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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A magical story of an unusual child, with universal appeal; 'Impossible to put down', Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755302543
ISBN
9780755302543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. How can one writer hurt another where it really counts? This is the problem facing novelist Richard Tull, contemplating the success of his friend and rival Gwyn Barry. Revenger's tragedy, comedy of errors, contemporary satire, The Information is an extraordinary novel of dark humour and piercing insight. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099526698
ISBN
9780099526698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Gallic Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910709085
ISBN
9781910709085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack from Doctor Hoffman's mysterious machines, has fallen in love with Albertina, the Doctor's daughter. But Albertina, a beautiful woman made of glass, seems only to appear to him in his dreams. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192390
ISBN
9780141192390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.70

Paperback. Every day, Maria Dolz stops for breakfast at the same cafe. And every day she enjoys watching a handsome couple who follow the same routine. Then one day they aren't there, and she feels obscurely bereft. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958490
ISBN
9780241958490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Olivia has everything going for her when she joins the merchant bank of Cyprus, until she meets and becomes infatuated with Gerald. Drawn into a degrading affair, she divulges a piece of confidential information, which will ultimately destroy her. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 114 x 36. Weight in Grams: 378. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KOC0006021
ISBN
9780099583103
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The extraordinary true story of the discovery of one of the greatest mathematicians Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596325
ISBN
9780747596325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. The rollercoaster childhood story of the Icelandic comedian turned international celebrity whom Noam Chomsky called his "favorite mayor on Earth." Translator(s): Smith, Lytton. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 285.
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941920121
ISBN
9781941920121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. Set in 1956, this is the story of three women: Mrs Covington, her widowed daughter Evelyn, and her grand-daughter eighteen-year-old Julia. She has decided that the girl is to be kept in a state of 'innocence'. But with the arrival of her son Roland, and her eighteen-year-old grandson, James, their fragile paradise is about to be changed forever. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001417
ISBN
9780099469612
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022310
ISBN
9780268022310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.83

Paperback. Funny, moving, exuberantly imaginative, The Incredible Adam Spark is the unforgettable story of a troubled young man who dares to take on the world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Headline Book Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755326464
ISBN
9780755326464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. The European bestseller (over 650,000 copies sold), The Incorrigible Optimists Club is a truly lovable novel of growing up and of idealism and disappointment Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848875425
ISBN
9781848875425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. When Elena falls in love with Riccardo, she also falls in love with the idea of a bigger world beyond her sheltered life in rural Italy. And when she loses him, she gives up her hopes for the future and her expectations of happiness, filling the sudden void in her life with her son and brother-in-law. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846270826
ISBN
9781846270826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.24

Paperback. Beijing, 2008, the Olympics are coming, but as taxi driver Wang circles the city's congested streets, he feels barely alive. His daily grind is suddenly interrupted when he finds a letter in the sunshade of his cab. Someone is watching him. Someone who claims to be his soulmate and to have known him for over a thousand years. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 185 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160005
ISBN
9781784160005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Sweeping in scope, both historically and geographically, the author weaves a rich tapestry of characters (real and imagined) in a Kenya poised between colonialism and independence. He intertwines political and personal - rise of Mau Mau in last days of colonialism looms large over a plot centring on two love stories and a deep friendship. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306. 448 pages. Sweeping in scope, both historically and geographically, the author weaves a rich tapestry of characters (real and imagined) in a Kenya poised between colonialism and independence. He intertwines political and personal - rise of Mau Mau in last days of colonialism looms large over a plot centring on two love stories and a deep friendship. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight: 358.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956060
ISBN
9781841956060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408862476
ISBN
9781408862476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. In India, at the birth of the last century, an infant is brought howling into the world, his remarkable paleness marking him out from his brown-skinned fellows. Revered at first, he is later cast out from his wealthy home when his true parentage is revealed. So begins Pran Nath's odyssey of self-discovery. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141008288
ISBN
9780141008288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. It is 1985, and Greta Wells wishes she lived in any time but this one: she has lost her brother to AIDS, her lover Nathan to another woman, and can not seem to go on alone. To ease her sadness, her doctor suggest an unusual procedure, one that opens doors of insight into the relationships in her life, and her conflicting affections. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571295432
ISBN
9780571295432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. * The sixth volume of Alexander McCall Smith's wonderful serial novels set in Edinburgh's New Town Series: 44 Scotland Street. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123165
ISBN
9780349123165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. When Lisa's husband leaves her for Gemma - a local beautician years younger - she's upset but nowhere near as devastated as she thought she'd be. Can she ever have what she wants most in the world, a whole new relationship with the most important person in her life - her daughter? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785301247
ISBN
9781785301247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.16

Paperback. The charming and enthralling story of an idiosyncratic English-language newspaper in Rome and the lives of its staffers as the paper fights for survival in the internet age. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849160315
ISBN
9781849160315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400487
ISBN
9781910400487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.42

Paperback. Michel had been a blindfold scholar until, newly married, he contracted tuberculosis. His will to recover brings self-discovery and the growing desire to rebel against his background of culture, decency and morality. But the freedom from constraints that Michel finds on his restless travels is won at great cost. Translator(s): Watson, David. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182995
ISBN
9780141182995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802456533
ISBN
9780802456533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.76

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