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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, with whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfilment. But for Cardinal Guzman, a man tormented by his own private daemons, their hedonistic fiestas represent the epicentre of all heresies that must be challenged. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Minerva
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002009
- ISBN
- 9780749398576
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This novel about Nigeria prophesied the 1983 coup. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; FA; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 214 x 7. Weight in Grams: 60.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435906986
- ISBN
- 9780435906986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.25
€ 17.25
Paperback. Another tale packed with juicy gossip and parliamentary scandal from the delightful Rosie Wallace. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Headline Book Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755319367
- ISBN
- 9780755319367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. THE SUNDAY TIMES DOUBLE BESTSELLER 'Part whodunnit, part coming of age, this is a gripping debut about the secrets behind every door' RACHEL JOYCE Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008132170
- ISBN
- 9780008132170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.63
€ 13.99
€ 10.63
Paperback. Debut novel tracking the breakdown of a relationship. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907595646
- ISBN
- 9781907595646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Urban Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781601625939
- ISBN
- 9781601625939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.14
€ 10.99
€ 10.14
Paperback. A riveting novel that begins with a murder in an old Connecticut barn and reaches its climax on Broadway. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 27. Weight in Grams: 224. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KIN0007037
- ISBN
- 9780006514398
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A riveting novel that begins with a murder in an old Connecticut barn and reaches its climax on Broadway. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 27. Weight in Grams: 224. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ0006901
- ISBN
- 9780006514398
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From the corner of a darkened room Joy Stone watches herself. As memories of the deaths of her lover and mother surface unbidden, life for Joy narrows - to negotiating each day, each encounter, each second; to finding the trick to keep living. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870133
- ISBN
- 9781784870133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. It is 1974 - the year Lucas Lessar turns thirteen. The year his mother Mirjana disappears. The year Zoli from the plate-glass factory goes mad for love. There used to be mines all along the Pittsburg coal seam, but now there's only one left: King Mine, where Lucas' father Jimmy was blown up a few years back. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280. 272 pages. It is 1974 - the year Lucas Lessar turns thirteen. The year his mother Mirjana disappears. The year Zoli from the plate-glass factory goes mad for love. There used to be mines all along the Pittsburg coal seam, but now there's only one left: King Mine, where Lucas' father Jimmy was blown up a few years back. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 19. Weight: 280.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747591962
- ISBN
- 9780747591962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.70
€ 13.00
€ 11.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Schocken Books United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210538
- ISBN
- 9780805210538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714527475
- ISBN
- 9780714527475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.40
€ 13.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. * A captivating, rich, historical novel that moves from cholera-infested early nineteenth-century London to the new colony of New Zealand - 'a cracking good story told with verve and assurance' Publishing News Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- SKU
- KRF0025797
- ISBN
- 9780751533903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * A captivating, rich, historical novel that moves from cholera-infested early nineteenth-century London to the new colony of New Zealand - 'a cracking good story told with verve and assurance' Publishing News Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KRF0025706
- ISBN
- 9780751533903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A gripping novel that explores the shifting sands of moral values - is murder still murder when committed in a lawless place? Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349006277
- ISBN
- 9780349006277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 37. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408862308
- ISBN
- 9781408862308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.33
€ 23.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. At the turn of the century Stan Parker takes a wife and makes a home as a small farmer in the wilderness of Australia. Amy bears his children and time brings him a procession of ordinary events - achievements, disappointments, sorrows and dreams. The author won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099324515
- ISBN
- 9780099324515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.86
€ 13.00
€ 11.86
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060000806
- ISBN
- 9780060000806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. THE TRAVELLING VAMPIRE SHOW is Richard Laymon's masterpiece - an evocative, nostalgic trip back to a time when innocence comes face to face with life's darker forces. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 114 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747258292
- ISBN
- 9780747258292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Lydia is killed in a car accident, but she returns to her bereft sister as a benign ghost who, nonetheless, comes to haunt the lives of those around her in unexpected ways: Jonathan Goldman, whose flat Lydia is running from when she is knocked down, and his daughter Stella, who discovers her father's affair with the gladiatorial Sonia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224. 272 pages. Lydia is killed in a car accident, but she returns to her bereft sister as a benign ghost who, nonetheless, comes to haunt the lives of those around her in unexpected ways: Jonathan Goldman, whose flat Lydia is running from when she is knocked down, and his daughter Stella, who discovers her father's affair with the gladiatorial Sonia. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight: 186.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747594727
- ISBN
- 9780747594727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.10
€ 9.10
Paperback. An exceptional, break-out, coming-of-age novel from the talented Betty Trask Award-winning writer, Will Davis Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408831625
- ISBN
- 9781408831625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.13
€ 11.99
€ 10.13
paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 122. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- New Africa Books South Africa
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864860361
- ISBN
- 9780864860361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.32
€ 11.32
Paperback. 'The things people inscribe on tombstones, even if only with their breath - erasing those things is what the Redeemer's there for.' Translator(s): Dillman, Lisa. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; FA; FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276728
- ISBN
- 9781908276728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Sammar is a young Sudanese widow, working as an Arabic translator at a British university. Estranged from her son, she drifts, grieving and isolated. Life takes a positive turn when she finds herself falling in love with Rae, a Scottish academic. To Sammar, he seems to come from another world and another culture, yet they are drawn to each other. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846970801
- ISBN
- 9781846970801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34