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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Michel is a civil-servant, an account manager at the Ministry of Culture. When his father is murdered and he comes into some money, Michel takes leave of absence to go on a package tour to Thailand. Relieved to get away, he is nonetheless infuriated by the shallow hypocrisy and mediocrity of his fellow travellers. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099437888
ISBN
9780099437888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780292764798
ISBN
9780292764798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135. .
Publisher
Green Writers Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780996135740
ISBN
9780996135740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. Planet savage is a story narrated by Leungo, a nine-year old with a very interesting outlook on life; he views his parents as good-for-nothing savages who care only for themselves; who drink themselves silly with friends who come round every day, leaving any concern for his education by the wayside. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770097513
ISBN
9781770097513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, Ulysse, a journalist, sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. He finds there a planet which resembles his own, but on Soror humans behave like animals, and are hunted by a civilised race of primates. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529040
ISBN
9780099529040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 123 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 682.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Sterling Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120749795
ISBN
9788120749795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. The perfect couple. The perfect French farmhouse. Plan A is the perfect life. But then there's the other.. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 298. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Headline Review
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTG0018112
ISBN
9780755325429
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Warham, Paul. Series: Japanese Literature Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564786388
ISBN
9781564786388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. 'Plainsong is nothing short of a revelation' Richard Russo Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447240440
ISBN
9781447240440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Jodi Picoult's bestseller is a fascinating portrait of a little-known way of life, and a gripping suspense novel. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444754377
ISBN
9781444754377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A French publishing sensation, shortlisted for every major literary award and perfect for everyone who loved HHhH. Translator(s): Underwood, J. A. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Abacus
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139531
ISBN
9780349139531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564784780
ISBN
9781564784780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590176146
ISBN
9781590176146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.46

Paperback. The well-known Ozark folklorist gathers together bawdy tales, previously considered unprintable, that provide insight into the region's rich exotic narrative tradition. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252013645
ISBN
9780252013645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vertical Inc. United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939130129
ISBN
9781939130129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Drowning in the freezing North Atlantic, Christopher Hadley Martin, temporary lieutenant, happens upon a grotesque rock, an island that appears only on weather charts. To drink there is a pool of rain water; to eat there are weeds and sea anemones. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571298501
ISBN
9780571298501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Christopher Martin, the sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer, is stranded upon a rock in the middle of the Atlantic. Pitted against him are the sea, the sun, the night cold and the terror of his isolation. Through the long hours with only himself to talk to, Martin must try to assemble the truth of his fate, piece by terrible piece. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main - Faber Modern Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571322749
ISBN
9780571322749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Publication date
2012
Publisher
Time Warner Trade Publishing United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781601625298
ISBN
9781601625298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.54

Paperback. What keeps you up all night? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 316. Clean copy.Trade paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0219095
ISBN
9780007245925
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. William has a good, steady job in retail. He works in the bedlinen department of an Oxford Street store. Lucy has a portfolio career which, in her view, is no kind of career at all. Unable to sleep, she thinks a new pillow might be the answer. William and Lucy are not connected. Yet the pair of them share a terrible memory from the past. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224099813
ISBN
9780224099813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.30

Paperback. A bloody curse fells four before Miss Silver investigates in this classic crime mystery. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 26. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340253571
ISBN
9780340253571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Editor(s): de Rosset, Rosalie. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Moody Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802456540
ISBN
9780802456540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.13

hardcover. Margie Krebsbach dreams up the idea of a trip to Rome, hoping to get her husband Carl to make love to her - he's been sleeping across the hall and she has no idea why. She finds a patriotic purpose for the journey. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520. Good clean copy, with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001059
ISBN
9780571252404
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. The first of a four-volume work by Dorothy Richardson, this novel records the life of Miriam Henderson. Through her experience - personal, spiritual, intellectual - the author explores what it means to be a woman. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 126 x 32. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860681007
ISBN
9780860681007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.11

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