Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Under the tutelage of the mesmerising Master Yehudi, Walt is taken back to the mysterious house on the plains to prepare not only for the ability to fly, but also for the stardom that will accompany it. A virtuoso piece of storytelling by a master of the modern American fable. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- FABER & FABER
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571229086
- ISBN
- 9780571229086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. When the author of The Hayseed Chronicles, Arthur Hayman, is mown down by a concrete truck in Soho, his legacy passes to his widow, Martha, and her children - the fragile Rachel, and Luke, reluctantly immortalised as Luke Hayseed, the central character of his father's books. But others want their share, particularly Laurie. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KTM0000585
- ISBN
- 9780141038001
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 4.99
€ 11.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408884881
- ISBN
- 9781408884881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. *A touching and funny novel about a once-beautiful woman who, approaching her fiftieth birthday, realises she is no longer the belle of the ball. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844082797
- ISBN
- 9781844082797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.64
€ 15.64
Paperback. Mr Artur Sammler, intellectual and occasional lecturer at Columbia University in 1960s New York City, is a registrar of madness, a refined and civilized being caught among people crazy with the promises of the future. His Cyclopean gaze reflects on the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188812
- ISBN
- 9780141188812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is broke and out of love. His wife has gone to America, taking his daughter with him; his mother has become a celebrity chef on daytime television, with a particular skill for handling phallic ingredients; and his father continues to languish in Mountjoy Jail. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9781844881277
- ISBN
- 9781844881277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.73
€ 20.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. A charming novel about an irrepressible man, his long-suffering wife and a Very English dream. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340995662
- ISBN
- 9780340995662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark, his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within. The extraordinary inhabitants of the island range from the formidable Miss George in her purple busby to the wanton, raven-haired Tintagieu, 'five foot three inches of sex'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283263
- ISBN
- 9780099283263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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€ 10.95
Paperback. One warm July morning Mr Phillips climbs out of bed, leaving Mrs Phillips dozing. He prepares for his commute into the city - but this is no ordinary Wednesday. It is a day on which Mr Phillips will chat with a pornographer, stalk a tv mini-celebrity, have lunch with an aspiring record mogul, and get caught up in a bank robbery. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571294862
- ISBN
- 9780571294862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. A New York Times bestseller, Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore is an entirely charming and lovable first novel of mysterious books and dusty bookshops; it is a witty and delightful love-letter to both the old book world and the new. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782391210
- ISBN
- 9781782391210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. A New York Times bestseller, Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore is an entirely charming and lovable first novel of mysterious books and dusty bookshops; it is a witty and delightful love-letter to both the old book world and the new Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782391197
- ISBN
- 9781782391197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.99
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€ 13.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Ward Wood Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908742582
- ISBN
- 9781908742582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.27
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€ 14.27
paperback. After a chance encounter on a train the English teacher William Bradshaw starts a close friendship with the mildly sinister Arthur Norris. Norris is a man of contradictions; lavish but heavily in debt, excessively polite but sexually deviant. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099771418
- ISBN
- 9780099771418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Hardcover. More stories about the incredible Mulliner clan, following on from Meet Mr Mulliner. This volume includes such classic Wodehouse tales as 'The Man Who Gave Up Smoking', 'The Awful Gladness of the Mater', 'Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court' and 'The Passing of Ambrose'. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841591384
- ISBN
- 9781841591384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.29
€ 17.99
€ 12.29
Paperback. Series: Dedalus Original Fiction in Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909232945
- ISBN
- 9781909232945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.24
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€ 13.24
Paperback. At twenty-seven, Libby thinks there's a lot to be said for a rich husband. So when Nick comes along - lovely, funny, handsome Nick, who has no money whatsoever, lives in a grotty bedsit and thinks the perfect night out consists of the pub and his mates - she decides he's only good for a fling. No strings attached. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 306. Good, clean copy showing minor shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0005498
- ISBN
- 9780140276510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. At twenty-seven, Libby thinks there's a lot to be said for a rich husband. So when Nick comes along - lovely, funny, handsome Nick, who has no money whatsoever, lives in a grotty bedsit and thinks the perfect night out consists of the pub and his mates - she decides he's only good for a fling. No strings attached. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 270. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KEX0237628
- ISBN
- 9780140276510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The New York Times bestselling author of Be Cool and Get Shorty Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753822364
- ISBN
- 9780753822364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
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€ 11.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743478472
- ISBN
- 9780743478472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408857212
- ISBN
- 9781408857212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. French Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241145784
- ISBN
- 9780241145784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. Mr Kafka is avoiding his landlady's blueberry wine breath, a stonemason witnesses the destruction of a monument to Stalin he risked his life to build, and factory men strain to catch a glimpse of a beautiful bathing murderess. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871178
- ISBN
- 9781784871178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Valley Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908853608
- ISBN
- 9781908853608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
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€ 10.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; FA; FQ; HRG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408881590
- ISBN
- 9781408881590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95