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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Two women - each with a secret in her past .. Translator(s): Murray, Steven T. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 242. 352 pages. Two women - each with a secret in her past . Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight: 240. Translator(s): Murray, Steven T.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857861962
ISBN
9780857861962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. A story about the entangled and conflicted fortunes of two cousins: Erasmus Kemp, the son of a Lancashire merchant, and Matthew Paris, a scholar and surgeon just released from prison for denying Holy Writ. This novel was awarded 1992 Booker prize. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 424. Good clean copy with some shelf wear and edgewear to spine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAC0001785
ISBN
9780140119930
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A story about the entangled and conflicted fortunes of two cousins: Erasmus Kemp, the son of a Lancashire merchant, and Matthew Paris, a scholar and surgeon just released from prison for denying Holy Writ. This novel was awarded 1992 Booker prize. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 424. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005291
ISBN
9780140119930
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. From our greatest novelist of Renaissance Italy comes Sacred Hearts, a stunning tale of passion, betrayal and music set in an enclosed convent in 1570. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089116
ISBN
9781844089116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Sartaj, the only Sikh inspector in the whole of Mumbai, is used to being identified by his turban, beard and the sharp cut of his trousers. When Sartaj gets an anonymous tip-off as to the secret hideout of the legendary boss of the G-company, he's determined that he'll be the one to collect the prize. Num Pages: 960 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 46. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571231218
ISBN
9780571231218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

paperback. Tells a love story of a young woman, living in the ultra-orthodox community in Jerusalem. Spurned by her community for failing to conceive a child in ten years of marriage, her husband is forced by custom to reject her. Does she dare to tell the truth - or will she let her beloved husband, the son of the Rabbi, marry another? Translator(s): Newby, Karen. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Aurora Metro Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953675784
ISBN
9780953675784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.32

Paperback. Absolutely nothing is sacred to Moore. The phenomenally popular, "New York Times"-bestselling satirist whom the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" calls, "Stephen King with a whoopee cushion and a double-espresso imagination" returns with a lampoon on the Great French Masters. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061779756
ISBN
9780061779756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

paperback. A prize winning debut novel set during the first Lebanese Civil War in 1982, in the run up to the Sabra and Shantilla Camp massacres. Sabra Zoo follows the story of 18 year-old Ivan as he interprets for the international medical volunteers by day, gets stoned by night and works undercover for the PLO. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Saqi Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781846590931
ISBN
9781846590931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.65

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590771
ISBN
9781846590771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 207 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Chronicle Books United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811801805
ISBN
9780811801805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. Deals with a forbidden schoolgirl love in 50s France. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
UK open market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747578567
ISBN
9780747578567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.58

Paperback. At sixty-four Sabbath is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous; sex is an obsession and a principle, an instrument of perpetual misrule in his daily existence. But after the death of his long-time mistress - an erotic free spirit whose great taste for the impermissible matches his own - Sabbath embarks on a journey into his past. Num Pages: 498 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099582014
ISBN
9780099582014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Clean copy, with very light shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KST0017631
ISBN
9780571204397
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. A young woman picks up a book left behind by a stranger. Inside it are his margin notes, which reveal a reader entranced by the story and by its mysterious author. She responds with notes of her own, leaving the book for the stranger, and so begins an unlikely conversation that plunges them both into the unknown. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 185 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
472
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857864772
ISBN
9780857864772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. This novel tells the story of a young girl, Lizzie, who was rescued from the streets and given the chance of a new life. Lizzie blossomed into a woman with ideals and expectations, and began to realize that she no longer needed the support of the man she had once regarded as her saviour. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 170. Paperback, in good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KRF0014697
ISBN
9780552150156
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A vertiginous gothic masterpiece from the best-selling author of The Quincunx. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
International Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393348231
ISBN
9780393348231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year-a vertiginous gothic masterpiece from the best-selling author of The Quincunx. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393349818
ISBN
9780393349818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.22

Hardback. A vertiginous gothic masterpiece from the best-selling author of The Quincunx. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393088724
ISBN
9780393088724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Now a film by Jacques Audiard starring Marion Cotillard Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447226246
ISBN
9781447226246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. A series of short and comic autobiographical vignettes about life among the emigres in the explosive multi-cultural atmosphere of '90s Berlin. It speaks about the offbeat personal events of author's own life but captures something universal about our disjointed times. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091886691
ISBN
9780091886691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Num Pages: 231 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; HBG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560726722
ISBN
9781560726722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.61
€ 61.20

Paperback. As Hurricane Ophelia bears down on New York City, millions are caught up in the horrific flooding it unleashes. Ellen Wharton flies into New York from London, heedless of the hurricane warnings. She is intent on seeing her mother, Grace. But when the storm hits, the women are forced to wade through freezing waters to the police boats outside. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. . Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Tear at bottom of spine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006968
ISBN
9780552166355
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. J. G. Ballard - author of 'Crash' - explores the extremes of ecology and feminism in this highly acclaimed modern fable. Newly reissued with an introduction by Rivka Galchen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006548140
ISBN
9780006548140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Rush Oh! is a deeply moving and captivating novel that will capture readers' imaginations - for fans of I Capture the Castle and The Observations by Jane Harris Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Fleet
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006659
ISBN
9780349006659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

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