Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. Creator of the famous Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler elevated the American hard-boiled detective genre to an art form. His last four novels, published here in one volume, offer ample opportunity to savour the unique and compelling fictional world that made his works modern classics. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 46. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152562
- ISBN
- 9781857152562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.88
€ 26.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Gleeson, Sinead. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848405486
- ISBN
- 9781848405486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.89
€ 14.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472207234
- ISBN
- 9781472207234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. A potent, prize-winning novel of rural life and familial loss - and an unforgettable introduction to one of the most distinctive new voices in British fiction Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Granta
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783780402
- ISBN
- 9781783780402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. It lies somewhere beneath the snow, high in the Dolomites: Nazi gold, tainted with the blood of murdered men. Only a few know its secrets, and one by one they come in search of it - a hot-tempered Italian Comtessa, a racketeering pimp, a Greek criminal, a film-maker and a hapless writer. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099577423
- ISBN
- 9780099577423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Golden Richards is a normal dad. But with four wives and twenty eight children there just isn't enough of him to go around. Unbeknownst to his wives, Golden has taken a construction job on a Nevada brothel. Lying to cover his tracks, beset by familial rivalry on all sides, he seeks relief in the arms of his boss' wife. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099498032
- ISBN
- 9780099498032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.46
€ 24.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. At Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188416
- ISBN
- 9780141188416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
hardcover. A novel about childhood damage and the redemptive power of art from an author twice listed for the Women's Prize and the Giller Prize Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 38. Weight in Grams: 658. Good clean copy with light wear to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- riverrun London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001138
- ISBN
- 9781849163354
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Paul lives in the Welsh countryside with his wife Elise, and their two young children. One day he learns that his eldest daughter Pia, who was living with his ex-wife in London, has moved out from home and gone missing. He sets out in search of Pia. But the search for his daughter begins a period of unrest and indecision for Paul. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099552260
- ISBN
- 9780099552260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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€ 11.02
Paperback. 'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?' 'My mother, Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her two daughters live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped - at least for a while. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 408. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0004543
- ISBN
- 9780552773157
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.99€ 9.71
€ 12.99
€ 9.71
paperback. From the New York Times bestselling author of Station Eleven. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447280071
- ISBN
- 9781447280071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. "Alexi Zentner is one of the greatest literary architects and mythmakers working today." Tea Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife" Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351071
- ISBN
- 9780393351071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.91
€ 17.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. First published in 1930 under the title Fever Pitch, The Lizard Woman is Frank Waters' first novel. It foreshadows a theme central to Waters' later work: that we must attune our spirits to the land to fully understand our places in the natural order. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 280. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press Ohio
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804009874
- ISBN
- 9780804009874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. The Irish nation is at peace. Violence and segregation are consigned to history, stories to be told and not forgotten. Yet for the first generation to come of age in Ireland's flimsy peacetime, the ghosts of the past are all too close to home. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 333.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782391678
- ISBN
- 9781782391678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. As part of The Living you cannot die. As part of The Living you have no free will. Yet one man is born who is different to the rest; one who could bring society crashing down - A stunning and sinister vision of a dystopian future by a critically acclaimed young Russian author. Translator(s): Rann, James. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843913771
- ISBN
- 9781843913771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. The stunning new novel from Christine Dwyer Hickey, bestselling author of Last Train from Liguria. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782390077
- ISBN
- 9781782390077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. From bestselling author Anita Shreve: an epic story, set against the backdrop of World War I, of a woman searching for the secret of her identity Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349123578
- ISBN
- 9780349123578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is a note. At home, his family slowly begins to unravel. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554486
- ISBN
- 9780099554486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. First novel by bestselling author of the Dales series, Gervase Phinn. A warm, funny, moving and romantic tale of life in a village primary school when a new headmistress arrives.. Series: Little Village School. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444705584
- ISBN
- 9781444705584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Alice Rose is a foundling, discovered on the Yorkshire moors above Haworth as a baby. Adopted but then later rejected again by a horrid step-mother, Alice struggles to find a place where she belongs. Luckily she soon makes friends who help her both set up home and try to solve the mystery of who she is. But can she find her happily ever after? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784160913
- ISBN
- 9781784160913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
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Paperback. * The brilliant and chilling new novel from Sarah Waters - shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009 * 'Sarah Waters has worked a spell' GUARDIAN Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086061
- ISBN
- 9781844086061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Presents the three graceful Avery girls the sister act to take vaudeville by storm starring: Aurora, Clover and Bella. As they set off on the road to fame and fortune, the Avery sisters join a cast of extraordinary and unforgettable characters - charming charlatans, unpredictable eccentrics, and some who seem ordinary but have magical gifts. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099558637
- ISBN
- 9780099558637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
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Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 b/w + 26 color illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300181777
- ISBN
- 9780300181777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. When a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small, west-coast Irish village, the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans. One woman in particular, Fidelma McBride, becomes enthralled in a fatal attraction that leads to unimaginable consequences. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 206 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571316311
- ISBN
- 9780571316311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71