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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. One day in September, a decade ago, all eyes were turned in the same direction. Editor(s): Freeman, John. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Granta Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905881352
ISBN
9781905881352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Once the grandest music-hall south of the river, now its peeling foyer is home to stale popcorn, a depressed manager, and a cast of disparate picture goers who touch and shape each other's destinies. Amongst them is Mark, the cynical intellectual who seeks sensuality and finds spirituality; Clare, his girlfriend, who loses faith and.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784702694
ISBN
9781784702694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A riotous, enthralling portrait of leisured life at the family home of Garonlea in the early years of the century Series: VMC. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083268
ISBN
9781844083268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. If only I had never opened that letter..and let the devil in Meredith Hathaway has spent the last seventeen years pretending to forget. Until she gets a letter and her world is shattered in an instant. She must finally confront the rise and fall of the Hathaway dynasty..and her own part in their devastating history. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 314. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTM0000562
ISBN
9781848450936
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in Baltimore, he was smitten, and in the heat of World War II fervour, they marry in haste. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
F First UK Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099469599
ISBN
9780099469599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith .. Series: 44 Scotland Street. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349142661
ISBN
9780349142661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.28

Paperback. For fans of Fitzgerald and Capote, a witty, elegant fairytale of New York, set in 1938. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444708875
ISBN
9781444708875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. The summer of 1915 was a time of prosperity and unease for the Wittgenstein family, and for eldest daughter Beata it was a time of awakening. By the glimmering waters of Lake Geneva, she met a young French officer and fell in love. As the years pass, Beata must watch in horror as Europe is once again engulfed in war. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 33. Weight in Grams: 272. Well read copy, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KTJ0005543
ISBN
9780552149945
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231002
ISBN
9781845231002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 176 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553286526
ISBN
9780553286526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.34

Paperback. The well-known Ozark folklorist gathers together bawdy tales, previously considered unprintable, that provide insight into the region's rich exotic narrative tradition. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252013645
ISBN
9780252013645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.70

Paperback. Series: DESTINATION LOVE BOOK 3. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472237989
ISBN
9781472237989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Suspicion, paranoia and blackmail have become part of life. The conversation flows between two individuals, Santiago and Ambrosia, who talk of their tormented lives and of the degradation and frustration that has taken over their town. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571168828
ISBN
9780571168828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.53

Paperback. Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to live with her husband in a lay community encamped outside Imber Abbey, home to a mysterious enclosed order of nuns. Watched over by its devout director and the discreet authority of the wise old Abbess, Imber Court is a haven for lost souls seeking tranquility. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099470489
ISBN
9780099470489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. After a nervous collapse while serving at the altar, his college principal sends him on a placement to London where he enters an unfamiliar world of outcasts, down-and-outs, rent boys, religious fundamentalists and people with AIDS. In increasing despair, he embarks on a journey through the world of Jack the Ripper. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906413224
ISBN
9781906413224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Wilsher, James. Series: Decadence from Dedalus. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Dedalus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517260
ISBN
9781903517260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Export
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956540
ISBN
9780241956540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Toby Hawk is a solitary boy in a family of Amazons. His mother is a painter on the brink of commercial success. Meanwhile, eighteen-year-old Toby's world remains a small, closed round of school, domesticity and surfing the Net at night. But everything changes when his mother takes up with a fascinating but enigmatic scientist, Roehm. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166. 224 pages. Toby Hawk is a solitary boy in a family of Amazons. His mother is a painter on the brink of commercial success. Meanwhile, eighteen-year-old Toby's world remains a small, closed round of school, domesticity and surfing the Net at night. But everything changes when his mother takes up with a fascinating but enigmatic scientist, Roehm. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408812174
ISBN
9781408812174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. For a while, Ian, Lauren and Paul shared the same friends, the same university, the same dreams and the same potential. Ten years on they are worlds apart. But when Lauren, in a moment of nostalgia, cracks open a long-forgotten Hotmail account, she comes face to face with the people these three friends used to be.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847672629
ISBN
9781847672629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Do growing up and growing old go hand in hand? An entertaining expose of messy relationships, modern life, and our preoccupation with youth and beauty, from the author of THE PILE OF STUFF AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444710465
ISBN
9781444710465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The hilarious diary of a fifty-something woman dabbling with a new life, a new career.. a new love? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Snowbooks Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Adapted Ed
SKU
KRF0037492
ISBN
9781905005123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609453725
ISBN
9781609453725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. In a small town on the verge of big change, a young woman unearths deep secrets about her family and unexpected truths about herself. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Export
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471158773
ISBN
9781471158773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.41

Paperback. March 1895, and at Oxford University, a Professor Quantock claims he has built a computational device capable of analytical thought to rival Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock cannot ignore the challenge, and he and Watson travel to Oxford, where a battle of wits ensues. But it soon becomes clear that the Thinking Engine has its own agenda. The companions' lives are on the line as a ghost from the past catches up with them.. Series: SHERLOCK HOLMES. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 131 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783295036
ISBN
9781783295036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.15

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