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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. When an English priest takes over a small Scottish parish, not everyone is ready to accept him. He makes friends with two local youths, Mark and Lisa, and clashes with a world he can barely understand. The town seems to grow darker each night. Fate comes calling, and before the summer is out his quiet life is the focus of public hysteria. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571216048
ISBN
9780571216048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. 'One hell of a read' Company Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group London
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755340491
ISBN
9780755340491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

hardcover. Num Pages: 24 pages, Full Colour. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 203 x 168 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375828164
ISBN
9780375828164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Akashic Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617754425
ISBN
9781617754425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.71

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155165
ISBN
9781903155165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.21

hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pelican Publishing Co. (US) United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589806344
ISBN
9781589806344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.87

paperback. Translator(s): McLean, Anne. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781408844205
ISBN
9781408844205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Freya Wyley meets Nancy Holdaway amid the wild celebrations of VE Day, the prelude to a devoted and competitive friendship.. Freya, ambitious and outspoken, pursues a career on Fleet Street while Nancy, less self-confident, struggles to get her first novel published. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781784703127
ISBN
9781784703127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 9.99

Hardback. The incomparable Dara Horn returns with a spellbinding novel of how technology changes memory and how memory shapes the soul. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393064896
ISBN
9780393064896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.58

Paperback. Translator(s): Levenston, Eddie. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811216814
ISBN
9780811216814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.13

Paperback. The characters of these irreverent stories work at widely varying occupations, both prosaic and absurd. Hilarious and lonely, they are often aimless but surrounded by passionate devotees of everything from decluttering to good old-fashioned piracy. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Tin House Books United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977698912
ISBN
9780977698912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.88

Paperback. Keith Lee Morris, author of The Dart League King, returns with a new story collection as acute, funny, and heartbreaking as we've come to expect from him. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Tin House Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982503089
ISBN
9780982503089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.38

Paperback. A stunning evocation of the shifting emotional landscape of a man who has lost his way and a daughter who cannot find her father, No One is an intimate novel of love and loss. Translator(s): Selous, Trista. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Tin House Books United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935639220
ISBN
9781935639220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A sparkling, enchanting, one-of-a-kind novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable characters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447254447
ISBN
9781447254447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Families have secrets they hide even from themselves.. It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though David's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Down's syndrome. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0006887
ISBN
9780141030142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Families have secrets they hide even from themselves.. It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though David's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Down's syndrome. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0007055
ISBN
9780141030142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. One cold January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they discover a savagely murdered man lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet and deserted. Going from house to house, they uncover a crime unprecedented in Swedish history. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 396. Good clean copy showing minor age and wear. Ownership details to half title
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000100
ISBN
9780099532040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. A young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Just after graduating college, Tristan Campbell receives a letter delivered by special courier to his apartment in San Francisco. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 828. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
William Heinemann London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000177
ISBN
9780434022335
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138. . Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, and light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fleet London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000261
ISBN
9780708898550
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

board_book. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 368. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, with light wear to dust jacket
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000354
ISBN
9780241290088
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home - a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse - but not with John. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy's womb. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy showing light age and wear, with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000452
ISBN
9781911214335
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. The first adult novel by J.K. Rowling. When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 810. Good clean copy showing light age and wear. Light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000492
ISBN
9781408704202
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Ariza's impassioned advances and married Dr Juvenal Urbino instead. During that half-century, Flornetino has fallen into the arms of many delighted women, but has loved none but Fermina. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000556
ISBN
9780241968567
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Henry is returning to Ireland for the first time since his escape in 1922. With him are the stars of Ford's latest film, John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and the famous director himself, who has tried to suck the soul out of Henry and turn it into Hollywood gold-dust. Ten years later Henry is in Dublin, working in Ratheen as a school caretaker. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000656
ISBN
9780099546894
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

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