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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. From the author of the Man Booker prize-winners 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies' comes a story of suburban mayhem and merciless, hilarious revenge. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841153391
ISBN
9781841153391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. A quirky modern love story Num Pages: 448 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444734218
ISBN
9781444734218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. An orphaned child from an island on the east coast of Yorkshire grows up to discover the secrets and tragedies of her past. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 108 x 29. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552148467
ISBN
9780552148467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Mathinna, an Aboriginal girl from Van Diemen's Land, is adopted by nineteenth-century explorer, Sir John Franklin, and his wife, Lady Jane. Franklin is confident that shining the light of reason on Mathinna will lift her out of savagery and desire. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784702922
ISBN
9781784702922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Prosperous, good-looking and empty inside, 28-year-old advertising executive David Bell appears on the surface to have everything. But he is a man on the brink of losing his sanity. Trapped in a Manhattan office with soulless sycophants as his only company, he makes an abrupt decision to leave New York for America's mid-west. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Trade Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188232
ISBN
9780141188232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this book follows their development from childhood to youth and middle age. It presents rich poetic language that expresses the inner life of its characters: their aspirations, their triumphs and regrets, and their awareness of unity and isolation. Editor(s): Flint, Kate. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182711
ISBN
9780141182711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471153808
ISBN
9781471153808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Tells the tragic story of three generations of the Allen family in post-war LA. This title paints their lives with compassion, telling their stories in their own words, in the language of the street. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210. 272 pages. Tells the tragic story of three generations of the Allen family in post-war LA. This title paints their lives with compassion, telling their stories in their own words, in the language of the street. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 200 x 132 x 17. Weight: 210.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857869791
ISBN
9780857869791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. * Romantic saga set in 1920 and 30s London and Kent. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 107 x 26. Weight in Grams: 216.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KLN0014008
ISBN
9780751545661
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Dublin is revealed in all its excess and greed, before and after the crash, in seethingly accurate portrayals of those who became caught up in the fury of the boom. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843513940
ISBN
9781843513940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.35

Paperback. Electricity is now a film starring Agyness Deyn. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
KRA0009180
ISBN
9781447274940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A brilliantly original, deft and darkly funny debut short-story collection from the winner of the 2009 Caine Prize, sometimes referred to as the 'African Booker'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082718
ISBN
9781847082718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. *'Her work is certainly far too little known in relation to the greatness of her talent. But her masterpiece THE RECTOR'S DAUGHTER, is in print again' SUSAN HILL *A wonderfully moving, harrowing but ultimately uplifting novel of love. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860689119
ISBN
9780860689119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A startling collection of stories from a debut British writer. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 139.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473652040
ISBN
9781473652040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. A novel in which the boy narrator grows up enclosed in two worlds. One is legendary - a Donegal house where children are stolen away by demonic forces; the other is actual - the city of Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 1940s and 1950s, a place haunted by political enmities and family secrets. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200. Well read, but remains good
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KST0020873
ISBN
9780099744412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author Num Pages: 432 pages. Dimension: 112 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
International
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007481583
ISBN
9780007481583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.43

Paperback. The narrator, Samson Young, enters the Black Cross, a thoroughly undesirable public house, and finds the main players of his drama assembled, just waiting to begin. It's a gift of a story from real life.. all Samson has to do is to write it as it happens. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099748618
ISBN
9780099748618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Tensions simmer as a small town, already divided by race, is torn apart by the deadliest of hurricanes .. THE HELP meets TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD in this powerfully emotional and gripping debut novel. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409155393
ISBN
9781409155393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. Edmund is a little on the plump side and Terry is a bit of a rake. When they discover the countries under the Earth they are divided and sent to the warring kingdoms of the Fattypuffs and the Thinifers. The Fattypuffs eat six square meals a day with light snacks in between. The Thinifers like nothing more than discipline and work six days a week. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099582922
ISBN
9780099582922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy' - Candis Dear Reader, Series: A Cedar Cove Novel. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Edition
First edition
Publisher
MIRA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780778304562
ISBN
9780778304562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. * Out now in paperback, the heart-wrenching story of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his first wife Hadley Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086689
ISBN
9781844086689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. In this tale of colonial exploitation, the narrator, Marlowe, journeys deep into the heart of Africa. But there he encounters Kurtz, an idealist apparently crazed and depraved by his power over the natives, and the meeting prompts Marlowe to reflect on the darkness at the heart of all men. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 117 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151749
ISBN
9781857151749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Riding the subway in New York at two o'clock in the morning, Reacher knows the twelve giveaway signs to look out for. Watching one of his fellow-passengers, he becomes sharply aware: one by one, she ticks off every bulletpoint on his list. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 380.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553824698
ISBN
9780553824698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The vampire Lestat was once the epitome of evil. But now he struggles with his immortality, yearning for a more saintly path. His chance comes when he rescues a witch from death by turning her into a vampire. But the repercussions are swift as the powerful Mayfair family rally to punish Lestat for creating a killer from one of their flock. Series: The Vampire Chronicles. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548188
ISBN
9780099548188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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