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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. For years Gerald lived for his twin passions, acting and sex. And as a young actor, he found plenty of opportunities to perform in both arenas. No longer young or in demand, Gerald is waiting to die. He has drawn up a last will and testament, a living will, assigned a health care proxy, and arranged his own cremation. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Carroll & Graf
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786717651
ISBN
9780786717651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. When Rosie Kitto, an eccentric thirty-eight-year-old primary school teacher from England, bounces into their lives with a secret sorrow and a heart as big as the city, nobody realises that she hasn't read the rule book. For the Wilder-Bingham family, whose lives begin to unravel thread by thread, the consequences are explosive. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 275 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405921558
ISBN
9781405921558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A respected literary biographer, Mark is working on the life of Gilbert Strong - a writer about whom he thinks he knows everything. Happily married, and apparently dedicated to a life of letters, he nevertheless falls in love with Strong's granddaughter Carrie, an unsophisticated young woman more interested in bedding plants than books or passion. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196831
ISBN
9780141196831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. From a NYT bestselling author, an engrossing look at the darker side of a marriage - and at how an ordinary family responds to an extraordinary crisis Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471140440
ISBN
9781471140440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. An improbable coincidence brings Clare back into contact with someone she once had sex with at a teenage party; complicatedly, he is now going out with her best friend, Helly. The encounter needn't have meant anything - it could just have been funny, or embarrassing - but it seems to have the power to shake up everything in Clare's life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428589
ISBN
9780099428589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Maggie and Sylvie are perfect strangers: two very different women, living very different lives on opposite coasts. But they share more in common than they could ever imagine. Both women think their lives are seamlessly secure, but they couldn't be more wrong.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTG0012794
ISBN
9780718157555
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Maggie and Sylvie are perfect strangers: two very different women, living very different lives on opposite coasts. But they share more in common than they could ever imagine. Both women think their lives are seamlessly secure, but they couldn't be more wrong.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTM0006308
ISBN
9780718157555
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Maggie and Sylvie are perfect strangers: two very different women, living very different lives on opposite coasts. But they share more in common than they could ever imagine. Both women think their lives are seamlessly secure, but they couldn't be more wrong.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290. Clean copy with some reader wear and inscription.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTM0000754
ISBN
9780718157555
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Page Clarke is a good mother to 15-year-old Allyson. But when Allyson and her friend Chloe are involved in a car crash, five families' lives are shattered. Page leans on Chloe's father Trygve for strength while her husband Brad is away. This is a story of lives changed and love that never dies. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 107 x 26. Weight in Grams: 220. Nice copy in good condition. Some shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Corgi London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
SKU
KST0026602
ISBN
9780552137478
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. A winner of six major literary prizes, this rich and haunting novel examines the shadowy Sardinian figure of the Accabadora, exploring the boundaries between mercy-killing and murder. Translator(s): Mazzarella, Silvester. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Maclehose
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857050472
ISBN
9780857050472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

hardcover. First edition. Copy fine in dustjacket. DJ has wear and discolouring to edges but remains very good overall
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KEX0274050
ISBN
9781782114185
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. Patrick Flanery is an exceptionally gifted novelist, and he is just getting started' Philip Gourevitch, New Yorker Following the critical acclaim for this muscular debut novel, Flanery has confirmed himself, quite simply, as a literary star. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857892027
ISBN
9780857892027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. London, 1958. In the jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are forging a new lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Moving through this world is MacInnes' young photographer, whose wit and honest views remain definitive of 1950s London and what it means to be a teenager. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200. 228 pages. London, 1958. In the jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are forging a new lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Moving through this world is MacInnes' young photographer, whose wit and honest views remain definitive of 1950s London and what it means to be a teenager. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 156 x 196 x 19. Weight: 204.
Publisher
Allison & Busby United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749009984
ISBN
9780749009984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. Translator(s): Vennawitz, Leila; Vennewitz, L. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714509389
ISBN
9780714509389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Paperback. Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard room-mate, are obsessed by the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away from a plantation owner's mansion by a negro butler. From then on, he was determined to force his way into the upper echelons of Southern society. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099475118
ISBN
9780099475118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Sinolingua Co.,Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9787802003903
ISBN
9787802003903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.69

Paperback. From the New York Times bestseller comes a haunting novel with the poetic quality of William Faulkner Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782118015
ISBN
9781782118015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 333 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 232 x 31. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
333
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821698
ISBN
9781849821698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Niamh Shaw's second novel for Little Black Dress promises to be another fast-paced, sharp-witted and hilarious slice of romance Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 23. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755348572
ISBN
9780755348572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.88

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781781999134
ISBN
9781781999134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.00
€ 13.97

Paperback. The importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes - alienation, the absurdity and tragedy of human existence - have as much relevance today as when they were written, and this superb new translation captures their modernist spirit. Among the fourteen stories included are 'The Lady with the Little Dog', 'Gusev', and 'Rothschild's Violin'. Translator(s): Bartlett, Rosamund. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536689
ISBN
9780199536689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405924924
ISBN
9781405924924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Beautifully written and compelling, About Grace is the brilliant debut novel from Anthony Doerr. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007146994
ISBN
9780007146994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Casey Edwards remembers nothing from her past - full of sexual abuse and neglect - after realizing she has been kept in a mental institution for the past ten years. The strange behaviour of others prompts her to investigate her own damaged childhood. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 105 x 27. Weight in Grams: 196.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Time Warner International
Publication date
2003
SKU
KNH0004747
ISBN
9780821770207
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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