Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Charlie Croker was once a fabled college football star and is now a late-middle-aged Atlanta real estate entrepeneur-turned conglomerate king, whose expansionist ambitions and outsize ego have at last hit up against reality. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 39. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554776
- ISBN
- 9780099554776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
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Paperback. It is 1948 and Aleksandr, a major in the MGB (the forerunner of the KGB) is sent to an isolated psychiatric clinic to investigate one of the patients there. The patient is a man long presumed dead - a now severely incapacitated veteran of the Second World War, who seems unable to remember any of his past. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KCG0003958
- ISBN
- 9780099515883
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The wonderful new novel from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of THE GLASS ROOM Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 47797th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349000060
- ISBN
- 9780349000060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
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Paperback. Taken from completed drafts on the author's desk, this title tells of the accidental meeting and the complex union between a white man and a black woman in times of racial tension and sexual violence. Set in a North American city in midwinter, it expands into a universal allegory of suffering and death. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951256
- ISBN
- 9781841951256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.01
€ 26.99
€ 18.01
Paperback. Movie tie-in edition of the Sparks classic Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751562255
- ISBN
- 9780751562255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
paperback. A collection of 100 of author's finest stories; it describes life south of the Rio Grande and chronicles the activities and concerns of 'the four million' ordinary citizens who inhabited turn-of-the-century New York. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853262418
- ISBN
- 9781853262418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.28
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Paperback. Clare Dowling's romantic comedy explores the meaning of friendship and how honesty isn't always the best policy! Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KTG0002552
- ISBN
- 9780755359813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Legend Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909039452
- ISBN
- 9781909039452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.02
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€ 10.02
Paperback. A collection of short stories gives an insight into the dark, dangerous lowlife of Los Angeles that the inhabited. From prostitutes to classical music, the author of this book mixes high and low culture in his 'tales of ordinary madness'. These are angry yet tender, humorous and haunting portrayals of life in the underbelly of Los Angeles. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753513873
- ISBN
- 9780753513873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
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€ 13.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847088932
- ISBN
- 9781847088932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
€ 11.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. Bestselling chick lit writer Chris Manby's romantic comedy takes a look at the bitch-slapping world of the D-list celebrity. Num Pages: 320 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KSG0011765
- ISBN
- 9780340937013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Peggy Kirkpatrick has been talking about a baby called Eleanor. But no one has heard of Eleanor, and Peggy has dementia. She gets confused and most of the time she doesn't make any sense, except to her granddaughter, Aggie. Determined to unravel the mystery of Peggy's past, Aggie begins to search. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099575849
- ISBN
- 9780099575849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
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Paperback. * Paperback reissue of a modern classic, Iain Banks' WALKING ON GLASS, inexorably powerful' - OBSERVER Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139203
- ISBN
- 9780349139203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
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Paperback. Do you know what your neighbours get up to behind closed doors? And more to the point, do you want to know? 'The Rise and Fall of the Queen of Suburbia is a darkly comic portrayal of marriage, relationships, neighbours and suburbia. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 312. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KTM0000637
- ISBN
- 9780007232321
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Francis and Diana, two scientists investigating a lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging process. Francis, realising the implications for the world of a youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo by using the lichen to inspire a feminist revolution. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141032986
- ISBN
- 9780141032986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953478002
- ISBN
- 9780953478002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.06
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€ 18.06
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307405975
- ISBN
- 9780307405975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.54
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Hardback. A heartwrenching and tense drama about a troubled family, who give up everything to join an experimental 'family camp' - with life-changing consequences. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780340978177
- ISBN
- 9780340978177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 14.67
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€ 14.67
Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183459
- ISBN
- 9780141183459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.43
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€ 15.43
Paperback. Rachel Walsh has a pair of size 8 feet and such a fondness for recreational drugs that her family has forked out the cash for a spell in Cloisters - Dublin's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She's only agreed to her incarceration because she's heard that rehab is wall-to-wall jacuzzis, and it's about time she had a holiday. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241958438
- ISBN
- 9780241958438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
Hardcover. Perec was a leading exponent of French literary surrealism who found humour - and pathos - in the human need for classification. Thoughts of Sorts is itself unclassifiable, a unique collection of philosophical riffs on his obsession with lists, puzzles, catalogues, and taxonomies. Introduced by Margaret Drabble. Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 216 pages, one - perec photo. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907903007
- ISBN
- 9781907903007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.20
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Paperback. Anton is a young Other owing allegiance to the Light. As a Night Watch agent he must patrol the streets and metro of the city, protecting ordinary people from the vampires and magicians of the Dark. Series: Night Watch. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099489924
- ISBN
- 9780099489924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain's new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons - as long as Jim can stave off the unwelcome advances of fellow lecturer Margaret, survive a madrigal-singing weekend at Professor Welch's, deliver a lecture on 'Merrie England'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182599
- ISBN
- 9780141182599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. This book presents a searching exploration of individual and collective identity, and the observations and emotions of life, from the simplicity and surging optimism of youth to the vacancy and despair of middle-age. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224108
- ISBN
- 9781840224108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.28
€ 6.28