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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. A novel written by the author of the bestselling "Snow Falling on Cedars". Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240. Very good clean copy showing minor age and shelfwear. Ownership details to half title
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025437
ISBN
9780747545088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141185071
ISBN
9780141185071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

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
€ 10.67

Paperback. Trained in the way of the Samurai, dreaming of the City of Brotherly Love, Hiro Tanaka impetuously jumps ship off the coast of Georgia - only to wash up on a barrier island populated by rednecks, descendants of black slaves, and a colony of crazed artists. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
SKU
KLN0015365
ISBN
9780747529330
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Kenneth Toomey is an eminent novelist of dubious talent; Don Carlo Campanati is a man of God, a shrewd manipulator who rises through the Vatican to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood. In this book, the author plumbs the depths of the essence of power and the lengths men will go for it. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099468646
ISBN
9780099468646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. For thirty-five year old Charlotte Emory, leaving her husband seems to offer the only way out from the mundaneness of every day life's earthly possessions and emotional complications. In the bank, she withdraws enough money to escape a life and a marriage gone sour. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099463702
ISBN
9780099463702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 16. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024046
ISBN
9780253024046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. 'In this beautiful novel, Sue Gee.. has dared to take on a difficult, grief-stricken period of English history, and done so with sensitivity and understanding; EARTH AND HEAVEN is the clever, compelling result' The Times Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747268079
ISBN
9780747268079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Lapinski, a manipulative and magical Russian exile, summons forth a number of highly contemporary urban pilgrims. This book explores broken dreams and self-destructive desires in a shimmering, dislocated allegory of its times. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968338
ISBN
9780241968338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The enchanting childhood memoirs of bestselling author Miss Read. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752882208
ISBN
9780752882208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. An unforgettable first novel, an author to shout about, a campaign to ensure that everyone knows this is the funniest, sharpest read of the year. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007100682
ISBN
9780007100682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864863720
ISBN
9780864863720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Inimitable sleuth Falco is back with a vengeance. On one night, a man is killed and Rome's Chief Spy left for dead. This leaves no one except Falco to conduct the investigation. Soon he is plunged into the fiercely competitive world of olive oil production. Series: Falco. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515142
ISBN
9780099515142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.38

Paperback. DUSTY ANSWER, Rosamond Lehmann's first novel, was published to sensational acclaim in 1927 and became a landmark book of the inter-war period, shocking in its time, capturing the voice of the younger generation. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082940
ISBN
9781844082940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783781317
ISBN
9781783781317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Red Door Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910453223
ISBN
9781910453223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.44

Paperback. This work contains two novellas. In the first, a specialist in psychological warfare is driven to murderous action by the stresses of a macabre project to win the Vietnam War, and in the second, a megalomaniac Boer frontiersman wreaks hideous vengeance on a Hottentot tribe. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 cm. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268338
ISBN
9780099268338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Flambard Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873226957
ISBN
9781873226957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

hardcover. Nagai Kafu was one of the most important Japanese writers of fiction during the first half of the 20th century. These two works, which appear in English for the first time, are superb examples of the author's evocative descriptions of the moods and fancies of Tokyo. Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804722599
ISBN
9780804722599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.27

Paperback. Offers a irreverent overview of Indonesian history in the Sukarno and Suharto eras and insights into the postcolonial condition. This title tells a story that begins in the 1930s, before Indonesia's independence from Dutch rule, and follows the fortunes of a poor Javanese village woman who becomes a servant in the household of President Sukarno. Translator(s): Keeler, Ward. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295983929
ISBN
9780295983929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. This humorous adventure story is about life in rural Ireland during World War II. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332. 8vo. Good copy .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0290131
ISBN
9781856350013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.99
€ 13.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503941106
ISBN
9781503941106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307473738
ISBN
9780307473738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.99

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087600
ISBN
9781844087600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.58

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