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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. When Midlands housewife Coventry Dakin kills her neighbour in a wild bid to prevent him from strangling his wife, she goes on the run. Finding herself alone and friendless in London she tries to lose herself in the city's maze of streets. There, she meets a bewildering cast of eccentric characters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718194833
- ISBN
- 9780718194833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. The story of a Great War veteran, Andreas Pum, who loses a leg and gains a medal. He marries, plays a barrel organ, and is happy. But when he is imprisoned after a fight, life seems unbearably altered. Then a chance encounter with an old comrade gives Pum a transfiguring experience of justice. Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862073630
- ISBN
- 9781862073630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Meem, Deborah. Num Pages: 487 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112930
- ISBN
- 9781551112930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.97
€ 42.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. From Sally Beauman, the bestselling author of DESTINY, comes the superbly daring and completely captivating companion to one of the best-loved novels in the English language. 'A masterly piece of literary resurrection' Penny Perrick, Sunday Times Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751533132
- ISBN
- 9780751533132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.54
€ 13.00
€ 12.54
Hardcover. One of the most famous novels of the 20th century, available in a beautiful new hardback VMC set of Daphne du Maurier classics. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 37. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Little Brown Hardbacks (a & C)
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088799
- ISBN
- 9781844088799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. When she was good she was very, very good. But when she was bad she was horrid! Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780745312
- ISBN
- 9781780745312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.70
€ 11.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. In a town where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather not be seen at all. She's more concerned with feigning perfection, pulling down her sleeves to conceal the bruises. Emma doesn't want anyone to know how far from perfect her life truly is. Series: The Breathing Series. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children´s UK
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141348445
- ISBN
- 9780141348445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. Secrets.. Tragedy.. Love.. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447280767
- ISBN
- 9781447280767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.19
€ 11.99
€ 10.19
Paperback. Neal Stephenson's staggering techno-thriller is now in paperback: 'Fantastic stuff' Sunday Times, Books of the Year Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 59. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848874510
- ISBN
- 9781848874510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.10
€ 33.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. The third - and final - book in the Lindchester Chronicles series of novels, set in the contemporary Anglican church. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Marylebone House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910674215
- ISBN
- 9781910674215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.58
€ 13.00
€ 12.58
Paperback. Hot on the heels of Fiere and Red Dust Road, a generous new collection from a storyteller in a class of her own. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330515726
- ISBN
- 9780330515726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. In a suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four girls drift through tedious summer school classes. Then Toshi's next-door neighbour is found brutally murdered and the girls suspect Worm, the neighbour's son. They become drawn into a treacherous vortex of brutality and seduction which rises from within themselves as well as the world around them. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523192
- ISBN
- 9780099523192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Reeling from the terrorist attack that killed her father, Lorna lurches through an inebriated adolescence until she finds redemption in a young soldier called Danny. However, her dream of a stable life is shattered when Danny is called to serve overseas. Danny is lost in the desert. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Legend Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910394564
- ISBN
- 9781910394564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.11
€ 10.99
€ 10.11
Paperback. Greg is a fading middle-aged actor whose family life has long since become stale; Sally is a struggling young playwright. When they're thrown together to do a West End play, they plunge into a reckless affair that seems to offer an escape into fantasy. This novel features a portrait of modern illusions about love. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 36. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571222643
- ISBN
- 9780571222643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.23
€ 10.99
€ 9.23
Paperback. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main - Classic Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781259313
- ISBN
- 9781781259313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.70
€ 13.00
€ 11.70
Paperback. It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099560432
- ISBN
- 9780099560432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Seattle, with its natural beauty and rough frontier history, has inspired writers from its earliest days. This anthology includes fiction, memoirs, histories, and journalism that define the city or use it as a setting. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983950
- ISBN
- 9780295983950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Collects the interviews, essays and articles that span a quarter of a century of Philip Roth's distinguished career and 'reveal a preoccupation with the relationship between the written and the unwritten world.' Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099485025
- ISBN
- 9780099485025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Tells the story of a haunted childhood, lived out in two dimensions. One is legendary: the Sun-fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna; the Field of the Disappeared, over which no gulls fly; the house in Donegal where children are stolen away by demonic forces. The other is actual: the city of Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0000988
- ISBN
- 9780099744412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Tells the story of a haunted childhood, lived out in two dimensions. One is legendary: the Sun-fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna; the Field of the Disappeared, over which no gulls fly; the house in Donegal where children are stolen away by demonic forces. The other is actual: the city of Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0000163
- ISBN
- 9780099744412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A novel in which the boy narrator grows up enclosed in two worlds. One is legendary - a Donegal house where children are stolen away by demonic forces; the other is actual - the city of Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 1940s and 1950s, a place haunted by political enmities and family secrets. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200. Well read, but remains good
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KST0020873
- ISBN
- 9780099744412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. 'Beautifully observed and astute on tangled relationships. It deserves to be her breakthrough novel' Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755303120
- ISBN
- 9780755303120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. 'This collection is stormy, romantic, strong - the Full Bronte' The Times A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre. Editor(s): Chevalier, Tracy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008150600
- ISBN
- 9780008150600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.63
€ 13.99
€ 10.63
Hardcover. Well-read hardback in good condition, with dustjacket, some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KRF0029625
- ISBN
- 9780316727501
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99