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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Fina, our eponymous hero, is a receptionist at a gynaecology clinic. A preposterous, yet curiously attractive figure, he spends his hours fantasising about solving the nation's problems and pursuing women with equivocal success. This is his story. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099933601
ISBN
9780099933601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322240
ISBN
9780940322240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Justine's attachment to virtue attracts nothing but misfortune, and she is subjected to an unending catalogue of sexual abuse. Sade's best-known novel, it overturns all religious, moral, and political norms, and still has the power to shock. This new translation of the 1791version is the first for over 40 years, and the first critical edition. Translator(s): Phillips, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FP; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199572847
ISBN
9780199572847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.62

Paperback. From the creator of the beloved McCarthys of Gansett Island, comes more irresistible Vermont romance with the sixth in the Green Mountain series. Series: Green Mountain. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472234452
ISBN
9781472234452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'Warm, funny..a wonderful read' International bestselling author Nicola Cornick Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008225346
ISBN
9780008225346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing and establishes Alex Wheatle as the exciting new voice of the urban experience. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007225620
ISBN
9780007225620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

Paperback. This novel explores the hidden springs of thought and action in one day of a woman's life. Virginia Woolf is direct and vivid in her account of the details of Clarissa Dalloway's preparation for a party. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536009
ISBN
9780199536009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718185671
ISBN
9780718185671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Dr Sloper is disappointed in his dull daughter, Catherine, a mediocre replacement for his beautiful and intelligent wife who died soon after childbirth. Yet, as Sloper threatens, beguiles and dictates to his daughter, he discovers in Catherine a pale reflection of his own obdurate character. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224276
ISBN
9781840224276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553393125
ISBN
9780553393125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Reissue of the hilarious 150,000 copy selling novel from this much-loved author Num Pages: 400 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 268. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KTG0011285
ISBN
9780340837252
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Macon Dead Jr, the son of a wealthy black property owner, who has been brought up to revere the white world. Macon learns about the tyranny of white society from his friend Guitar, though he is more concerned to escape the tyranny of his father. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099768418
ISBN
9780099768418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Many regard this as Mackay's masterpiece. A touching, funny novel about childhood in the 1950s: friendship, village life and lost innocence. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349007212
ISBN
9780349007212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FFH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 36. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Unbound
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783529827
ISBN
9781783529827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. A fresh contemporary design for A. S. Byatt's celebrated anthology of English short stories The Oxford Book of English Short Stories.The 37 stories featured here are selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, by authors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan. Editor(s): Byatt, A. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199561605
ISBN
9780199561605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Can we learn how to be happy? Hector is a successful young psychiatrist. Translator(s): Garcia, Lorenza. Series: Hector's Journeys. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Gallic Books
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KOC0016565
ISBN
9781906040239
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Original, haunting and utterly gripping, Kiss Me First is an electrifying debut from a phenomenally gifted storyteller. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KOC0022509
ISBN
9781447233206
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847088727
ISBN
9781847088727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Hardcover. Written during World War II and published in 1945, this is a sharp and celebrated satire on dictatorship. Orwell conveys his bleak message of man's inhumanity to man, and beast's to beast through stark prose and black comedy. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151503
ISBN
9781857151503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. * A dazzlingly inventive debut, which Hilary Mantel has called wise, poised, and utterly original, out now in paperback Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086870
ISBN
9781844086870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. On a family sheep station in the interior of Australia, a brother and sister work the property while their reclusive brother, Wesley Antill, spends years toiling away in one of the sheds, writing a philosophy. Now he has died. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099524281
ISBN
9780099524281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. A hero of the Peninsular War, Lieutenant Alastair MacRory of Gleneidart returns home to Wester Ross to recuperate from a wound he suffered while fighting with the Highland regiments. Highland families are being evicted and sent to Canada. Alastair deserts and throws in his lot with his people. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230. 256 pages. A hero of the Peninsular War, Lieutenant Alastair MacRory of Gleneidart returns home to Wester Ross to recuperate from a wound he suffered while fighting with the Highland regiments. Highland families are being evicted and sent to Canada. Alastair deserts and throws in his lot with his people. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FV. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight: 230.
Publisher
B & W Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873631454
ISBN
9781873631454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.55

Paperback. This is Kazantzakis's modern "Iliad". Set in late-19th-century Crete, when a new uprising takes place to rival those of 1854, 1866 and 1878. In the village of Megalokastro, a Cretan resistance fighter named Captain Michales, is matched by the Turkish bey, his blood-brother. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 30. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571178575
ISBN
9780571178575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Set in the vast Kazakh steppes of the crumbling Soviet Empire, Oleg Pavlov's kaleidoscope tale is peopled with soldiers and prisoners, hoboes and refugees and mice that steal medicines. Poetic, tragic and darkly comic, the novel is at once a grotesque portrayal of late Soviet reality and an apocalyptic allegory in the vein of Faulkner and Kafka. Translator(s): Gunin, Anna. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276582
ISBN
9781908276582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.83

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