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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A 24-carat debut involving a golden monkey, a toy troll, a transvestite, his lover, and a lot of BINGO by the sea in the North East town of Deerpool. Top of the House is a hilarious caper, a surprising love story, a thumping good heist, and a defiantly life-affirming read. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472119186
ISBN
9781472119186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608090655
ISBN
9781608090655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. Includes beguiling, provocative stories about manipulative men and the women who outwit them, about destructive marriages and curdled friendships, about mothers and sons, about moments which change or haunt a life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099524298
ISBN
9780099524298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Two's company, but three is a recipe for disaster .. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472114624
ISBN
9781472114624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Can love at first sight last a lifetime? Carey's about to find out whether she and Ben are for keeps or if it was just a holiday romance in this unputdownable bestseller from the author of IF YOU WERE ME and SUDDENLY SINGLE. Num Pages: 496 pages, B Format. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 342. Can love at first sight last a lifetime? Carey's about to find out whether she and Ben are for keeps or if it was just a holiday romance in this unputdownable bestseller from the author of IF YOU WERE ME and SUDDENLY SINGLE. Num Pages: 496 pages, B Format. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 342. Good clean copy with some minor shelf and reading wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Headline Review
Edition
New
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0011515
ISBN
9780755329946
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The incredible new emotional drama from the author of A Daughter's Secret Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 265 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KOC0016104
ISBN
9781471141720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Full of warmth, wit and wisdom, the perfect read for fans of Marian Keyes, Maeve Binchy and Cathy Kelly. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 308. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KRF0037507
ISBN
9780755359769
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Full of warmth, wit and wisdom, the perfect read for fans of Marian Keyes, Maeve Binchy and Cathy Kelly. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780755359769
ISBN
9780755359769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Janie Ryan is born, she is destined to be the latest in a long line of Aberdeen fishwives. Ahead of her lies a life filled with feckless men, filthy council flats and bread & marge sandwiches. But Janie isn't like the rest of them. She wants a different life. And Janie, born and bred for combat, is ready to fight for it. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554622
ISBN
9780099554622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. A lost masterpiece of American fiction: a dazzling, eerie, riveting novel of reading and writing, fear and regret, blood and revenge.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 364.
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848870222
ISBN
9781848870222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Presented as a miraculous cure-all, Tono-Bungay is in fact nothing other than a pleasant-tasting liquid with no positive effects. Nonetheless, when the young George Ponderevo is employed by his Uncle Edward to help market this ineffective medicine, he finds his life overwhelmed by its sudden success. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310. Clean copy in original cloth covers. Covers dulled and showing some age and shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
448
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0005473
ISBN
9780141441115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 15.99
€ 11.39

Paperback. The gift of tongues, prophecy exorcism.. what might such concepts mean in a complacent backwater of North London? For Richard Bowen, adolescence becomes a nightmare when his parents join the charismatic movement and find a devil in his brother. Winner of the Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask Awards. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001416
ISBN
9780749396176
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A fabulously fun read for fans of Wendy Holden Num Pages: 688 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 44. Weight in Grams: 456. Clean copy. Some shelfwear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KST0021529
ISBN
9780340895795
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Even after 100 years, this is a captivating fable - witty and biting - of a Thomas Edison-like inventor who creates the radiant and tragic android Hadaly, and the lovelorn aristocrat who falls for the manmade perfect woman who is conveniently adjustable so he may make her at his will to his taste and social needs. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780252069550
ISBN
9780252069550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.01

Hardback. Set in the Berlin Nightclub scene, three young men, all from different backgrounds, meet by chance. Tomorrow Berlin depicts the flawed character's lives spiral downwards, their lifestyles drawing them into a grimy abyss that threatens to eclipse them. Translator(s): Miller, George. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910050460
ISBN
9781910050460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Victor, a ghostwriter, is just about to have an affair with Marta, a married woman, when - in the bedroom, half-undressed - she drops dead in his arms. He panics and slips away. But Marta's family are all too aware that she was not alone when she died, and Dean, the widowed husband, is determined to find out who was sharing her bed that night. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199986
ISBN
9780141199986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Michel is ten years old, living in Pointe Noire, Congo, in the 1970s. His mother sells peanuts at the market, his father works at the Victory Palace Hotel, and brings home books left behind by the white guests. Planes cross the sky overhead, and Michel and his friend Lounes dream about the countries where they'll land. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846685842
ISBN
9781846685842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. An intensely moving and beautifully written novel from the Booker-prize winning author of Last Orders, and Mothering Sunday Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471162022
ISBN
9781471162022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. From the bestselling author of OUR KID and HIGH HOPES comes his most heartwarming work to date: the story of his father Tommy, and his determined, spirited battle to rise above the slums and the workhouse and build a better life for himself and his family Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755359592
ISBN
9780755359592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. In this semiautobiographical novel, the young French Algerian author Nina Bouraoui introduces us to a girl who feels that Algeria is the country of men. Her childhood years spent in Algeria lead her to explore the borderland between genders as she tries to find her balance between nations, races, and identities. Translator(s): Gavarini, Jehanne-Marie; Salvodon, Marjorie Attignol. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 129 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
129
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803262591
ISBN
9780803262591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.33

Paperback. Memories of an Irish lad in wartime Liverpool Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRA0004817
ISBN
9780755336791
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Memories of an Irish lad in wartime Liverpool Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KLN0014208
ISBN
9780755336791
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564783714
ISBN
9781564783714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781998618
ISBN
9781781998618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.63

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