×


 x 

Shopping cart

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Results 4801 - 4824 of 15650

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing. Around him the lives of the apartment dwellers unfold - the warring housewives on the first floor, and the widower, alone and quietly grieving at the top of the building. Vishnu looks back on his affair with the seductive Padmini and comedy becomes tragedy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Paperbacks London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025671
ISBN
9780747593812
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Hardback. Translator(s): Jalil, Intizar. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423931
ISBN
9780857423931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. Harare, Zimbabwe. A gun lost in a taxi will bind the fate of five couples - expats and locals - who will either be torn apart or brought together under its violent gravity Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857054296
ISBN
9780857054296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Constructed around the true Nanavati murder case, Indra Sinha's first novel offers a rare and fascinating insight into the psychosexual undercurrents of Indian life. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 476. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General,Special Features - Search Inside!"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KHS0058301
ISBN
9780743207003
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Rosie, a successful radio presenter, hears that her father has had a stroke, her life is thrown into disarray and she finds herself making reckless decisions that make little sense to those around her. As she strives towards building some kind of future for herself and her father, he quietly plots his own death. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539858
ISBN
9780099539858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. The new novel from David Baddiel, comedian, columnist and author of the critically-praised The Secret Purposes. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 122 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780007270842
ISBN
9780007270842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Struggling to keep a grip on reality after his wife's death, Bunny Munro does the only thing he can think of: with his young son in tow, he hits the road. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main - Canons ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782115335
ISBN
9781782115335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Marnie and her little sister Nelly have always been different. Marnie leads a life of smoking, drinking and drugs; Nelly enjoys playing the violin, eating cornflakes with Coke and reading Harry Potter. But on Christmas Eve, the sisters have to join forces and put their differences aside. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
William Heinemann
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558422
ISBN
9780099558422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.78

Paperback. From the bestselling author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen comes a biting satire about political expediency, spin and unholy alliances. Completed by Piers Torday. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780222264
ISBN
9781780222264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Two families living the dream in small town America are forced to confront their guilty secrets in the aftermath of a shocking death. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Condition
New
SKU
9781784974961
ISBN
9781784974961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 7.00

Paperback. Erast Fandorin returns to Moscow, and he just can't seem to keep out of trouble.. The fourth novel in the bestselling crime series from the author of THE WINTER QUEEN. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820971
ISBN
9780753820971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Series: Matthew Ryan. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447291107
ISBN
9781447291107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Hardcover. Its 1923. The US Bureau of Indian Affairs and its educational arm, the Indian Service, are under fire for a Christianize and civilize policy that seeks to draw Native American children from their ancestral cultures. The Indian Service seeks to still a Congressional uproar by giving the principals job to Quill Thompson, a critic of the policy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896725997
ISBN
9780896725997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.39

Paperback. Heartwarming and uplifting novel examining love in all its guises. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Picador
Edition
1st Picador Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330488907
ISBN
9780330488907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ZAC EFRON Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTM0000749
ISBN
9780330519663
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Dean Corde is a man of position and authority at a Chicago university. He accompanies his wife to Bucharest where her mother lies dying in a state hospital. As he tries to help her grapple with an unfeeling bureaucracy, Corde is troubled: at home the centre is not holding firm, in Eastern Europe authority is cruel and dehumanising. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188867
ISBN
9780141188867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563686030
ISBN
9781563686030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. For 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there is not a lot to do. Going nowhere, fed up with school, he leaves to work as a driver on the trains. That summer he is introduced to a world of grown-up glamour, strikes and girlfriends. When Simon falls for the ethereal, aristocratic Varie, he finds freedom and adventure but will it be at a price? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268765
ISBN
9780099268765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Toby Hawk is a solitary boy in a family of Amazons. His mother is a painter on the brink of commercial success. Meanwhile, eighteen-year-old Toby's world remains a small, closed round of school, domesticity and surfing the Net at night. But everything changes when his mother takes up with a fascinating but enigmatic scientist, Roehm. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166. 224 pages. Toby Hawk is a solitary boy in a family of Amazons. His mother is a painter on the brink of commercial success. Meanwhile, eighteen-year-old Toby's world remains a small, closed round of school, domesticity and surfing the Net at night. But everything changes when his mother takes up with a fascinating but enigmatic scientist, Roehm. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408812174
ISBN
9781408812174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 28 photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764317019
ISBN
9780764317019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.07

paperback. Henry is returning to Ireland for the first time since his escape in 1922. With him are the stars of Ford's latest film, John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and the famous director himself, who has tried to suck the soul out of Henry and turn it into Hollywood gold-dust. Ten years later Henry is in Dublin, working in Ratheen as a school caretaker. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000656
ISBN
9780099546894
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. IN ONE MOMENT THE HORROR BECOMES YOUR LIFE. IT'S NOT JUST IN THE PAPERS ANYMORE, IT'S ON YOUR HANDS. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRF0037663
ISBN
9780007241729
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Book two in the crime series featuring forensic psycologist Paula Maguire working in the missing persons unit in Northern Ireland, in a nail biting story that will keep you up all night Series: Paula Maguire. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472204394
ISBN
9781472204394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Pegasus Books United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681774251
ISBN
9781681774251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.59

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!