a family in crisis by a highly talented young author Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262. Clean copy, with some light shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KST0022800
ISBN
9780340961438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Shriver's intelligence, mordant humour and vicious leaps of imagination all combine to make this a novel that is as unsettling as it is entertaining' FINANCIAL TIMES The brilliant new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk about Kevin. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007560776
ISBN
9780007560776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. Spice up your life with the new novel from the author of THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRA0004361
ISBN
9780340922200
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. "The king is dead. Long live the king. When power falls on the shoulders of a young man, only his slave can teach him how to be great. But power corrupts, and absolute power.. A new novel of the ancient world - in all its splendour and barbarity - from a hotly talented, prize-nominated rising star. " Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857899231
ISBN
9780857899231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.82

Hardcover. Series: Calla Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 271 x 251 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1340.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
20th Anniversary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606600337
ISBN
9781606600337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. All that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas.. The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires burning and is put in charge of a ward full of German prisoners of war. Can she find it in her heart to care for her enemies? Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 267.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784750015
ISBN
9781784750015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Other book format. Series: BARNES NOBLE FLEXIBOUND EDITIO. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 150 x 219 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
flexibound edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435159587
ISBN
9781435159587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.93

Paperback. Iain Banks's classic novel, reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139265
ISBN
9780349139265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. An autobiographical novel from Sweden's greatest living writer. Translator(s): Bragan-Turner, Deborah. Num Pages: 400 pages, Sweden. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 231 x 2. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780870199
ISBN
9781780870199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

paperback. Translator(s): Lloyd-Jones, Antonia. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight: 260.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
218
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583393
ISBN
9781905583393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. A beautiful, compelling, utterly original new novel from one of the most important American writers of our time, and winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, 2012 Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007270767
ISBN
9780007270767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.80

Paperback. A bizarre mystery surrounding a family tragedy forms the centrepiece of Rachel's struggle as an astonishingly beautiful mixed-race child in a mostly black community. As terrible secrets begin to emerge, Rachel learns to swallow her grief and construct her self-image in a world that wants to see her as either Black or White Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 122 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851687459
ISBN
9781851687459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.30

Paperback. A novel by the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia" and "My Beautiful Laundrette" which analyzes the agonies and joys of being connected to another person. Jay, who is leaving his partner and their two sons, reflects on the vicissitudes of his relationship with Susan. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 133. Weight in Grams: 240. Clean copy in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KST0025995
ISBN
9780571194377
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 8vo. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KEX0257643
ISBN
9781902011127
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KEX0220793
ISBN
9781902011127
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The plot of this novel revolves around the feminist movement in Boston in the 1870s. F.R. Leavis called it one of "the two most brilliant novels in the language. "The novel's many allusions to the historical and social background of Boston society are explained in the editorial material. Editor(s): Gooder, R. D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539147
ISBN
9780199539147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.50

Paperback. Chrissie Docherty returns to the southern Africa of her childhood and tracks down Evelyn Fielding, the woman at the centre of an explosive scandal involving a traditional colonial officer and a gifted black African artist. Together, the two women uncover the secrets that shattered a remote expatriate outpost in the Zambian bush in the 1970s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Saraband
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910192849
ISBN
9781910192849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Miracles happen, but only if you believe Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755331871
ISBN
9780755331871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Dr Philip Wild, a man of brilliance, wit, fortune and tremendous bulk, is used to suffering humiliations at the hands of his wife, the younger, slender, and rudely promiscuous Flora. But in a novel, a 'maddening masterpiece' documenting her infidelities, written by one of her lovers and given to the doctor, she appears as My Laura. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191164
ISBN
9780141191164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. After a hiatus of seven years, V.S. Naipaul returned to fiction with A Way in the World: an exquisite meditation on rootlessness and belonging. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330522885
ISBN
9780330522885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Langton & Wood
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955506734
ISBN
9780955506734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. From "the most successful writer in the Arab world" ("Forbes"), a sweeping, beautifully written love story between a former fighter in Algeria's wars of independence and the daughter of a revolutionary hero. Translator(s): Cohen, Raphael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408856482
ISBN
9781408856482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.80

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