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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. 'Much-needed balm to soothe the troubled mind' Sunday Express Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444761733
ISBN
9781444761733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. India, August 9th 1942: the morning brings raids and the arrest by British police of Congress Party members. Amongst the prisoners is the distinguished ex-Chief Minister Mohammed Ali Kasim. Loyal to the party's central vision of a unified free India, his incarceration is a symptom of the growing deterioration of Anglo-Indian relations. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478829
ISBN
9780099478829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Tod Hackett is a brilliant young artist - and a man in danger of losing his heart. Brought to an LA studio as a set-designer, he is soon caught up in a fantasy world where the cult of celebrity rules. But when he becomes besotted by the beautiful Faye, an aspiring actress and occasional call-girl, his dream rapidly becomes a nightmare. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182889
ISBN
9780141182889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. A young artist, Tod Hackett, arrives in LA full of dreams. But celebrity and artifice rule and he soon joins the ranks of the disenchanted that drift around the fringes of Hollywood. When he meets Faye Greener, an aspiring actress, he is intoxicated and his desperate passion explodes into rage.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099573166
ISBN
9780099573166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. It is 1963 and an anonymous Englishman has been hired by the Operations Chief of the OAS to murder General de Galle. A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to get to. But this latest plot involves a lethal weapon: an assassin of legendary talent. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099557364
ISBN
9780099557364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In the latest hilarious instalment of Malcolm Pryce's Aberystwyth mysteries, Wales's answer to Philip Marlowe faces an axe-wielding rabbit-hugger, a green-eyed beauty who answers to the name Miaow, and a case that is out of this world Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214. 256 pages. In the latest hilarious instalment of Malcolm Pryce's Aberystwyth mysteries, Wales's answer to Philip Marlowe faces an axe-wielding rabbit-hugger, a green-eyed beauty who answers to the name Miaow, and a case that is out of this world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight: 184.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408821954
ISBN
9781408821954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.23

Paperback. Boone Daniels is a laid-back kind of private investigator. He has sleuthing skills to burn but is rarely out of his boardshorts, and with a huge Pacific storm approaching San Diego, Boone wants to be there to ride the once-in-a-lifetime waves with his buddies in the Dawn Patrol. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099510147
ISBN
9780099510147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A pupil. A teacher. A mother's worst nightmare Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409157045
ISBN
9781409157045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. "Endlessly powerful.. Here is one you should not miss, a gratifying feast in lush, lyrical, and full-throated form."-NPR.org Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631491948
ISBN
9781631491948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.22

Hardback. In this virtuosic debut, a world-class soprano seeks to reclaim her voice from the curse that winds through her family tree. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631490453
ISBN
9781631490453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.71

Paperback. By the author of SCHINDLER'S ARK, a profoundly affecting tale of love, courage and sacrifice and a searing evocation of the First World War from a fresh, female perspective. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340951880
ISBN
9780340951880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. If you can't date anyone nice, don't date anyone at all.. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0018480
ISBN
9781847561916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Three women in love with the same man meet for the first time at his funeral. Can they separate the truth from the lies and learn to trust again? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0011851
ISBN
9781781857861
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. A visitor: one Cedric Charlton, Her Majesty's inspector of taxes is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasn't paid his tax. Mariette takes a shine to 'Charley' - as Pop calls him - and before long the family have introduced him to the delights of country living. In fact, soon Charley can't see any reason to return to the office at all. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141029672
ISBN
9780141029672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American woman for whom Edward Vlll abdicated in 1936, ended her life as the prisoner of her lawyer who would not allow anyone - friend, foe or journalist - to visit her in her Paris flat. The author takes this true story and transforms it into an imaginative and ironic fiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268567
ISBN
9780099268567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes an epic tale of love, passion and heartbreak. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007513154
ISBN
9780007513154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. The new thriller from the highly acclaimed author of RED WINTER and THE CHILD THIEF. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409137450
ISBN
9781409137450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul's Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officer - and he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi sets out to interrogate the man's mysterious widow, the Secret Service takes the case away from him. Barudi continues to investigate clandestinely and discovers the murderer's motive. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 853 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 55. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
853
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906697242
ISBN
9781906697242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.20

Paperback. Gabriel Corrigan is a man who will fight to the death to protect little freedoms. The system doesn't like it. It says that you cannot opt out, that you have to participate. And it will do whatever it takes to return Gabriel to the fold - alive or dead. Series: Fourth Realm Trilogy. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 106 x 32. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552153355
ISBN
9780552153355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Walter Hartwright is married, prosperous and a little bored. When he is approached to write a life of the painter Turner he accepts, unaware that his subject lived a life more dark than light. Researching the painter's life, he is soon affected with its possibilities of violence and even murder that he no longer trusts his own sanity and character. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0005851
ISBN
9780571202768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The new novel by the acclaimed author of Upstairs at the Party and the Booker-shortlisted The Clothes on Their Backs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006789
ISBN
9780349006789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Hardened by the brutality and desceration of three long years of war, Walter Mosca returns to America a changed man. But he has no sooner arrived than he knows he must run back to the land of the enemy, to find the woman who accepts the rage and cruelty of the world around her. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099557586
ISBN
9780099557586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A novel about adolescence and a guilty, yet uncontrollable sexuality that is contorted and twisted by both puritanical state religion and a strange, powerful and ambiguous relationship between son and widower father. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 120 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225675
ISBN
9780571225675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Now a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne and directed by Tom Hooper, THE DANISH GIRL is a shockingly original novel about one of the most unusual and passionate love stories of the 20th century. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 28. Weight in Grams: 232. Good, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0006177
ISBN
9781474601573
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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