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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. An enthralling tale of abduction, guilt and redemption set in Jazz Age Louisiana, unanimously acclaimed by the critics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340977958
ISBN
9780340977958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. While marooned at his banking job in the bewilderingly damp and insular realm known as Ireland, Claude Martingale is approached by a down-on-his-luck author, Paul, looking for his next great subject. Claude finds that his life gets steadily more exciting under Paul's fictionalizing influence; he even falls in love with a beautiful waitress. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953860
ISBN
9780241953860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A Spanish family torn apart by the Civil War. A story of exile, love, and loss in Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and Mexico. A marriage embittered by disappointment, a boy struck by lightning and a young woman running headlong into a personal hell. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228233
ISBN
9780571209019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718185619
ISBN
9780718185619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Light Years and Marking Time comes a revealing portrait of a marriage. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447272243
ISBN
9781447272243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. The Richard & Judy-selected author returns with a touching and hilarious new novel. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409102694
ISBN
9781409102694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. In Thatcher's London, Lilly, a white Muslim nurse, struggles in a state of invisible exile. As Ethiopian refugees gradually fill the flats of the housing estate where she lives, Lilly tentatively begins to share with them her longing for the home she herself once had in Africa and her heartbreaking search for her missing lover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499190
ISBN
9780099499190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. An intensely moving and beautifully written novel from the Booker-prize winning author of Last Orders, and Mothering Sunday Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471161964
ISBN
9781471161964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. A new stand-alone saga set in Lancashire at the turn of the century, from the author of the Gibson family novels. Num Pages: 448 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 32. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Hodder Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340693018
ISBN
9780340693018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. An e-writer called Ali or Alix will write to order anything you like, provided that you are prepared to enter the story as yourself and take the risk of leaving it as someone else. You can be the hero of your own life. You can have freedom just for one night. But there is a price to pay. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099598299
ISBN
9780099598299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The End of Everything, a searing new novel about the dark heart of adolescence. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New Edit/Cover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447283690
ISBN
9781447283690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.21

Hardcover. Ex library.Usual markings and labels.Clean copy in clean dustwrapper.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company London
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0205193
ISBN
9780316027847
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Harry White is the man other men want to be: admired by his peers, talented, rich, and desired by countless women. His steady rise to a position of unprecedented influence in a New York investment firm seems inevitable to those who know him, and on the way he acquires a beautiful wife and children. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195643
ISBN
9780141195643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

hardcover. SUNDAY TIMES bestseller Cathy Kelly returns with a funny, emotional, heart-warming new novel. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 662. 8vo.Original cloth with dustwrapper. Irish Literature.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KEX0279603
ISBN
9781409153597
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Christina Devenish, feminist and Theosophist, is running a birth control clinic. When it is torched by Hindu extremists, and Christina's Indian helper is killed, she receives an invitation from her father, Colonel Devenish, to visit him in Bhutan. This final act is played out in Calcutta, in the midst of a demonstration for independence. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 285.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099471967
ISBN
9780099471967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.70

Paperback. For Ned, 1980 seems a blissful year. Handsome, charming, popular and talented, his life is progressing smoothly, effortlessly, happily. And when he meets the lovely Portia Fendeman his personal jigsaw appears complete. But timing is everything in life, and his life is about to change forever. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099471554
ISBN
9780099471554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. For many years, the great poet Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charlie Citrine were the best of friends. At the time of his death, however, Humboldt is a failure, and Charlie's life has reached a low point. And then Humboldt acts from beyond the grave, bestowing upon Charlie an unexpected legacy that may just help him turn his life around. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188768
ISBN
9780141188768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Conversations about life and death, between a girl and an angel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Black and White 2. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753806739
ISBN
9780753806739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Presents an album of thirteen short stories. This title offers a flow of fiction, powerful stories that stand alone, but are interconnected in theme and tone; voices from the author of The Wolf and Taurus, voices in human form, still fierce in directness and purpose, laced with playful cruelty, originality, and the possibility of compassion. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575870
ISBN
9780099575870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Tommy Carr was a kind man; Eve had been able to tell that after half an hour of knowing him. There had never been a day when he had not shown her some small kindness. The birth of a daughter, Jeannie Eliza, crowns the young couple's happiness - just as her shockingly early death casts them low. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555445
ISBN
9780099555445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 896 pages, 3 inset b&w. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 47. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340920756
ISBN
9780340920756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The witty, hilarious and poignant new novel from the bestselling authors of THE NANNY DIARIES Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 250.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pocket Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KLN0018160
ISBN
9781847391247
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Winner of a Somerset Maugham Award 1997 A stunning novel of political life, betrayal and passion, which lifts the lid on vice within the Palace of Westminster..and cost Hensher his job as a House of Commons clerk. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
334
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007152421
ISBN
9780007152421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. Glamour, ambition, love and sex. It's all here in the page-turning bestsellers by Louise Bagshawe Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group London
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755336180
ISBN
9780755336180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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