Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Features Jim Nolan, who is disenfranchised and alone, and, his family destroyed by the system. Desperate to find his place in the world, Jim joins the Communist Party and becomes entangled in a strike of migrant workers which spirals out of control, unflinchingly detailing the apocalyptic violence that breaks out when the masses become the mob. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, Notes. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186023
- ISBN
- 9780141186023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Nora Roberts - The World's Greatest Storyteller. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749958527
- ISBN
- 9780749958527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Hardback. In Paris, Montreal, Seville, Berlin, and towns large and small, the author has dreamt - and she has remembered her dreams. In this small volume, she shares her dreams of the years 2008-10, a time of global upheaval that happened to coincide with upheavals in her own life. Illustrator(s): Banerjee, Sunandini. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 116 pages, 24 colour plates. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857420299
- ISBN
- 9780857420299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.33
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€ 17.33
Paperback. First published in 1962 as 'La Placa del Diamant', this is considered the most important Catalan novel of all time. This is a new English translation. Translator(s): Bush, Peter. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844087372
- ISBN
- 9781844087372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
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€ 11.00
Paperback. Touching and wonderfully funny, In Custody is woven around the yearnings and calamities of a small-town scholar in the north of India. An impoverished college lecturer, Deven, sees a way to escape from the meanness of his daily life when he is asked to interview India's greatest Urdu poet, Nur - a project that can only end in disaster. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428497
- ISBN
- 9780099428497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
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€ 10.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812994384
- ISBN
- 9780812994384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.06
€ 25.99
€ 23.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- hardcover
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616962487
- ISBN
- 9781616962487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.80
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€ 19.80
Paperback. Hannah Olsen and her husband Lars own Langani Farm and Safari Lodge where they struggle to protect their wildlife and land from poachers and corrupt officials. But the developing relationship between their daughter and a young African boy with a terrifying legacy tests the strength of their family. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520634
- ISBN
- 9780099520634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. A collection of macabre short stories. Ian McEwan received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976 for a previous collection of short stories entitled "First Love, Last Rites". Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099754718
- ISBN
- 9780099754718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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€ 11.05
Paperback. A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey to discover the real Arcadia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784082574
- ISBN
- 9781784082574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.06
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€ 10.06
Paperback. A stunning novel set in the stark beauty of Orkney and the heady atmosphere of Penang in the 1930s Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753820070
- ISBN
- 9780753820070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.86
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€ 11.86
Paperback. Historian Lia Carrer has finally returned to southwestern France, determined to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. But instead of finding solace in the region's quiet hills and medieval ruins, she falls in love with Raoul, a man whose very existence challenges everything she knows about life-and about her husband's death. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781492625209
- ISBN
- 9781492625209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.79
€ 16.79
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Comma Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905583768
- ISBN
- 9781905583768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
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€ 13.39
Paperback. A story inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebrated actress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karol Chlapowski, her fifteen-year-old son, Rudolf, the young journalist and future author of "Quo Vadis", Henryk Sienkiewicz, and a few friends; their brief sojourn in Anaheim, California. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190105
- ISBN
- 9780141190105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.66
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€ 12.66
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Omnidawn Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890650193
- ISBN
- 9781890650193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.60
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Paperback. IN A SUMMER SEASON is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be the thing it is: beautiful, often funny, and sometimes tragic. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083206
- ISBN
- 9781844083206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Hardback. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010 'One of the most beautiful and unsettling books I've ever read. I can't remember a more troubling and intense study of rootlessness and loneliness; Galgut is a writer of great, almost frightening, depth.' Tash Aw Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338. Very good copy in clean dustwrapper. Second impression
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KEX0303109
- ISBN
- 9781848873223
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. For ambitious industrialist Charles Freeman, it offers new opportunities and marriage to Mary. He buys the big house on the hill and nails his aspirations to the future. In quick succession, three sons and a daughter bring life to the big house and, with it, the seeds of family joy and tragedy. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099538004
- ISBN
- 9780099538004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. The central novel from V.S. Naipaul's Booker Prize-winning narrative of displacement, published for the first time in a stand-alone edition. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522908
- ISBN
- 9780330522908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. From the author of the best-selling This Book Will Save Your Life, an intense, thrilling portrait of the patient-analyst relationship gone awry Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087270
- ISBN
- 9781847087270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.94
€ 11.99
€ 9.94