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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. * 'Fag Lit' comes out of the closet: the ONLY contemporary, commercial gay novel on the market! * 'Witty, intelligent and very, very funny .. it deserves a wide readership' TIME OUT Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349114798
ISBN
9780349114798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Hardback. A dramatic and fascinating novel based on a notorious breakout by Japanese prisoners from an Australian POW camp in 1944, encapsulating the impact of war on ordinary lives. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444781281
ISBN
9781444781281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. A dramatic and fascinating novel based on a notorious breakout by Japanese prisoners from an Australian POW camp in 1944, encapsulating the impact of war on ordinary lives. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444781274
ISBN
9781444781274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. For fans of A LITTLE LIFE and J.M. Coetzee, a devastatingly powerful novel about coming to terms with your past, from Orange-longlisted and Not the Booker-shortlisted Melanie Finn. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780228310
ISBN
9781780228310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared everything. They shared the symptoms of pregnancy, they shared the son that they all claim to have borne on the same night. Raised at their six breasts, Omar's mothers teach him to live a life without shame. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578611
ISBN
9780099578611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. An American woman gets stranded in a rural outpost in India and discovers who she is and what she cares about while recovering the lost babyof a local family . Winner of The Viginia Prize for Fiction and previously shortlisted for the Radio First Chapter Story Competition Will appeal to lovers of Indian-themed novels and films Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 251 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Aurora Metro Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910798393
ISBN
9781910798393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustration. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927063422
ISBN
9781927063422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. Tells the story of Enoch O'Reilly, the great flood that afflicts his small town, and rash of mysterious suicides that accompany it. Charlatan, Presleyite and local radiovangelist, O'Reilly is a man haunted by the childhood ghosts of his father's sinister radio set ..a false prophet destined for a terrible consummation with that old, evil river. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000666
ISBN
9780571286751
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Charlatan, Presleyite and local radiovangelist, O'Reilly is a man haunted by the childhood ghosts of his father's sinister radio set.. a false prophet destined for a terrible consummation with that old, evil river. This book tells the story of Enoch O'Reilly, the great flood that afflicts his small town. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571286768
ISBN
9780571286768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. Tells the story of Enoch O'Reilly, the great flood that afflicts his small town, and rash of mysterious suicides that accompany it. Charlatan, Presleyite and local radiovangelist, O'Reilly is a man haunted by the childhood ghosts of his father's sinister radio set ..a false prophet destined for a terrible consummation with that old, evil river. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KSG0006155
ISBN
9780571286751
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Shalimar the Clown was once a figure full of love and laughter. His skill as a tightrope walker was legendary in his native home of Kashmir. But fate has played him cruelly, torn him away from his beloved home and brought him to Los Angeles, where he works as a chauffeur. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003432
ISBN
9780099421887
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Reaves, Michael; Pelan, John. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Del Rey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345452733
ISBN
9780345452733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.75

Paperback. A dramatic story of adventure, excitement, love and romance from the author of The Russian Concubine and The White Pearl Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751543377
ISBN
9780751543377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Includes four stories that illuminate the author's love both for the African people, their dignity and traditions, and for the beauty and wildness of the landscape. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140180435
ISBN
9780140180435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. A lyrical, gritty and poignant story of a boy crossing the line between childhood and adulthood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001537
ISBN
9780747267911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A lyrical, gritty and poignant story of a boy crossing the line between childhood and adulthood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001483
ISBN
9780747267911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Swan Isle Press United States
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780997228700
ISBN
9780997228700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Edition
1st Ballantine Books ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780449912485
ISBN
9780449912485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.00

Paperback. What do you do when there's nowhere left to run? Originally published under the pseudonym Leigh Nichols. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472248268
ISBN
9781472248268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. A collection of stories that features: "Memorial Day", "Memo and Oblivion" and "The Interview". In "Memorial Day", an aging man at a public swimming pool recalls a brief but momentous affair he had with a young British woman in London thirty years ago and the paradoxical role his recently deceased father played in it. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402734
ISBN
9781421402734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.96

Paperback. Tells the story of Winter de Ballesteros, a beautiful English heiress who has come to India to be married; and of Captain Alex Randall, her escort and protector, who knows that Winter's husband to be has become a debauched wreck of a man. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953037
ISBN
9780241953037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. A powerful, epic tale of America's rise and descent, from the Civil War to the Great Depression. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 49. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857381309
ISBN
9780857381309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. A powerful novel from Radio 4 presenter and Times columnist Libby Purves, inspired by the loss of her own son Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340837436
ISBN
9780340837436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Born in Carlisle in 1887, brought up in a children's home and by reluctant relatives, Evie, with her wild hair and unassuming ways, seems a quiet, undemanding child. Shona, born almost seventy years later, is headstrong and striking. But there are, as she discovers, unanswered questions about her past. The two girls have only one thing in common. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099570530
ISBN
9780099570530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

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