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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A debut novel, this title is a road trip into the heart of a country and a man, a travelogue of loss and redemption, and a Pilgrim's Progress for a godless world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 191. 256 pages. A debut novel, this title is a road trip into the heart of a country and a man, a travelogue of loss and redemption, and a Pilgrim's Progress for a godless world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight: 188.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956985
ISBN
9781841956985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Hereditation tells the story of the Sloane family. Living in New York in the middle of the 20th Century, brothers Erwin and Maynard share their brownstone Harlem house with their mother, a perpetually ill woman who has recently suffered the indignity of being abandoned by her philandering husband, Ezra. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998097
ISBN
9781906998097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. An intimate and devastating portrait of Romania during and after the Second World War, through the prism of a moving and utterly original friendship Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262. 320 pages. An intimate and devastating portrait of Romania during and after the Second World War, through the prism of a moving and utterly original friendship Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408830420
ISBN
9781408830420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908699411
ISBN
9781908699411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Hardcover. Clean copy in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
SKU
KNH0012018
ISBN
9780007322220
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The hermetic world of boxing is notoriously difficult for outsiders to understand, though it has provided a source of fascination to numerous writers. This work is a collection of short stories and a novella. It aims to bring a different understanding to the violence and purity of the sweet science, opening a window into the fighter's sole. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KAK0006871
ISBN
9780099490586
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is on his way to be detained at His Majesty's Pleasure when he is offered a lifeline, what seems like a freedom of sorts - the job of personal valet to a departing naval captain. Little does he realise that it is anything but - and by accepting the devil's bargain he will put his life in perilous danger. Num Pages: 560 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552773928
ISBN
9780552773928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007164622
ISBN
9780007164622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. Translator(s): Hanson, Katherine; Messick, Judith. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Norvik Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909408050
ISBN
9781909408050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.50

Paperback. Tells the story of a young Scottish doctor drawn into the heart of the Ugandan dictator's surreal and brutal regime. Privy to Idi Amin's thoughts and ambitions, he is both fascinated and appalled. As Uganda plunges into civil chaos, he realises action is imperative - but which way should he jump? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main - Film Tie In
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KAK0006864
ISBN
9780571232888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It had always been the six of us. Since we met at university twenty-five years ago, we'd faced everything together. Break-ups and marriages, motherhood and death. We were closer than sisters; the edges of our lives bled into each other. But that was before the night of the reunion. The night of exposed secrets and jagged accusations. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405917957
ISBN
9781405917957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. From internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Vincent Lam comes a superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting novel set against the turmoil of the Vietnam War. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007263837
ISBN
9780007263837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. A novel about the aftermath of war. Sean McNicol's best friend Mitch saved his life in Afghanistan, in an act of impulsive heroism. Now Mitch is dead and Sean has left the Royal Marines with a head full of ghosts and guilt. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Sandstone Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781910124062
ISBN
9781910124062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008136031
ISBN
9780008136031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. On Millennium night, with Blair presiding over a sexed-up new version of the country, Benjamin Trotter finds himself watching the celebrations on his parents' TV. Watching, in fact, his younger brother, Paul, now a New Labour MP who has bought wholeheartedly into the Blairite dream. Neither of them can know that their lives are about to implode. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967720
ISBN
9780241967720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Returning to Afghanistan after his photographer friend is killed by a sniper, war reporter Stephen Sharkey seeks release from his nightmares in an England seemingly at peace with itself. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140270754
ISBN
9780140270754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. Defeated and embittered by a country which treats him as a non-being, the 'invisible man' retreats into an underground cell, where the author smokes, drinks, listens to jazz and recounts his search for identity in white society. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 181 x 38. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Penguin Essentials
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
PENGUIN ESSENTIALS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970560
ISBN
9780241970560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 215 x 259 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1472.
Publisher
Mpress Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993170478
ISBN
9780993170478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.73

Paperback. A band of savage 13-year-old boys reject the adult world as hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284796
ISBN
9780099284796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Ann Widdecombe's controversial novel about the position of men in today's society. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226842
ISBN
9781780226842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472119827
ISBN
9781472119827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The Burden of the Desert is fast-paced and gripping, and asks questions that will linger long after the last page is turned. Via the lives of a fascinating group of characters, former war correspondent Justin Huggler memorably evokes the atmosphere of a military occupation whose aftershocks are still being felt today. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780722009
ISBN
9781780722009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Patrick Leigh Fermor's first and only novel, now back in print. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719555299
ISBN
9780719555299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. It is a sweltering August in Aberystwyth. A man wearing a Soviet museum curator's uniform walks into Louie Knight's office and spins a wild and impossible tale of love, death, madness and betrayal. Sure, Louie had heard about Hughesovka, the legendary replica of Aberystwyth built in the Ukraine by some crazy nineteenth-century czar. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212. 288 pages. It is a sweltering August in Aberystwyth. A man wearing a Soviet museum curator's uniform walks into Louie Knight's office and spins a wild and impossible tale of love, death, madness and betrayal. Sure, Louie had heard about Hughesovka, the legendary replica of Aberystwyth built in the Ukraine by some crazy nineteenth-century czar. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight: 210.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408801024
ISBN
9781408801024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

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