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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, and a consumate musician. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Paperback Edition
SKU
KKD0011027
ISBN
9780749397548
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, and a consumate musician. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First Paperback Edition
SKU
KSS0006148
ISBN
9780749397548
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The residents of Pepys Road, London - a banker and his shopaholic wife, an elderly woman dying of a brain tumour, the Pakistani family who run the local shop, the young football star from Senegal and his minder - all receive anonymous postcards with a simple message: We Want What You Have. Who is behind it? What do they want? Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 438. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003391
ISBN
9780571234622
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. If CanLit is a steamy boudoir, then Cape Breton is a pair of torn yellow fishnets glowing under the bed. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
Publisher
Biblioasis
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771960274
ISBN
9781771960274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. A story of post-war Britain through the lives of one family Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KLN0015076
ISBN
9780747585831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897142509
ISBN
9781897142509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.83

Paperback. Gives us stories which contain demented misfits, sleazy sex tourists, killer inmates, has-beens and never-were's. In "The Process", a man signs up to rid himself of his debts but at a terrible cost; in "Savage Incidents at the College Reunion", an alumni fancy dress disco descends into a bloodbath thanks to an inopportune choice of costume. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 145.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478232
ISBN
9780099478232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Farrokh, Faridoun. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140685
ISBN
9781588140685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. A collection of glimpses of the here and now. The random chatter of strangers, encountered fleetingly, provides details of the exotic and banal, critical and trivial. One moment we are in Ireland, the next in Los Angeles. The stories leave the characters lives as quickly as we entered them. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KNW0008591
ISBN
9780099286684
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Lee Chong, the owner of the well-stocked grocery store, is also the proprietor of the Palace Flophouse that Mack and his troupe of good-natured 'boys' call home. Dora runs the Bear Flag Restaurant with clockwork efficiency and a generous heart, and Doc, secreted away in his home at Western Biological Laboratories, is the fount of all wisdom. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185088
ISBN
9780141185088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Armistead Maupin meets Beautiful People in Josh Kilmer-Purcell's hilarious and yet poignant coming-of-age tale Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KAK0006471
ISBN
9780007301645
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Daniel and Nathan were six years old when they first met and became best friends. Thirty years later Dan is convicted of Nathan's murder .. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KSG0000903
ISBN
9780752859149
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Solzhenitsyn's celebrated novel describes the lives of people in the Soviet Union under Stalin who were condemned on health grounds to "internment" or death. It also give a psychological insight into the intensified experience of people under varying degrees of pressure and deprivation. Translator(s): Dolberg, Alexander. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
9780099575511
ISBN
9780099575511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Iain Banks's classic novel, reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139234
ISBN
9780349139234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 193 x 34. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9781408831007
ISBN
9781408831007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs Elner Shimfissle is up a tree, picking figs to make jam, and the next thing she knows, she is off on a strange adventure, running into people, in the unlikeliest of places. Meanwhile, a dark secret emerges from the past - and the entire town is left wondering, 'What's life all about anyway?' Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507642
ISBN
9780099507642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The warm, hilarious and utterly unputdownable novel from bestselling Irish author Clare Dowling Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755392704
ISBN
9780755392704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Bestselling author Clare Dowling's latest novel is warm, hilarious and utterly unputdownable Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458. 8vo. Good clean copy of the large format paperback edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KEX0260027
ISBN
9780755392681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover.
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780755392674
ISBN
9780755392674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 6.28

Paperback. With titles like 'A Story of Stolen Salamis', 'Letters to a Frozen Pea Manufacturer', 'A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates', and 'Can't and Won't', this title features stories that illuminate particular moments in ordinary lives and find in them the humorous, the ironic and the surprising. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968086
ISBN
9780241968086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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