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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. * A revenger's tragedy of lust, cruelty and betrayal - the magnificent novel from Josephine Hart, reissued now as a Virago Modern Classic Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001497
ISBN
9781844087174
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An American is burdened by a recurrent dream about his native Ireland, a country that had long ceased to interest or troubles him. Convinced that the Irish are asking him for help, he equips his errant grand-nephew, Tom Blessman, with a generous bank account, and dispatches him to the old country to offer assistance. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001507
ISBN
9780099492955
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Tom Seymour, a child psychologist, plunges into a river to save a young man from drowning, he unwittingly reopens a chapter from his past he'd hoped to forget. For Tom already knows Danny Miller. When Danny was ten Tom helped imprison him for the killing of an old woman. Now out of prison with a new identity, Danny has some questions.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001517
ISBN
9780140270747
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 285. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001525
ISBN
9781784161750
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A lyrical, gritty and poignant story of a boy crossing the line between childhood and adulthood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001537
ISBN
9780747267911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. An acute study of a family with a dark secret at its heart. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001538
ISBN
9780747267522
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the author of MYRA BRECKINRIDGE and DARK GREEN, BRIGHT RED, a novel, first published in 1949, describing the growing-up of a brilliant and precocious schoolboy whose parents separate when he is young, and whose mother is portrayed as a 'monster'. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001547
ISBN
9780349110240
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel first published in 1952 as THREE BEAR WITNESS which, set in Wales, tells a tale of love and death centred around an Oxford don who leaves for a Welsh farm and for the wife of a neighbouring farmer. From the author of the AUBREY/NATURIN novels. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Flamingo
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001585
ISBN
9780006476528
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. Thomas knows there is something he needs to say to his mother before she dies. But will he reach her in time? And will he have the courage to say what he couldn't say before? His phone is buzzing, his mind is racing, and he can't concentrate on the significance of what is happening. Should he try to solve his friend's family crisis? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 605. Clean copy with minor shelf wear fine in dustjacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001669
ISBN
9781911215707
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Selected as a Richard & Judy Summer Read for 2009. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Picador
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330460668
ISBN
9780330460668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Discover one of the most authentic, moving and gripping portrayals of British soldiers ever written. This classic novel of the First World War appears in a new edition for the centenary of the conflict. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780751557121
ISBN
9780751557121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 8.70

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002160
ISBN
9780006543541
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The new novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks, author of the Richard and Judy bestseller 'March', Sunday Times bestseller 'Year of Wonders' and 'People of the Book'. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002213
ISBN
9780007333547
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Delaney Mossbacher knocks down a Mexican pedestrian, he neither reports the accident nor takes his victim to hospital. Instead the man accepts $20 and limps back to poverty and his pregnant 17-year-old wife. But these two men are fated against each other, as Delaney attempts to clear the land of the illegal immigrants. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KAC0002223
ISBN
9780747525721
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Kenneth Trachtenberg, has left his native Paris to be near his beloved uncle Benn Crader, who lives from affair to affair and from "bliss to breakdown". As Kenneth grapples with his own problems, the two men try to figure out why gifted and intelligent people invariably find themselves "knee-deep in the garbage of a personal life". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002225
ISBN
9780141188799
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. At one level an escapist fantasy, at another a parable about the liberation of the spirit, this delicious confection will work its magic on all.' 'The Daily Telegraph Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002237
ISBN
9780860685173
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Anna is on her way home from work on a cold winter's day when she sees a crowd queuing at a kiosk. Though a queue is not an unusual sight in a Russian city, this appears different. There's a rumour that famous exiled composer Selinksy is returning to conduct his last symphony for one night only - and this kiosk is selling tickets. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002239
ISBN
9780141044828
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In an original collaboration two award-winning authors, Carol Shields and Blanche Howard, have written an immensely enjoyable novel which give us both sides of a story about the breakdown of traditional roles, rules and communication in a marriage. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002261
ISBN
9781857028126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002268
ISBN
9780006543541
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. One of the most important writers in English today' GERMAINE GREER An exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002284
ISBN
9780860683032
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A masterly work from one of our greatest writers. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 614. Clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear and some edgewear to DW
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002302
ISBN
9780330535830
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Amos Decker. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447277446
ISBN
9781447277446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. A post as special correspondent for a new and fragile Baltic state gives the young but melancholy Lushington an opportunity to turn his back on an unhappy love affair. While gathering information at the many parties he attends, he hopes to report on unrest, an assassination, perhaps even a revolution. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 154. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAC0002362
ISBN
9781784750619
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. The nation is stunned silent when presidential hopeful James Kilcannon is shot dead point blank, while sharing the stage at a benefit concert with his rock star girlfriend Stacy Tarrant. Fiercely independent attorney Tony Lord defends the assassin in a sensational trial that erupts into the media event of the decade. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 36. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002438
ISBN
9780099374015
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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