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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka's protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of this fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast. What follows is a funny exploration of the implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099477518
ISBN
9780099477518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A collection of eight chilling stories by the author of 'The Birds' and 'Don't Look Now', introduced by Sally Beauman Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
9781844085750
ISBN
9781844085750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A panoramic debut about love and loss, THE BREAKING OF EGGS announces a major new talent. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827765
ISBN
9780753827765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.30

Paperback. 'A psychological page-turner' - Good Housekeeping If you can't trust yourself, who can you trust? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0014509
ISBN
9781848454996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.01

Paperback. As if life wasnt hard enough .. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 314. 8vo. Very good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0287611
ISBN
9780719523120
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tells the story of Adebisi, a brave African huntress who sets out for the Jungle of the Pigmies to rescue her four brothers. Along the way, she conquers a giant, serves as the barber to a king and endures the horrors of the pigmies' prison. Yet she will not give up. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316892
ISBN
9780571316892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Nicholas Evans's most powerful and ambitious novel yet Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 390. 8vo.Good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0297153
ISBN
9780751539202
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Fourteen-year-old Marie Anne Lawson, fleeing from something she could not bear to see, fell and broke her ankle. She was discovered by a local man, known as "the branded man" because of a disfigurement. This is the story of two women and the mysterious man who was to influence both their lives. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 107 x 30. Weight in Grams: 236. In good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KLJ0001833
ISBN
9780552143486
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Fourteen-year-old Marie Anne Lawson, fleeing from something she could not bear to see, fell and broke her ankle. She was discovered by a local man, known as "the branded man" because of a disfigurement. This is the story of two women and the mysterious man who was to influence both their lives. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 107 x 30. Weight in Grams: 236. Clean copy in very good to good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KLJ0001847
ISBN
9780552143486
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Lorna comes to work one morning at the offices of a buzzing newspaper and a colleague offers to bring her a sandwich, all seems as it should be. Emails, boyfriends and sparkling parties follow. But Lorna has had a brainstorm. She can't remember what she does, where she came from and where she's supposed to go next.. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498124
ISBN
9780099498124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Since leaving his job to look after Alexa, his eight-year-old daughter, Thomas Bradshaw has found the structure of his daily piano practice and the study of musical form brings a nourishment to these difficult middle years. His pursuit of a more artistic way of life shocks and irritates his parents and his in-laws. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002022
ISBN
9780571233618
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The classic thriller of Dr. Josef Mengele's nightmarish plot to restore the Third Reich, with an introduction by Chelsea Cain. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202. 288 pages. Imagines Dr Josef Mengele's nightmarish plot to restore the Third Reich. Alive and hiding in South America, thirty years after the end of the Second World War, Mengele gathers a group of former colleagues for a sinister project - the creation of the Fourth Reich. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight: 224.
Edition
Digital original
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849015905
ISBN
9781849015905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ever intrude upon their closeness. This book talks about this boy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458951
ISBN
9780099458951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

paperback. Three-year-old Dillon vanished in the middle of the night. His father Harry can't forgive himself for not protecting his only child. Yet Harry isn't blamed by his wife Robin: she bares her own secret guilt. Five years later, thousands of miles away, Harry spots an eight-year-old boy in a crowd - a boy he is convinced is Dillon. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9781405914048
ISBN
9781405914048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A powerful love story set in post-independence Zimbabwe as it slides towards chaos, by an exciting new African writer. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton London
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340918838
ISBN
9780340918838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In the 1980s Mickey and Fred shared everything, from their first cigarette to their first kiss. Fifteen years later and Mickey is living in London - a loving, chaotic single mum. Fred is about to embark on marriage, but when he bumps into Mickey his world turns upside down. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Edition
First Thus
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAK0003641
ISBN
9780099414827
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the 1980s Mickey and Fred shared everything, from their first cigarette to their first kiss. Fifteen years later and Mickey is living in London - a loving, chaotic single mum. Fred is about to embark on marriage, but when he bumps into Mickey his world turns upside down. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Clean copy with some light shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Thus
SKU
KST0022096
ISBN
9780099414827
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780552773805
ISBN
9780552773805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.78

Paperback. The new novel from Lynda Bellingham, set in the heart of the theatre, where secrets are made, a special eye on a world full of laughter and tears Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471102851
ISBN
9781471102851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. Mags keeps everything safe in the box. Letters. Postcards. Photographs. Each memento plays a role in the secret story that's always in her thoughts. A story that can't remain hidden forever. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 226. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003289
ISBN
9781473618084
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

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