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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. When O'Hara and Moriarty, two boys at Wrykyn School, tar and feather the statue of a pompous local MP, O'Hara mislays at the scene of their crime a tiny gold bat borrowed from Trevor, captain of the school cricket team. In this novel, the plot revolves around the fate of this bat and attempts to retrieve it. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Everyman Paperback Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591728
ISBN
9781841591728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910263075
ISBN
9781910263075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781101872857
ISBN
9781101872857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.30

Paperback. Takes place in the years 1955-65, but it is built upon the story of that 'year of delicate political manoeuvring' - and how, in winning the battle of that year, Michael Corleone set the stage to lose the war. This novel traces the nexus of ambitious, audacious decisions that Michael Corleone implements, and their ultimate failure. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 35. Weight in Grams: 344. Well read, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cornerstone
Publication date
2005
SKU
KST0003677
ISBN
9780099465478
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Takes place in the years 1955-65, but it is built upon the story of that 'year of delicate political manoeuvring' - and how, in winning the battle of that year, Michael Corleone set the stage to lose the war. This novel traces the nexus of ambitious, audacious decisions that Michael Corleone implements, and their ultimate failure. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 35. Weight in Grams: 344. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cornerstone
Publication date
2005
SKU
KEX0231139
ISBN
9780099465478
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers a portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. This book presents the story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its position at the core of the American Mafia. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 416.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528128
ISBN
9780099528128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Series: The God Wave Trilogy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 203 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062419521
ISBN
9780062419521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. 'They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.' Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260. 339pp. Bailiúchán den Alt Rialta "Ceart nó Mícheart a scríobh Seán Ó Ruadhain agus a d'fhoilsiogh I bFeasta idir 1960-65
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780006550686
ISBN
9780006550686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.57

Paperback. Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 123 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006551096
ISBN
9780006551096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.36

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Anchor
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385720311
ISBN
9780385720311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall. He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 122 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187785
ISBN
9780141187785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. They are called The Glory Boys, by those who regard their exploits with envy or contempt. Bob Kearton is one of them. Already a veteran and survivor of the close action in the English Channel and North Sea, in January of 1943, he is ordered to the Mediterranean and beleagured Malta, a mere sixty miles from occupied Sicily. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 21. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
320
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099484271
ISBN
9780099484271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. A big, bold debut from a true new Irish talent. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444798883
ISBN
9781444798883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Perdita Tree, the bored and beautiful wife of a Tory MP, believes that women should have a magic door through which they can walk into a different life. This book was featured at the Ways With Words Festival, Dartington, and the Chichester Festival, and was chosen for Waterstone's Summer Reads promotion, 2005. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Maia Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904559139
ISBN
9781904559139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. 1980s Soho. Parties, love affairs and secrets .. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409120902
ISBN
9781409120902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. * Inspired by a real house, an amazing modernist symbol, Simon Mawer has written his best novel yet, a story guaranteed to dazzle and intrigue the reader Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121321
ISBN
9780349121321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. From the Sunday Timesbestselling author of A Week in Paris, a story of love long kept hidden, set against the back streets of Westminster. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471151880
ISBN
9781471151880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. 'The Glass Ocean is that rarest of things, a historical novel, or at least a novel set in history, that is also a work of art. Lori Baker is a captivating story-teller, and her prose has the flash and fire of molten glass' John Banville Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089482
ISBN
9781844089482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. Lynne is a young woman who once dreamed of being an artist, but whose promotion to supervisor at an insurance call centre in Glasgow is sucking the soul out of her. When Lynne hands a fiver to a homeless man on the street in town one day, she is shocked to recognise Angus - her former art teacher on whom she once had a crush. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472113115
ISBN
9781472113115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Hardcover. This story of a boy who grows to manhood, and of a tree that gives him her bounty through the years, is a moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 264 x 200 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060256654
ISBN
9780060256654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.84

Paperback. Danny Coughlin is the son of one of Boston's most powerful police captains. An undercover cop, he is hunting for revolutionaries and anarchists who, in the aftermath of World War One, are pledged to overthrow the city's ruling classes. But Danny soon finds his ideals compromised as his family starts to question where his loyalties really lie. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552775588
ISBN
9780552775588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.95

Paperback. The second novel in the April Grove series, following the lives of working-class families during the Second World War. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 116 x 29. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Orion
Publication date
2004
SKU
KIN0036921
ISBN
9780752803333
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A title written by the author of novels such as "Memento Mori" (1959), "The Ballad of Peckham Rye" (1960), "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1961), "The Girls of Slender Means" (1963), and "Aiding and Abetting" (2000). Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241963999
ISBN
9780241963999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099591788
ISBN
9780099591788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

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