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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Exchanging Buckingham Palace for a two-bedroomed semi in Hell Close, caviar for boiled eggs, servants for a social worker named Trish, the Queen and her family learn what it means to be poor among the great unwashed. But is their breeding sufficient to allow them to rise above their circumstance or deep down are they just like everyone else? Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958377
ISBN
9780241958377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Queen & Country: A Hew Cullen Mystery Series: The Hew Cullen Mysteries. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846973437
ISBN
9781846973437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.03

Paperback. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183923
ISBN
9780141183923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The most important things are hardest to find words for, her father once said. That's why people make music. Against a tangle of childhood memories, scarred histories and hope, Ana finally starts to confront the death of Sam, her Irish luthier father, and with it, questions of guilt and belonging. This is a story about music, love, and loss. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001578
ISBN
9780099502678
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Jim Crace's Booker-shortlisted masterpiece. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447275145
ISBN
9781447275145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.32

Paperback. .
Publisher
Racom Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933199535
ISBN
9781933199535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 7.09

Paperback. A beautiful love story, full of humanity and tenderness, in the dark days of a civil war and the following dictatorship. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194898
ISBN
9789992194898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. The seventeenth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look Series: Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 36. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447212386
ISBN
9781447212386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. A young East Indian man was arrested only because he had answered correctly all the questions in a quiz show This novel has been made into the very popular moVietnamese "Slumdog Millionaire." Vietnamese translation by Nguyen Bich Lan. In Vietnamese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
New edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0002482
ISBN
9780552772501
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A young East Indian man was arrested only because he had answered correctly all the questions in a quiz show This novel has been made into the very popular moVietnamese "Slumdog Millionaire." Vietnamese translation by Nguyen Bich Lan. In Vietnamese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on endpapers and minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KSS0007975
ISBN
9780552772501
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Agent Number 67, nicknamed Pygmy for his diminutive size, arrives in the United States from his totalitarian homeland. An 'exchange student' he is welcomed with open arms by his Midwestern host family. Simpsons-spinoffs, they introduce him into the rituals of postmodern American life, which he views with utter contempt. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099526971
ISBN
9780099526971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Keynote/Publisher's Comments The gloriously funny sequel to Blue Heaven. Num Pages: 352 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 255. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Minor tear to the bottom of the spine
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KAK0011358
ISBN
9780099435051
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The second novel in bestseller Maureen Lee's outstanding Liverpool sequence about family life during the Second World War Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 31. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752827599
ISBN
9780752827599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. What happened to the characters of Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies when the war broke out? This title shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184012
ISBN
9780141184012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Tells the story of Prince Fracassus, heir presumptive to the Duchy of Origen, famed for its golden-gated skyscrapers and casinos, who passes his boyhood watching reality shows on TV, imagining himself to be the Roman Emperor Nero, and fantasizing about hookers. He is idle, boastful, thin-skinned and egotistic; has no manners, and no curiosity. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 153. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781787330207
ISBN
9781787330207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. A collection of stories, which describes life in Russia before and after the collapse of Communism, and the plight of Russian emigres in the USA in post communist times. It includes characters that are recognisable and bizarre, bewildered but also invigorated by the challenge that everyday life presents - whatever economic system they live under. Translator(s): Moore, Thomas. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Peter Owen
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0007825
ISBN
9780720613001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of stories, which describes life in Russia before and after the collapse of Communism, and the plight of Russian emigres in the USA in post communist times. It includes characters that are recognisable and bizarre, bewildered but also invigorated by the challenge that everyday life presents - whatever economic system they live under. Translator(s): Moore, Thomas. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Peter Owen
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0007714
ISBN
9780720613001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Populated with unforgettable characters, such as Alikhanov's fellow guides Mitrofanov and Pototsky or the KGB officer Belyaev, and presented here for the first time in the English language, Pushkin Hills is arguably Dovlatov's most personal work and a poignant metaphor on the Russian attitude towards life and art. Illustrator(s): Dovlatov, Katherine. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oneworld Classics Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492210
ISBN
9781847492210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

paperback. Series: AfricaSouth New Writing S. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
David Philip Publishers South Africa
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864863041
ISBN
9780864863041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.29

Paperback. The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, prayer. Num Pages: 336 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007189885
ISBN
9780007189885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.83

Hardcover. To make ends meet Sylvia takes on a boarder in her husband Georgie Karacek's absence. When Georgie's epilepsy comes to light, he is discharged from the army. He suspects that his bride and the boarder are lovers. But wartime conditions explode into rioting, and that uproar puts them at odds with the town when Georgie helps a black friend flee. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653624
ISBN
9780875653624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. The second 'Captain Alatriste' novel, from a series which has sold 4 million copies worldwide Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000729
ISBN
9780753821190
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007532780
ISBN
9780007532780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.36

Paperback. THOSE WHO DENY HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386. 400 pages. THOSE WHO DENY HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight: 380.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848872134
ISBN
9781848872134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

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