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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. "The best literary present .. has a delicate sweetness that shows through at just the right moments."-Ron Charles, Washington Post Book World Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342932
ISBN
9780393342932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver's North Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Parthian Books
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409978
ISBN
9781910409978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.93

Paperback. Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver's North Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908946898
ISBN
9781908946898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback. Burnt Shadows is an epic narrative of disasters evaded and confronted, loyalties offered and repaid, and loves rewarded and betrayed. Translator(s): Hirzallah, Iman. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 390. 480 pages. Burnt Shadows is an epic narrative of disasters evaded and confronted, loyalties offered and repaid, and loves rewarded and betrayed. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 172 x 198 x 31. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Hirzallah, Iman. Language: Arabic.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Edition
Arabic ed
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992142585
ISBN
9789992142585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Burnt island is about a literary novelist, Max Long, who wins a fellowship to Burnt island to write his next novel. He ends up staying with the very successful novelist James Fairfax whose wife had gone missing under mysterious circumstances. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 213.
Publisher
Salt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773488
ISBN
9781907773488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd Belfast
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856408106
ISBN
9780856408106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.08

Paperback. As well as her eight novels, Angela Carter published four collections of short stories during her lifetime, and contributed stories to several anthologies. The stories were scattered amongst different publishers. Suitable for Angela Carter aficionados, this title gathers together her work. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592914
ISBN
9780099592914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

paperback. Series: The Radical Novel Reconsidered. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780252066849
ISBN
9780252066849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Such is the strength of Joe Saul's desperate longing for a child, that he feels as if a dark curse is upon him after three unfruitful years of marriage. Yet unbeknown to him, he is sterile. His young, devoted wife loves him so much that she secretly conceives the child of another man. Soon Joe discovers her deception. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186061
ISBN
9780141186061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Author of MUD, SWEAT AND TEARS and star of MAN VS. WILD and THE ISLAND, Bear Grylls delivers a hair-raising, adrenaline-fuelled sequel to his SUNDAY TIMES bestselling novel, GHOST FLIGHT. Will Jaeger is back! Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409156871
ISBN
9781409156871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Series: Fever. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 106 x 26. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780440246428
ISBN
9780440246428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club, and Flory can help. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185378
ISBN
9780141185378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. A few months ago, fourteen-year-old Ali Banana was apprenticed to a whip-wielding blacksmith in his rural hometown. Now, its winter 1944, the war is entering its most crucial stage and Ali is a private in Thunder Brigade. His unit has been given orders to go behind enemy lines and wreak havoc. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099488989
ISBN
9780099488989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Policewoman Lisa Cutts has the perfect credentials to deliver a cracking police procedural! Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Edition
Paperback Original
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0296184
ISBN
9781471153143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Policewoman Lisa Cutts has the perfect credentials to deliver a cracking police procedural! Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Paperback Original
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0295708
ISBN
9781471153143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780920897850
ISBN
9780920897850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Presents the story of a young woman's slowly evolving identity in the turbulent political environment of South Africa. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312. 384 pages. Presents the story of a young woman's slowly evolving identity in the turbulent political environment of South Africa. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight: 262.
Number of pages
384
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747549796
ISBN
9780747549796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849822633
ISBN
9781849822633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. The Burden of the Desert is fast-paced and gripping, and asks questions that will linger long after the last page is turned. Via the lives of a fascinating group of characters, former war correspondent Justin Huggler memorably evokes the atmosphere of a military occupation whose aftershocks are still being felt today. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780722009
ISBN
9781780722009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Tanya was in Beverly Hills to do a major screenplay after years of writing stories and articles on the side, always putting her family first. Now, flying back to Marin County between shoots, struggling to reconnect with a family that seems to need her less and less, Tanya watches helplessly as her old life is pulled out from under her. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 108 x 35. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KYB0000318
ISBN
9780552151818
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tanya was in Beverly Hills to do a major screenplay after years of writing stories and articles on the side, always putting her family first. Now, flying back to Marin County between shoots, struggling to reconnect with a family that seems to need her less and less, Tanya watches helplessly as her old life is pulled out from under her. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 108 x 35. Weight in Grams: 272. Clean copy with shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KOC0013031
ISBN
9780552151818
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As the most powerful men on earth gather in New York for a meeting of the UN, Detective Michael Bennett receives intelligence warning that there will be an assassination attempt on the US president. Even more shocking, the intelligence suggests that the Russian government could be behind the plot. Series: Michael Bennett. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099594383
ISBN
9780099594383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Features stories that present a new vision of contemporary Ireland, of its woes and triumphs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First printing of this edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555629
ISBN
9780099555629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. Eliot Nailles loves his wife and son to distraction; Paul Hammer is a bastard named after a common household tool. Neighbours in Bullet Park, the two become fatefully linked by the mysterious binding power of their names in Cheever's sharp and funny hymn to the dubious normality of the American suburbs. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099914105
ISBN
9780099914105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

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