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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555971
ISBN
9780099555971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. If you think Brazilian is a nationality, that PJ's are pyjamas and that Beyond is somewhere far away, then you have never met a Bergdorf Blonde. Plum Syke's heroine is British but has moved to America, working for a glossy magazine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Minor creasing on cover, pages are in good condition
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KAK0000049
ISBN
9780141013947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. If you think Brazilian is a nationality, that PJ's are pyjamas and that Beyond is somewhere far away, then you have never met a Bergdorf Blonde. Plum Syke's heroine is British but has moved to America, working for a glossy magazine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KIN0007745
ISBN
9780141013947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Greg wakes up in a remote war zone, sole survivor of an air crash caused by a suicide bomber. Aman faces the disappearance of his wife and children in a family blood feud. Samira is forced to cope with the complexities of life as an asylum-seeker in the UK. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Signal Books
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955795
ISBN
9781904955795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.13

Paperback. Novelists have noticed that contemporary reality keeps outdoing their imaginations. Yet there is still the obligation to attempt a reading of the present and the very near future. This work serves as an example of how the novel, or more particularly the comic novel, can respond to this transformation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099267591
ISBN
9780099267591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A powerful testament to the human spirit, STORM BAY looks back to the early days of Van Dieman's Land and the thousands of prisoners who suffered to create a great State and earn the respect of a nation Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 177 x 42. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755303762
ISBN
9780755303762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Here are the collected stories of English novelist Elizabeth Taylor, including some only recently discovered. From the awkward passions of lonely holiday-makers to the fresh-faced anticipation of three school friends preparing for their first dance, she wryly captures the ordinary excetionalness of life. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 46. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088409
ISBN
9781844088409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Dimension: 111 x 184 x 9. Weight in Grams: 82.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141049267
ISBN
9780141049267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Septembers, Chris Prendergast's first novel, is a simmering tale of burning monuments, bad decisions and growing anger. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773785
ISBN
9781907773785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. 'I am Akram Khan, formerly Sergeant Khan of the Yeoman's Guard, and I am submitting. I am saving my pleasures for when I am dead.' So begins the story of a young man's journey to radicalisation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782397328
ISBN
9781782397328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Joe Trace - in his fifties, door-to-door salesman of beauty products, erstwhile devoted husband - shoots to death his lover of three months, impetuous, eighteen-year-old Dorcas. At the funeral, his determined, hard-working wife, Violet - who is given to stumbling into dark mental cracks - tries with a knife to disfigure the corpse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099750918
ISBN
9780099750918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A relaxing holiday in Cornwall soon turns into Detective Wycliffe's next investigation. Series: The Cornish Detective. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409174677
ISBN
9781409174677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. If everyone else was fighting dirty, could you rise above it? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 184. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0030979
ISBN
9780747256069
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A savagely funny and perceptive novel about a washed-up writer and the havoc he has wrought, comparable in its piercing wit to the Melrose novels by Edward St Aubyn. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349005089
ISBN
9780349005089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. **A gritty and emotional family drama, from the Sunday Times bestseller. Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn.** Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847562470
ISBN
9781847562470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.87

Paperback. When you're the next big thing in Silicon Valley, the whole world is watching.. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782392637
ISBN
9781782392637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408840801
ISBN
9781408840801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. For the third time, Granta has selected 20 writers under 40 whose writing represents the best promise or achievement in British fiction. The collection includes stories by Sarah Waters, Rachel Cusk, Robert McLiam Wilson, Rachel Seiffert, Philip Hensher, A. L. Kennedy and Toby Litt. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32photos. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903141581
ISBN
9780903141581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Hardcover. A novel constructed around the last great poem of a fictional American poet, John Shade, and an account of his death. The poem appears in full and the narrative develops through the lengthy, and increasingly eccentric, notes by his posthumous editor. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150674
ISBN
9781857150674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. An irresistible novel about a country house hotel where anything can happen - including romantic surprises - from the bestselling author of THREE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT YOU and TAKE A CHANCE ON ME Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755332601
ISBN
9780755332601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Series: Sonchai Jitpleecheep. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472151445
ISBN
9781472151445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A journey of self-discovery between Cairo and Dublin Translator(s): Jonathan, Wright. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166600
ISBN
9789774166600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.77

Paperback. First published in 1947, this subtle novel presents a memorable portrait of the aftermath of war, its effect upon a marriage and a gradual but significant change in the nature of English middle-class life. It is 1946 and Laura and Stephen Marshall are reunited after years of separation. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860685876
ISBN
9780860685876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596. 432 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 26. Weight: 596.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800732400
ISBN
9780800732400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.01

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