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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Britain is in the depths of recession. A left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an off-peak holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. By seeming chance they bump into a Russian millionaire called Dima who owns a peninsula and a diamond-encrusted gold watch. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967850
ISBN
9780241967850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Award-winning writer and doctor Uzo Iweala travels a continent getting to know the people whose lives have been affected by HIV and AIDs. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Murray Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719523601
ISBN
9780719523601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A political satire, this work is an indignant response to the phenomenon of Richard M Nixon. In the character of Trick E. Dixon, it show us a man who outdoes the severest cynic, a peace-loving Quaker and believer in the sanctity of human life who doesn't have a problem with killing unarmed women and children in self-defence. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099389118
ISBN
9780099389118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. The third book in Andrew Taylor's acclaimed William Dougal crime series - from the Richard & Judy bestselling author of The American Boy. Series: The William Dougal Crime Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340932933
ISBN
9780340932933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Hugh Bawn, modern Scottish hero and legendary social reformer, lies dying in one of the high-rise tower blocks he helped establish. His grandson Jamie comes home to watch over him, and it is Jamie who tells the story of their family, of three generations of pride and delusion, of Catholic faith and the end of the old left. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ0049171
ISBN
9780571201068
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The story of Eva Kershaw - sister of OUR LIZZIE and OUR POLLY Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 34. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340821329
ISBN
9780340821329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Peggy Hillcoat is eight. She spends her summer camping with her father, playing her beloved record of The Railway Children and listening to her mother's grand piano, but her pretty life is about to change. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241003947
ISBN
9780241003947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

paperback. A triptych of novels in one volume. Viscount Medardo is bisected by a cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, aged 12, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; and Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099430865
ISBN
9780099430865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.82

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714527833
ISBN
9780714527833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.33

Paperback. An exciting collection of novellas and stories, both original and specially chosen by the author, featuring much-loved Otherworld characters in heart-stopping, pulse-racing action. Series: Otherworld. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Orbit
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780356500676
ISBN
9780356500676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 21. Weight in Grams: 130. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2009
SKU
KTG0009238
ISBN
9780553592511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 134 pages, 1 B/W. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264530
ISBN
9788086264530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. When Joel Knox's mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But once he gets there, everyone is curiously evasive when Joel asks to see his father. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187655
ISBN
9780141187655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A collection of short stories by the author of novels Girl Meets Boy, Like, The Accidental, Hotel World and There But For The. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Ed(AsSuch)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141018010
ISBN
9780141018010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Everybody wants the truth .. until they find it. The best novel yet from one of our top women's fiction writers Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751543544
ISBN
9780751543544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The new novel by the author of the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet and Richard & Judy selection The Promise of Happiness. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000847
ISBN
9781408821695
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. The new novel by the author of the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet and Richard & Judy selection The Promise of Happiness. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper . First edition signed by the author
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0303544
ISBN
9781408803882
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

paperback. Already read but clean
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
SKU
KDK0011328
ISBN
9780099462477
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Clean copy in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
SKU
KST0026434
ISBN
9780099462477
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. For eight-year-old Rufus, life has become complicated. His parents, Josie and Tom, have divorced and are setting off on separate paths. But now, other people have had to become involved, like his mother's new husband Matthew and his father's new friend Elizabeth. What's even worse is that there are other children too, Matthew's three teenagers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
Trade Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552997881
ISBN
9780552997881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. When she awakes and realizes she is all right, that Time is starting again, it seems fitting that she should lie on a spindly white trolley in a white room. A nearby voice tells she is on her own now and to be good. Was she not good before? This story unfolds a metaphysical thriller where jealously guarded secrets jostle with startling insights. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099769019
ISBN
9780099769019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Two exquisite collections of stories and a Whitbread Award-winning novel brought together with an introduction from Alan Hollinghurst Num Pages: 402 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
402
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330457200
ISBN
9780330457200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. 8vo. Good clean copy of the large format paperback edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Doubleday
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0260033
ISBN
9780385616157
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A rising literary star.. her sophisticated knowledge of music and the intriguing interplay of characters and plot captured me instantly --Amazon Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 424. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st UK Paperback Edition
Publisher
Snowbooks Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KOC0017455
ISBN
9781905005116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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