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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. If the end of the world is nigh, then surely it's only sensible to make alternative arrangements. There are those who say that's planetary treason, but who cares what the weirdos and terrorists think? Not Nathan. All he cares is that his movie gets made and that there's somebody left to see it. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552771832
ISBN
9780552771832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Marlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal is the troubled European and ivory trader Kurtz. Worshipped and feared by invaders as well as natives, Kurtz has become a godlike figure, his presence pervading the jungle like a thick, obscuring mist. As his boat labours upstream, Marlow finds his faith in civilization crumbling. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 112 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 64.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956809
ISBN
9780241956809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Repackaged B format edition of the hilarious novel that sold 160,000 copies Num Pages: 432 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 298. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KTG0011308
ISBN
9780340837214
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. While recovering from a stroke, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi turns to his diary to wryly record his struggle with his ageing body and his growing desire for his beautiful daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, Westernised dancer with a shady past. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285199
ISBN
9780099285199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Allersmead is a big shabby Victorian suburban house. The perfect place to grow up for elegant Sandra, difficult Gina, destructive Paul, considerate Katie, clever Roger and flighty Clare. But was it? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141041223
ISBN
9780141041223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Sphere
Publication date
2008
SKU
KLN0017073
ISBN
9781847440907
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Sphere
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0037546
ISBN
9781847440907
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. It is the summer of 1981 and Catherine is laid low by childhood illness. Stuck inside her family's sprawling Victorian mansion, she can only look down into the garden and observe the goings-on upon the lawn. Sam and Rosa, her elder teenage cousins, have come to spend the school holiday, and Catherine savours the brief visits Sam makes to her room. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278. 8vo. Very good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KEX0261429
ISBN
9780099469131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This thrilling collection of twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. George Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale. Also featuring stories from Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, and more! Editor(s): Martin, George R. R.; Dozois, Gardner. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 54. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783297214
ISBN
9781783297214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. Kennedy Marr is a novelist from the old school. Irish, acerbic, and a borderline alcoholic and sex-addict, his mantra is drink hard, write hard and try to screw every woman you meet. He's writing film scripts in LA, fucking, drinking and insulting his way through Californian society, but also suffering from writers block and unpaid taxes. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592150
ISBN
9780099592150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Pobby and Dingan live in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, the opal capital of Australia. They are friends with Kellyanne Williamson, the daughter of a miner: indeed only she can see them. Ashmol Williamson, Kellyanne's brother thinks his sister should grow up and stop being such a fruit loop - until the day when Pobby and Dingan disappear. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285625
ISBN
9780099285625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. When Christy and Joe Davenport are handed the keys to Number 40 on picture-perfect Lime Park Road, Christy knows it should be a dream come true. How strange though that the house was on the market for such a low price. That the previous owners, the Frasers, had renovated the entire property yet moved out within a year. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405919845
ISBN
9781405919845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments in the eighties is now forty-seven, with a loving wife, four kids .. and bowel cancer. He isn't dying, he thinks, but he might be. On his path through Dublin he meets two of the Commitments - Outspan, whose own illness is probably terminal, and Imelda Quirk, still as gorgeous as ever. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099587132
ISBN
9780099587132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. An anthology of 29 modern lesbian short stories compiled by Emma Donoghue. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 5SL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472109859
ISBN
9781472109859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Victorian London is in the grip of a wave of crime and murder, with its citizens no longer able to trust the police to protect them. The newly formed Murder Squad of Scotland Yard, made up of just twelve detectives, battles in vain against the tide of violence and cruelty. Series: Scotland Yard Murder Squad. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958919
ISBN
9780241958919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171820
ISBN
9781590171820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.09

Paperback. An irresistibly feel-good story set in the Cotswolds from bestseller Veronica Henry, all about why home really is where the heart is. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409166573
ISBN
9781409166573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Warm, engaging, contemporary fiction about a woman who's so busy organising others' lives and loves, she neglects her own. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782066095
ISBN
9781782066095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Dripping with New York glamour, this bestseller will capture the hearts of all those who loved The Devil Wears Prada Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286. Clean copy.Trade paperback
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KEX0219186
ISBN
9780007182657
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. American psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole live in a villa on the French Riviera, surrounded by a circle of glamorous friends. When beautiful film star Rosemary Hoyt arrives she is drawn to the couple - Dick contemplates an affair, while Nicole believes she's found a new best friend. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 26. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140282559
ISBN
9780140282559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. It's Paris, 1937. Andras Levi, an architecture student, has arrived from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he has promised to deliver to Clara Morgenstern a young widow living in the city. When Andras meets Clara he is drawn deeply into her extraordinary and secret life. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015095
ISBN
9780141015095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Unlike cats, bluebears have 27 lives, which can be very handy when one considers the manner in which the hero of this story repeatedly manages to avoid death only by a paw's breadth. The story describes Captain Bluebear's first 13 and a half lives. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285328
ISBN
9780099285328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.51

Paperback. Sara has never left Sweden but at the age of 28 she decides it's time. She cashes in her savings, packs a suitcase full of books and sets off for Broken Wheel, Iowa, a town where she knows nobody. With a little help from the locals, Sara sets up Broken Wheel's first bookstore. The shop might be a little quirky but then again, so is Sara. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593676
ISBN
9780099593676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. The new novel from Emylia Hall, author of A Heart Bent Out of Shape, winner of the Novelicious Book of the Year Award 2013, and The Book of Summers, voted the best Richard & Judy Book Club pick of summer 2012. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472211972
ISBN
9781472211972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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