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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Focuses on Tom Johnson, a reasoned 'Chelsea hooligan' who represents a disaffected society operating by brutal rules. In this book, we are shown the realities of life - social degradation, unemployment, excessive drink and bad sex - and, more importantly, how they fall into a political context of surveillance, media manipulation and division. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099731917
ISBN
9780099731917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. In the sun-drenched Sicilian hills, four women learn the lessons of a lifetime at the Food of Love Cookery School. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409136132
ISBN
9781409136132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A delicious book -- funny, foodie and romantic. The definitive Roman romantic comedy' Richard Curtis Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KIN0009088
ISBN
9780751535693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A delicious book -- funny, foodie and romantic. The definitive Roman romantic comedy' Richard Curtis Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0000078
ISBN
9780751535693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 259 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503940048
ISBN
9781503940048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.61

Paperback. One morning Herman Mussert wakes up in a hotel room in Lisbon, where twenty years previously he slept with another man's wife. Yet he is quite certain that the night before he went to sleep as normal in his house in Amsterdam. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099582885
ISBN
9780099582885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408842904
ISBN
9781408842904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Harry Caldecote is a convivial academic who devotes his life to others. He is on call when his alcoholic niece falls into strange hands, when his brother threatens to emulate Wordsworth, when his son's lesbian lodger is beaten up by her girlfriend. He endures misplaced seductions just to keep the peace at the King's pub in Shepherd's Hill. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194301
ISBN
9780141194301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Edward Manners - thirty three and disaffected - escapes to a Flemish city in search of a new life. Almost at once he falls in love with seventeen-year-old Luc, and is introduced to the twilight world of the 1890s Belgian painter Edgard Orst. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0007687
ISBN
9780099476917
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A woman struggles with her past, as she sees her familiar world being swept away by India's brutal modernity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001589
ISBN
9780857388315
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An affecting, evocative and often funny story of the ultimate British immigrant, a man who fits in everywhere and nowhere, who cannot help but cause harm to those around him, but ultimately, inspires love. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755383405
ISBN
9780755383405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.45

Paperback. It's December 1937. The Japanese have taken Nanking. A group of terrified schoolgirls hides in the compound of an American church. Among them is Shujuan, through whose thirteen-year-old eyes we witness the shocking events that follow. Translator(s): Harman, Nicky. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569626
ISBN
9780099569626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. The superb, bestselling novel of one family, and the devastating changes brought by the First World War. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 48. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409128755
ISBN
9781409128755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Every bouquet tells a story in this delightful novel woven around a Dublin florist from Irish author Ella Griffin. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409145806
ISBN
9781409145806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. First published in 1977, this novel is based on the fairy story "The Fisherman and his Wife". Multi-layered and laced with poetry and humour, it analyzes the battle of the sexes. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749394851
ISBN
9780749394851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
SKU
KYB0000542
ISBN
9780297871460
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714528670
ISBN
9780714528670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. For when Noe orders his sons to build an ark, he can't tell them where the wood will come from, just that God will provide. When he sends his daughter-in-law out to gather the animals, he can offer no directions, money, or protection. But once the rain starts, they all come to realise that the harshest test of their faith is just beginning. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782114338
ISBN
9781782114338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. A hero of the Peninsular War, Lieutenant Alastair MacRory of Gleneidart returns home to Wester Ross to recuperate from a wound he suffered while fighting with the Highland regiments. Highland families are being evicted and sent to Canada. Alastair deserts and throws in his lot with his people. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230. 256 pages. A hero of the Peninsular War, Lieutenant Alastair MacRory of Gleneidart returns home to Wester Ross to recuperate from a wound he suffered while fighting with the Highland regiments. Highland families are being evicted and sent to Canada. Alastair deserts and throws in his lot with his people. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FV. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight: 230.
Publisher
B & W Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873631454
ISBN
9781873631454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785762901
ISBN
9781785762901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.00

Paperback. They say it's coming back. Before long the moon will find a shadow under the lake. Bubbles will rise and the shadow will spread to a stain. Then, in the night, in the dark, the floating island will surface. Here again. As it was a year ago. The day Tom died. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099505358
ISBN
9780099505358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Spinifex Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742199368
ISBN
9781742199368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.76

Paperback. A delightful and touching novel set in post-war summer of 1946 as three young women embark on the adult world. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001119
ISBN
9780349114248
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * A masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and hypnotic suspense Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080700
ISBN
9781844080700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

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