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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Captures a city in microcosm through a series of character portraits, and forms a picture of people whose lives are inextricably linked by circumstance and community - but above all by a need to be loved. This novel features wry humour and the subtle shades of Manhattan moods. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571226665
ISBN
9780571226665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. A modern classic, Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780335575
ISBN
9781780335575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. An ex-circus strongman and Notting Hill rough-justice artist, meets his own personal holocaust and 'Einsteinian' destiny. There is maximum boredom and minimum love-making advised, while a new strain of schizophrenia overwhelms the young son of a 'father of the nuclear age'. This book offers a collection of stories that reveal a deep preoccupation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099768913
ISBN
9780099768913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop. Trapped between caring for her alcoholic father and her job as a secretary at the boys' prison, she tempers her dreary days with dreams of escaping to the big city. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781784701468
ISBN
9781784701468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. From 'the most exciting new fiction writer of the 21st century' (New York Magazine) comes Eight White Nights, a sparkling and 'wonderfully romantic' (The Times) Christmas novel. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 346. From 'the most exciting new fiction writer of the 21st century' (New York Magazine) comes Eight White Nights, a sparkling and 'wonderfully romantic' (The Times) Christmas novel. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight: 352.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848876217
ISBN
9781848876217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. From the two-time Man Booker Prize winner, a prescient and haunting novel of life in Saudi Arabia. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 210.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007172917
ISBN
9780007172917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liberties Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909718999
ISBN
9781909718999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.20

Hardcover. Newly married to novelist Rosie M. Banks, Bingo bucks the current trend by being extremely happy, although he does tend to lose his shirt on various horses. This collection of wonderfully funny stories features a cast of outrageous characters. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591063
ISBN
9781841591063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Hardback. T, an acclaimed but aging actor, and Efina, a passionate theatergoer, are engaged in an obsessive love affair that careens from attraction to repulsion. They meet, they break up, they marry, and they get divorced. They neither can live with nor without one another, and this impossible state of affairs lasts all their lives. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421708
ISBN
9780857421708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.33

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Inanna Publications and Education Inc. Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771333092
ISBN
9781771333092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908699329
ISBN
9781908699329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pelican Publishing Co. (US) United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589806344
ISBN
9781589806344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. Estrin's second novel is the story of a young man who stumbles through the second half of the 20th century bearing a most unfortunate name. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Unbridled Books United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932961034
ISBN
9781932961034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 176 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553286526
ISBN
9780553286526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. As the 1982 school year begins, the author returns to Ragley village school for his sixth year as headteacher. Nora Pratt celebrates twenty-five years in her coffee shop, Ronnie Smith finally tries to get a job, and little Krystal Entwhistle causes concern in the school Nativity play. Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552162210
ISBN
9780552162210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Funny, sharp, witty, clever' - The Times Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780860681298
ISBN
9780860681298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Hutchisson, James M. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 573.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810468
ISBN
9781554810468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

Paperback. Two months after the suspicious and much-publicized death of his father, it is taking all of Adam Blaine's character to suture the deep wounds - both within his family and himself - torn open by the tragedy. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782064138
ISBN
9781782064138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. *'A notable fiction debut' (Publisher's Weekly) from the acclaimed author of The Weight of Water and The Pilot's Wife. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 204. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOC0027947
ISBN
9780349105871
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. *'A notable fiction debut' (Publisher's Weekly) from the acclaimed author of The Weight of Water and The Pilot's Wife. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0016280
ISBN
9780349105871
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A story about loss and hope set in London. It takes us to the anti-war movement and two generations of activists, where, amid rioting and arrests, the destinies of Eddie and his sister Esther have been shaped. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: F; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some slight shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000454
ISBN
9781780993676
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars, a dazzling, darkly funny, compulsively readable retelling of Sophocles's Oedipus Rex that takes us from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair to the twenty-first century headquarters of an Internet search giant. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218. Good copy with some shelf wear. Minor foxing appears, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0001812
ISBN
9781408821992
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Barbican Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956336453
ISBN
9780956336453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Three tales of the vicissitudes of love, by the author of "Trainspotting" and "Shallow Grave". "Lorraine Goes to Livingston" features an authoress who suffers a stroke; "Fortune's Always Hiding" is a corporate drug romance; "The Undefeated" is set in the grim backstreets of modern Edinburgh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590910
ISBN
9780099590910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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