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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Werner holds a tedious job in the administration department of the local university and dreams of owning his own gallery. His father is bedridden, hovering on the edge of death, and furious, as he has been for twenty years. As Werner feels his own life slip away, his thoughts turn to murder as a means to correct the course of all their futures. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099597728
ISBN
9780099597728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Ezeulu, headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his authority increasingly under threat - from his rivals in the tribe, from those in the white government and even from his own family. Yet he still feels he must be untouchable - surely he is an arrow in the bow of his God? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191560
ISBN
9780141191560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A landmark work of fiction from one of Britain's most exciting new writers: 'The Harmony Silk Factory' is a devastating love story set against the turmoil of mid-twentieth-century Malaysia. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KEX0302723
ISBN
9780007232284
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1800
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006536
ISBN
9780349006536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A story of friendship, heartbreak and the day that changed two lives forever from the bestselling author of The Vintage Teacup Club. The perfect read for fans of Lucy Diamond and Lucy Dillon. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751563764
ISBN
9780751563764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Leningrad, 1952. Andrei, a young hospital doctor and Anna, a nursery school teacher, are forging a life together in the post-war, post-siege wreckage. But their happiness is precarious, like that of millions of Russians who must avoid the claws of Stalin's merciless Ministry for State security. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046839
ISBN
9780141046839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economic struggles, this work is an unsentimental, yet passionate depiction of conflict between classes, sexes and generations. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 46. Weight in Grams: 860.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
952
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152920
ISBN
9781857152920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. The new novel from the bestselling, highly acclaimed and always controversial author of Atomised. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753821183
ISBN
9780753821183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A collection of stories, in which, a husband and wife wait for a train as their relationship unspools silently around them, a woman contemplates the idea of her lover dying as she queues in a bank, and an almost impossibly uncomfortably lunch culminates in a passionate kiss. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099587422
ISBN
9780099587422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. 'Fear and Trembling' tells the story of a young woman who spends a year working at a Japanese firm. She soon learns that at the Yumimoto Corporation hierarchy means everything, and her time there soon turns into a comic nightmare of terror and self-abasement. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571220489
ISBN
9780571220489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. For identical twins, Kate and Violet are about as unlike as two peas from the same pod can be. Except in one respect - they share a hidden gift. But after Kate inadvertently reveals their secret when they are thirteen years old, their lives are set on diverging paths. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 202 x 34. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776592
ISBN
9780552776592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. The new, internationally bestselling novel from Yann Martel, the Booker-winning author of Life of Pi Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782114741
ISBN
9781782114741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Brimming with gluttony, booze and lust, Roger Micheldene is loose in America. Supposedly visiting Budweiser University to make deals for his publishing firm in England, Roger instead sets out to offend all he meets and to seduce every woman he encounters. But his American hosts seem made of sterner stuff. Who will be Roger's undoing? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194264
ISBN
9780141194264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. 'Outclasses any spy novel I have ever read' Richard Condon, author of THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753826348
ISBN
9780753826348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The new bestselling novel from Britain's favourite gardener and TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh. Mr Gandy escapes his humdrum life with an unexpected Grand Tour of Europe where drama, romance and friendship await in this beguiling tale of self-discovery. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340953099
ISBN
9780340953099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Half Apache and mostly orphaned, Edgar Presley Mint's trials begin on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman's jeep accidentally runs over his head. Shunted from the hospital to a school for delinquents to a Mormon foster family, comedy, pain and trouble accompany Edgar through a string of larger-than-life experiences. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286769
ISBN
9780099286769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.37

Hardcover. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 188 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Very good copy in pristine dustwrapper . Signed by the Author
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KEX0303192
ISBN
9781848400184
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

Paperback. Series: Newpointe 911 S. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 414. Nice copy in good condition. Some shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Zondervan
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Later Printing
SKU
KST0026638
ISBN
9780310250647
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Two former lovers are brought back together .. but can they really trust their pasts? The new novel from the bestselling author of SOPHIE'S WORLD. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827697
ISBN
9780753827697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A provocative view of modern society weaved into a tale of explosive love and, perhaps, even, black magic. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188. As new.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KRF0028051
ISBN
9780006545927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It lies somewhere beneath the snow, high in the Dolomites: Nazi gold, tainted with the blood of murdered men. Only a few know its secrets, and one by one they come in search of it - a hot-tempered Italian Comtessa, a racketeering pimp, a Greek criminal, a film-maker and a hapless writer. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577423
ISBN
9780099577423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Includes the stories "Hornblower and the Atropos", "The Happy Return", and "A Ship of the Line". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140081770
ISBN
9780140081770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. A Great American Novel - from the author of 'Borrowed Finery'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 123 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007150380
ISBN
9780007150380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447276494
ISBN
9781447276494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

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