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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A penetrating new spy thriller from a master of the genre Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 122 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416511151
ISBN
9781416511151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.54

mass_market. In bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith's ninth tale of Isabel Dalhousie, Edinburgh philosopher and sleuth, the victim of an important art theft appeals to her for help. Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206. Paperback, cover slightly scuffed, otherrwise in good condition.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF2233785
ISBN
9780349138763
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The haunting new novel from Paul Bailey, whose work has been short-listed twice for the Booker Prize. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRA0011116
ISBN
9781841157597
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The haunting new novel from Paul Bailey, whose work has been short-listed twice for the Booker Prize. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRA0011117
ISBN
9781841157597
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Uncle Petros is a family joke - an ageing recluse in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and gardening. His young nephew soon discovers his uncle was once a celebrated mathematician who staked all on solving the problem of Goldbach's Conjecture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571205110
ISBN
9780571205110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Hardcover. Pongo Twistleton is in a state of financial embarrassment, again. Uncle Fred, meanwhile, has been asked by Lord Emsworth to foil a plot to steal the Empress, his prize pig. Along with Polly Pott (daughter o old Mustard), they form a deputation to Blandings Castle, bent on doin a "bit of good". Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591308
ISBN
9781841591308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Hardcover. Concerns Bill Oakshott's struggle to find ways of getting his girl while financing his inheritance at Ashenden Manor. But, the real hero of this book is Frederick Altamont Cornwallis, fifth Earl of Ickenham. This noble lord describes himself as 'one of the hottest earls that ever donned a coronet'. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591476
ISBN
9781841591476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Original cloth, lacking dustwrapper. Spine slightly torn, front page torn out, but otherwise it remains a nice copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Dodo Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTG0000224
ISBN
9781406556421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Advance Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910408049
ISBN
9781910408049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.50

Paperback. Lost illusions, lost ideals, lost youth - the masterpiece of the Spanish Civil War. Translator(s): Bush, Peter. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857051530
ISBN
9780857051530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
South Africa: Kwela Books South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780795700712
ISBN
9780795700712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. The Number One New York Times bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The NamesakeWinner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596592
ISBN
9780747596592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000592
ISBN
9781408831670
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. For fans of Ali Smith and A.M. Homes comes this captivating debut from Mexico's most exciting rising star Translator(s): Hughes, Sophie. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780748924
ISBN
9781780748924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.53

Hardcover. First published in 1922, and modelled on Homer's "Odyssey", this is Joyce's account of one day in 1904 in the life of Dublin. It is an earthy story which focuses on the humble Lionel Bloom and his sensuous wife, Molly. Num Pages: 1076 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 212 x 51. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151008
ISBN
9781857151008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.96

paperback. Capturing a single day in the life of Dubliner Leopold Bloom, his friends Buck Mulligan and Stephen Dedalus, his wife Molly, and a cast of supporting characters, the author pushes Celtic lyricism and vulgarity to splendid extremes. Num Pages: 1040 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141182803
ISBN
9780141182803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.50

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
816
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679600114
ISBN
9780679600114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.27

Paperback. Features such stories as: one of Cromwell's soldiers staggers home to find his wife remarried and promptly disappears, an eighteenth century farmer carries on an affair with a maid under his wife's nose, a mother writes letters to her imprisoned son, a 1980s real estate company discover a soldier's skeleton, dated to the time of Cromell. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099573449
ISBN
9780099573449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. His disreputable career encompasses bookmaking and dog-training, fight-management and insurance broking. Plagued by bad debts, bad luck and the formidable Aunt Julia, Ukridge remains as resourceful and irrepressible as ever. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591025
ISBN
9781841591025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition (first thus)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486426877
ISBN
9780486426877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.57

Paperback. Through the testimony of numerous characters, both fictional and historical figures, the author builds up a composite picture of American society in the first quarter of the 20th century. Num Pages: 1184 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 50. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185811
ISBN
9780141185811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Silver, Katherine. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811219174
ISBN
9780811219174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. Contains four stories, written between 1900 and 1902. One of them reveals the differences between instinct and intelligence in a partnership vital to human survival; and the other contains 'land-stories' that explore the utter isolation of an East European emigrant in England and in the other, the plight of a woman. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441955
ISBN
9780141441955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. In these three sea stories, based on his own experience, the author invests his portraits of mundane steamers and their crews with epic qualities of fortitude and courage in the face of overwhelming natural odds. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 211 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
305
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150049
ISBN
9781857150049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.82

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