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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is on his way to be detained at His Majesty's Pleasure when he is offered a lifeline, what seems like a freedom of sorts - the job of personal valet to a departing naval captain. Little does he realise that it is anything but - and by accepting the devil's bargain he will put his life in perilous danger. Num Pages: 560 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552773928
- ISBN
- 9780552773928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.84
€ 14.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. Offers a fictional account of the spiritual odyssey of an American woman in Australia. Summoned by a remote tribe of nomadic Aboriginals to accompany them on a walkabout through the outback, she learns how they live and thrive in natural harmony with the plants and animals that exist in the rugged geography of the desert region. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855384842
- ISBN
- 9781855384842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Series: Original Fiction in Paperback S. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873982112
- ISBN
- 9781873982112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. A modern day Revolutionary Road; a suburban New York couple tear apart the life they've built together Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087263
- ISBN
- 9781847087263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.99
€ 11.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer, this work offers insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice. It also features six short stories and seven 'conversational portraits' including one of Marilyn Monroe, the 'beautiful child' and a dope-smoking cleaning lady doing her rounds in New York. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184616
- ISBN
- 9780141184616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Paul Dukach is heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of the last independent publishing houses in New York. Paul remains obsessed by one dazzling writer: poet Ida Perkins. When Paul finally meets Ida, at her secluded Venetian palazzo, she entrusts him with her greatest secret - one that will change all of their lives forever. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784701109
- ISBN
- 9781784701109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Flambard Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873226681
- ISBN
- 9781873226681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Paperback. The second Erast Fandorin mystery from Boris Akunin, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753818435
- ISBN
- 9780753818435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. * Margaret Atwood's classic short fictions reissued with a stunning new jacket style along with others from Margaret Atwood's backlist Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086955
- ISBN
- 9781844086955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. In his attempts to solve three perplexing murders, Judge Dee uncovers a plot to take over key positions in the Tang government. Num Pages: 216 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226848747
- ISBN
- 9780226848747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.20
€ 25.99
€ 21.20
Paperback. It was just a squashed grape on the kitchen floor. Hardly a reason to get upset, right? But six years of motherhood has left Lisa Stratton feeling like a skivvy. Every morning before she's opened her eyes, she starts her mental inventory of jobs to do. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KTG0003794
- ISBN
- 9780099574590
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Brilliant, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud fiction: perfect for mothers everywhere. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340838358
- ISBN
- 9780340838358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Series: PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241305812
- ISBN
- 9780241305812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Laura Swan was dreading the school sports day Mum's race - but whoever would have thought it could be quite so life-changing? Laugh-out-loud funny, Fiona's writing deals with the real life cringe-worthy moments we all know so well.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KTG0019514
- ISBN
- 9781847562494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Features eleven stories that explore the many facets of growing up - the pain and the heartache, the tenderness and the joy, the fleeting and the formative - or 'the drunkenness of things being various'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571313518
- ISBN
- 9780571313518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.94
€ 10.99
€ 9.94
Hardcover. Always to be found in the bar-parlour of the Angler's Rest where he is a favourite with the accomplished barmaid, Miss Postlethwaite, Mr Mulliner, the narrator of Meet Mr Mulliner, returns for another series of stories about his extraordinary relations, including Lancelot, Adrian, Cyril, Sacheverell, Eustace, Egbert and Augustine Mulliner. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591261
- ISBN
- 9781841591261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. When Henry McAllan moves his city-bred wife, Laura, to a cotton farm in the Mississippi Delta in 1946, she finds herself in a place both foreign and frightening. Henry's love of rural life is not shared by Laura, who struggles to raise their two young children in an isolated shotgun shack under the eye of her hateful, racist father-in-law. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000683
- ISBN
- 9780099524687
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * From the highly acclaimed poet and novelist, winner of fiction prizes and wonderful reviews, comes Michele Roberts's latest short stories, available in paperback Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083893
- ISBN
- 9781844083893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DQ; FA; FYB; JFSJ2; JFSK2; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560235033
- ISBN
- 9781560235033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.64
€ 68.64
hardcover. While staying with his Aunt Dahlia to help out in the election at Market Snodsbury, Bertie Wooster comes up against the familiar horrors of Florence Craye, his former fiancee, and Roderick Spode, head of the Black Shorts, in a plot tangle from which, as usual, only the ingenuity of Jeeves can save him. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591292
- ISBN
- 9781841591292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.98
€ 19.99
€ 14.98
paperback. Num Pages: 61 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 197 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90. Very good clean copy showing minor age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Attic Press Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025624
- ISBN
- 9780946211272
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. The story of the most famous writer of his generation and the four extraordinary women who married him. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. Fine copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0014523
- ISBN
- 9781447226888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The vengeful ghost of Rebecca, Maxim's first wife, continues to cast its long shadow over Maxim and the second Mrs de Winter. Back in England after an absence of over 10 years, it seems as if happiness will at last be theirs. But the de Winters still have to reckon with 2 hate-consumed figures they once knew - both of whom have very long memories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099284789
- ISBN
- 9780099284789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Society hostess, Clarissa Dalloway is giving a party. Her thoughts and sensations on that one day, and the interior monologues of others whose lives are interwoven with hers gradually reveal the characters of the central protagonists. Clarissa's life is touched by tragedy as the events in her day run parallel to those of Septimus Warren Smith. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853261916
- ISBN
- 9781853261916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.31
€ 6.31