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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Hachette
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KAC0001380
ISBN
9782253003106
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The owner of the bookshop The Verb To Be, is a red-haired giant imprisoned in an enormous body and his solitude. One wet afternoon, driving a vanload of new and second-hand books, EtienneVollard knocks down and seriously injures a little girl, Eva. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001410
ISBN
9780099468691
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The gift of tongues, prophecy exorcism.. what might such concepts mean in a complacent backwater of North London? For Richard Bowen, adolescence becomes a nightmare when his parents join the charismatic movement and find a devil in his brother. Winner of the Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask Awards. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001416
ISBN
9780749396176
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Set in 1956, this is the story of three women: Mrs Covington, her widowed daughter Evelyn, and her grand-daughter eighteen-year-old Julia. She has decided that the girl is to be kept in a state of 'innocence'. But with the arrival of her son Roland, and her eighteen-year-old grandson, James, their fragile paradise is about to be changed forever. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001417
ISBN
9780099469612
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The dazzling new novel by the author of the international bestseller, WHAT I LOVED, about the secrets and ghosts that haunt families from one generation to the next Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001440
ISBN
9780340897089
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It's the twenty-first century, and everything and everyone is connected. Meet Arjun Mehta, an Indian cybergeek catapulted into California's spiralling hi-tech sector; Leela Zahir, beguiling Bollywood actress filming in the midge-infested Scottish wilds; and Guy Swift, hyped-up marketing exec lost in a blue-sky tomorrow of his own devising. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001452
ISBN
9780141008295
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The debut novel from the bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAC0001476
ISBN
9780747598244
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Freddy thinks he has committed matricide, and his fantasies - or perhaps realities - become stories which twist back through time to varying landscapes. He searches for a home, only to find it in an unexpected place. When able and allowed to return to the present, he can choose which tale to tell. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 141. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001490
ISBN
9781860491306
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Stepping out into the dusk of an warm evening, esteemed art critic Sukhanov feels on top of the world. But the year is 1985 and the air is heavy with change. His future is haunted by doubt. Beset by visions of a past he gave up, he questions his choices: in swapping a life as a brilliant underground artist for comfort did he betray his dreams? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001560
ISBN
9780141024400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The most important things are hardest to find words for, her father once said. That's why people make music. Against a tangle of childhood memories, scarred histories and hope, Ana finally starts to confront the death of Sam, her Irish luthier father, and with it, questions of guilt and belonging. This is a story about music, love, and loss. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001578
ISBN
9780099502678
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A superbly compelling work of betrayals, compassion, secrets and reconciliation. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 332. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001579
ISBN
9781741141467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A woman struggles with her past, as she sees her familiar world being swept away by India's brutal modernity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001589
ISBN
9780857388315
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Bookish boys and taciturn men, strong women and wayward sons, fathers and daughters, lovers and husbands, a composer and his muse, a builder-architect and his legacy - this title presents their stories. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001592
ISBN
9780099502586
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. He's the most famous man their Missouri town has ever produced: a naval officer and an astronomer - a genius who, according to the local paper, has changed the universe. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 472. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
432
SKU
KAC0001634
ISBN
9780571258741
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. THE PASSION OF NEW EVE is an extraordinary journey into the apocalyptic vision of the author Lorna Sage called 'The boldest of English writers'. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001652
ISBN
9780860683414
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A journalist and film-maker investigates the disappearance of his father in Africa, who may have been kidnapped by a mountain tribe. Another Justin Cartwright novel, "Leading the Cheers", won the 1998 Whitbread Novel Award. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001655
ISBN
9780340767610
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A stunning new novel from the author of The Promise of Happiness Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001657
ISBN
9780747585947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An enthralling Victorian novel of mystery, atmosphere and page-turning suspense - more than a mere impersonation of Charlotte Bronte, Clare Boylan is living in her mind, and the result is delicious, beautifully written and quite superlative. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001720
ISBN
9780349116723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. *A classic novel of English adolescence Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAC0001721
ISBN
9780349114026
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear with minor sunning to spine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Vintage Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001081
ISBN
9780394756974
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Charles Judd meanders round his local Cornish beach, contemplating the turns his life has taken. His wife Daphne struggles hopelessly with the latest fish recipe, trying to keep something in her life under control. Two of their children are keeping it all together - just. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001111
ISBN
9781408807071
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A wonderful bittersweet story about a misguided do-gooder. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001118
ISBN
9780349102269
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A delightful and touching novel set in post-war summer of 1946 as three young women embark on the adult world. 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
2001
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001119
ISBN
9780349114248
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Olivier is an aristocrat, the traumatized child of survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot the son of an itinerant printer who always wanted to be an artist but has ended up a servant. Born on different sides of history, their lives will be brought together by their travels in America. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 464. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001170
ISBN
9780571253326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 13.99
€ 10.59

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