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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. 14 year old June Mayborn lights a deadly fire, accidently killing an aging cult leader. The funeral draws out Iris Utter and daughter Lee, who, needing answers to the past, begin a disturbing relationship with the Mayborns. Spiked with dark humour, this novel explores the boundaries of family ties and consequences of crossing them. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099468684
- ISBN
- 9780099468684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.70
€ 9.99
€ 8.70
Paperback. As the citizens of an unnamed Caribbean nation creep through dusty corridors in search of their tyrannical leader, they cannot comprehend that the frail and withered man lying dead on the floor can be the self-styled General of the Universe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241968635
- ISBN
- 9780241968635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life 'Among the best writers in the Middle East today .. Al Aswany has his own magic' Guardian Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857862204
- ISBN
- 9780857862204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 14.77
€ 21.99
€ 14.77
Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 2. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857862211
- ISBN
- 9780857862211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Following one Alex-Li Tandem - a twenty-something, Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and organised religion, this title takes in London and New York, love and death, fathers and sons, as Alex tries to discover how a piece of paper can bring him closer to his heart's desire. Illustrator(s): Mills, Roderick. Num Pages: 432 pages, line illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140276343
- ISBN
- 9780140276343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A stark and violent exploration of an American myth, this is a novel about the doomed gunslinger Billy the Kid. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784975135
- ISBN
- 9781784975135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. An international sensation The Auschwitz Violin is the unforgettable story of one man's refusal to surrender his dignity in the face of history's greatest atrocity. Translator(s): Tennent, Martha. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849019811
- ISBN
- 9781849019811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Ammine, a surgeon in a Jerusalem hospital, struggles to cope with the bodies of victims of a suicide bombing in a Jerusalem restaurant. When the police pin responsibility of the suicide attack on Ammine's wife, he is at first baffled and angry. But his feelings turn to confusion and sorrow when he discovers his wife was indeed behind the attack. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Random House Uk Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099499275
- ISBN
- 9780099499275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
paperback. A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard, the acclaimed author of 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. This edition includes explanatory notes from the author. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007116867
- ISBN
- 9780007116867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. Narrated by a country girl from the north, this novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her Member of Parliament. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099455158
- ISBN
- 9780099455158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. First published in 1978, and widely considered to be the sequel to her masterpiece 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept', this remarkable book further established Smart's reputation as a brave and inspirational writer. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008155742
- ISBN
- 9780008155742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 5.70
€ 9.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. On a hot May day in 1996 a car bomb detonates in a Delhi marketplace. Just a 'small' bomb, but it is fatal for two Khurana school boys. Their friend Mansoor survives the blast bearing the physical and psychological effects of the bomb. Yet Mansoor isn't the only one damaged by the bomb.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523284
- ISBN
- 9780099523284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- American ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780394744209
- ISBN
- 9780394744209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.22
€ 18.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. Karsan Dargawalla, heir to the shrine of a mysterious, medieval sufi begins to tell the story of his family and the destroyed shrine in the aftermath of the violence that gripped western India in 2002. His tale begins in the 1960s, and young Karsan wishes above all else to be ordinary. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847672834
- ISBN
- 9781847672834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. In the Vatican, the pope is dying as priestly vultures gather around, whispering the names of possible successors. In a forgotten monastery on Ireland's gale-swept coast, a dangerous document is hidden, waiting to be claimed. And in a family chapel in Princeton, New Jersey, a nun is murdered at her prayers. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 34. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KAK0011158
- ISBN
- 9780099484257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Including a new story The School of English. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007580996
- ISBN
- 9780007580996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Tells how led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men including Dr Prone (constantly ill); Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) and 3,000 Yogistani porters, set out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2841st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530381
- ISBN
- 9780099530381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. A government official who is inspecting a faded mansion of forgotten treasures, comes across the final, shocking gift which is bleeding the museum dry. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099553953
- ISBN
- 9780099553953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003308
- ISBN
- 9781781999530
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. A heart-warming and inspirational tale in which Enzo, a loyal family dog, tells the story of his human family, how they nearly fell apart, and what he did to bring them back together. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- 9780007281190
- ISBN
- 9780007281190
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 13.99€ 10.43
€ 13.99
€ 10.43