Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Thomas Pynchon is up to his usual business. Characters stop what they're doing to sing what are for the most part stupid songs. Strange sexual practices take place. Obscure languages are spoken, not always idiomatically. Contrary-to-fact occurrences occur. Maybe it's not the world, but with a minor adjustment or two it's what the world might be. Num Pages: 1232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 55. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099512332
- ISBN
- 9780099512332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.26
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Paperback. Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the Moscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist who could be the greatest asset to the West since perestroika began, and made a promise. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141196350
- ISBN
- 9780141196350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. A kidnapped girl that has grown up and left the orphanage, never knowing who her real parents are or the part she'll now play in Red's shocking revenge. And for those who have been living their lives in peace, with faded memories of twin boys who were put into care years ago, life is about to descend into hell. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785300462
- ISBN
- 9781785300462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.90
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Paperback. By turns tender and unsettling, these stories lurk at the city's tattered edges, where the pigeons cry for the pain of the world; where Satan's daughter wants to die of love and the angels keep nicking God's fags. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907773587
- ISBN
- 9781907773587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
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Paperback. Dol McQueen, an irrepressible, opium-addicted 'flash-girl' from the Wild West is headed east for new adventures when she stops to save a man from killing himself, only to discover he is a murderous pimp who really didn't want to be rescued. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501558
- ISBN
- 9780099501558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.31
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Paperback. Dare you close your eyes for even a few seconds? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784292812
- ISBN
- 9781784292812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
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Paperback. Devera and BiDi, were voted 'Least Changed' at their twentieth high school reunion - a label neither one finds very appealing. For each craves a change in her life: Devera wants a break from her humdrum marital routine; and BiDi longs to reconnect with her distant fourteen-year-old daughter (the only girl on the high-school hockey team). Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bantam Books Ltd New York
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KMR0005210
- ISBN
- 9780553817294
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Follows two young men engaged in a passionate search for dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen way, which takes them climbing into the high sierras to seek the lesson of solitude. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184883
- ISBN
- 9780141184883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. An epic, awe-inspiring novel of good and evil - the most talked about book of the year, and now a global bestseller. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 46. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Orion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752883304
- ISBN
- 9780752883304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
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Paperback. Collects adult short stories, in which the author begins by using his experiences in the war to write fiction. In 27 stories, written between 1944 and 1953, this title includes tales such as 'Man from the South'; 'Lamb to the Slaughter'; and 'The Sound Machine'. Num Pages: 624 pages, portraits (black and white). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405910101
- ISBN
- 9781405910101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.64
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 27. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062358431
- ISBN
- 9780062358431
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. The peace of the Cotswold village of Thrush Green is about to be disturbed.. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752882345
- ISBN
- 9780752882345
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. As the most powerful men on earth gather in New York for a meeting of the UN, Detective Michael Bennett receives intelligence warning that there will be an assassination attempt on the US president. Even more shocking, the intelligence suggests that the Russian government could be behind the plot. Series: Michael Bennett. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594383
- ISBN
- 9780099594383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. The brilliantly dark and atmospheric new masterpiece from one of the most critically-acclaimed and respected crime authors of his generation Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349141091
- ISBN
- 9780349141091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
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Paperback. FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A HUNDRED PIECES OF ME AND ONE SMALL ACT OF KINDNESS COMES A HEARTWARMING, BITTERSWEET AND UPLIFTING STORY OF MISSED CHANCES AND UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITIES. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444796049
- ISBN
- 9781444796049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
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Paperback. THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A gripping literary mystery in the tradition of The Name of the Rose, set among a secret Jewish community living in Lisbon in the sixteenth century. 'I loved The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon.' John Le Carre Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472112101
- ISBN
- 9781472112101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. Pru Plum, owner of the famous Mayfair bakery, is not the confident, successful businesswoman she appears. She has done shameful things to get where she is and will do anything to protect the secrets of her past - especially when, for the first time in her life, she has finally fallen in love.. Series: No Greater Love. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781854983
- ISBN
- 9781781854983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.86
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Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241966389
- ISBN
- 9780241966389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 21. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Spectra
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Media Tie In
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553294385
- ISBN
- 9780553294385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.20
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Paperback. A moving, hilarious, and deeply perceptive novel of universal themes: family, love and greed. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846689352
- ISBN
- 9781846689352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
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Paperback. With her jaunty dissection of the sex life and the private grooming habits of the novel's 18-year-old narrator, Helen Memel, Charlotte Roche has turned the previously unspeakable into the national conversation in Germany. Translator(s): Mohr, Tim. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 225
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First printing of this edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007307616
- ISBN
- 9780007307616
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Condition: New
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Paperback. A story of what appears to be a perfectly ordinary farming family living in a perfect village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It feels like a place that will never change. Its fields have been cultivated since medieval times, its farmhouse is crumbling and the same bric-a-brac has been circulating the village jumble sales for decades. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 14 x 25. Weight in Grams: 347. A story of what appears to be a perfectly ordinary farming family living in a perfect village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It feels like a place that will never change. Its fields have been cultivated since medieval times, its farmhouse is crumbling and the same bric-a-brac has been circulating the village jumble sales for decades. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 14 x 25. Weight in Grams: 347. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KOC0004194
- ISBN
- 9780701185800
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An army roadblock. An American intelligence agent. Michael Teak is not afraid of mercenaries. Life here comes at a price and as a CIA operative, Teak is holding the money. On the back seat of his car is a suitcase stuffed with narcotics; in the front, a gun and an envelope of US dollars. And then a bomb explodes. Was he the target? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 287. 304 pages. An army roadblock. An American intelligence agent. Michael Teak is not afraid of mercenaries. Life here comes at a price and as a CIA operative, Teak is holding the money. On the back seat of his car is a suitcase stuffed with narcotics; in the front, a gun and an envelope of US dollars. And then a bomb explodes. Was he the target?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight: 286.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848870635
- ISBN
- 9781848870635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.82
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Paperback. Hurtle Duffield is incapable of loving anything except what he paints. The people who court him are, above all, the victims of his art, and he dissects their weaknesses with cruel precision. The Australian author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099324614
- ISBN
- 9780099324614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
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