Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Salim the coachman tells enchanting tales, but suddenly he is struck dumb. Just as Scheherazade told tales to save her life, Salim's friends must spin yarns to save his speech. Set in Damascus in 1959, the novel alternates the real lives of our storytellers with stories from the distant past. Translator(s): Boehm, Philip. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906697358
- ISBN
- 9781906697358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
paperback. *The debut novel by Josephine Hart, reissued as a Virago Modern Classic - a chilling exploration of physical passion and psychological darkness Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844087181
- ISBN
- 9781844087181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Jeff Hinkley, undercover investigator for the British Horse racing Authority, is looking into the shady activities of a race horse trainer. But as he's tailing his quarry through the Cheltenham Racing Festival, the last thing he expects to witness is a gruesome murder. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 46. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405915199
- ISBN
- 9781405915199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Hardcover. Mary Turner has little use for sacrifice. As the niece of Erastus Corning, the prominent railway magnate, she is accustomed to financial security, society balls, and the flirtatious attention of her many suitors. When she marries the ambitious banker Isaac Burch, she secures an upper-class social position at the cost of a loveless relationship. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609315
- ISBN
- 9780815609315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.46
€ 22.46
Paperback. A journey to the South that only Southerners know, to a time when "Blue Velvet" was played at the Senior Prom, and into the life of Daisy Fay Harper. Daisy is a sassy, truth-telling heroine who just can't stay out of trouble. What's more, she tells us everything. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002033
- ISBN
- 9780099297215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A journey to the South that only Southerners know, to a time when "Blue Velvet" was played at the Senior Prom, and into the life of Daisy Fay Harper. Daisy is a sassy, truth-telling heroine who just can't stay out of trouble. What's more, she tells us everything. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- SKU
- KEX0302784
- ISBN
- 9780099297215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Cast a baleful eye on the personal relationships and social ambitions of the inhabitants of Dai Country. In this volume, the best of the author's short stories are combined with his autobiographical memoir "Days of Absence" to take us to the core of those incomparable valleys, with their lived experience stripped bare of cliche and sentiment. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906998158
- ISBN
- 9781906998158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564789280
- ISBN
- 9781564789280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 6.23
€ 11.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. It's the book beaches were made for. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 436. Good clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0010073
- ISBN
- 9780007228904
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. It's the book beaches were made for. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 406. Clean copy. Some shelfwear. FFEP inscribed
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KST0021537
- ISBN
- 9780007228904
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155677
- ISBN
- 9781903155677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.21
€ 23.99
€ 19.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Melrose Publishing Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780758294647
- ISBN
- 9780758294647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.21
€ 16.99
€ 16.21
Paperback. To the outside world, Sarah and Oliver Watson had the perfect marriage. Happy and successful, with three beautiful children, they seemed to have it all. But under the surface, Sarah felt lost, empty and inadequate. And one Christmas, after eighteen years of marriage, she walked out. Left alone, Oliver struggles to cope with raising his 3 children. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 109 x 24. Weight in Grams: 206. 383pp. Cover is slightly creased. Spine sunned
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Corgi London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- SKU
- KON0824896
- ISBN
- 9780552135221
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. To the outside world, Sarah and Oliver Watson had the perfect marriage. Happy and successful, with three beautiful children, they seemed to have it all. But under the surface, Sarah felt lost, empty and inadequate. And one Christmas, after eighteen years of marriage, she walked out. Left alone, Oliver struggles to cope with raising his 3 children. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 109 x 24. Weight in Grams: 206. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Corgi London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- SKU
- KEX0216398
- ISBN
- 9780552135221
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A modern and far-reaching Shetlandic saga with ethnology, history and linguistics entwined with humour, a mystery and a love story. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906817862
- ISBN
- 9781906817862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Hardcover. A Perth minister opens his door to a traumatised stranger who calls himself 'the son and heir to being lost'. When the stranger disappears, the events leading up to and following on from this are revealed. A modern and far-reaching Shetlandic saga with ethnology, history, linguistics entwined with humour, a mystery, and a love story. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906817336
- ISBN
- 9781906817336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Presents the 14 writers - Nicholas Ruddock, Leon Rooke, Hugh Graham, Jane Eaton Hamilton, Bruce Meyer, Priscila Uppal, Veronica Gaylie, Christine Miscione, Lisa Foad, Maggie Dwyer, Josip Novakovich, Bart Campbell, Lisa Pike and Linda Rogers - shortlisted for the CVC literary prize. Editor(s): Vanderbilt, Gloria. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Exile Editions Canada
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550964905
- ISBN
- 9781550964905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.73
€ 18.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. Translator(s): Naughton, James. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241290262
- ISBN
- 9780241290262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Marion and Shiva Stone, born in a mission hospital in Ethiopia in the 1950s, are twin sons of an illicit union between an Indian nun and British doctor. Bound by birth but with widely different temperaments they grow up together, in a country on the brink of revolution, until a betrayal splits them apart. But fate has not finished with them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Edition
- First Vintage Books Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099443636
- ISBN
- 9780099443636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.84
€ 14.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. Two lives interlinked; two sets of memories which could be lost. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- River Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786167339498
- ISBN
- 9786167339498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.11
€ 15.99
€ 15.11