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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Tells the tale of a small boy who wanders into the heart of a fantastical African forest, the dwelling place of innumerable wild, grotesque and terrifying beings. He is captured by ghosts, buried alive and wrapped up in spider webs, but after several years he marries and accepts his new existence. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316915
ISBN
9780571316915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Hardcover. or fans of Adrian Mole and Nick Hornby and readers of all ages, this is a novel for the listicle generation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Square Peg
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910931585
ISBN
9781910931585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

paperback. Steve Almond's stunning first collection of short stories explores the lives of young men in their twenties and thirties, their confusions, their obsessions, their emotional complexities, taking a clear-eyed view of relationships between young men and women who have come of age in an era without innocence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099443629
ISBN
9780099443629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.57

Paperback. A romantic and brilliantly funny novel for fans of The Secret Lives of Dresses, The Artist and My Week with Marilyn. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444737714
ISBN
9781444737714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Peter is a gifted young writer, and Maureen Tarnopol is the woman who wants to be his muse but who instead is his nemesis. Their union is based on fraud and shored up by moral blackmail, but it is so perversely durable that, long after Maureen's death, Peter is still trying - and failing - to write his way free of it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515319
ISBN
9780099515319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Melbourne, the late 1940s. A young conservative Australian poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach his country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submits for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571216208
ISBN
9780571216208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. A hilarious, original story for anyone who has ever been dumped, dumped or lived in a dump - with the cross-over and bestselling appeal of BRIDGET JONES, HIGH FIDELITY and THIS LIFE. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTG0008991
ISBN
9780340718162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A hilarious, original story for anyone who has ever been dumped, dumped or lived in a dump - with the cross-over and bestselling appeal of BRIDGET JONES, HIGH FIDELITY and THIS LIFE. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KTJ0007969
ISBN
9780340718162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A hilarious, original story for anyone who has ever been dumped, dumped or lived in a dump - with the cross-over and bestselling appeal of BRIDGET JONES, HIGH FIDELITY and THIS LIFE. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KTM0005802
ISBN
9780340718162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

paperback. .
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0199684
ISBN
9780571239689
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 1905. Rosie Belsfield feels as if her life has ended when she is rejected from Ellis Island and put on the next boat back to England, leaving her family behind. But fate gives her a second chance when she befriends Lady Rosalind. Having boarded the ship with one identity, fate decrees that Rosie leave it with another .. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 117 x 26. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749013431
ISBN
9780749013431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 4.42

Paperback.
Publisher
Bantam Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553379655
ISBN
9780553379655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.14

Paperback. For better or worse.. Ella was nineteen and madly in love when she married dashing young artist Sebastian Montclair. But that was a long time ago. Now Ella and the kids live in a ramshackle farmhouse while Sebastian and his paintings inhabit the outhouse next door - a family separated in every way but distance. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 360. Good, clean copy. Showing some shelfwear to covers and page edges
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0007566
ISBN
9781405913928
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 330. 352 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 23. Weight: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764202629
ISBN
9780764202629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.91

Paperback. The hilarious, heart-breaking novel by the author of the international bestseller A MAN CALLED OVE. Translator(s): Koch, Henning. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444775853
ISBN
9781444775853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. One of the last artistic expressions of life under communism, this novel captures the atmosphere in Prague between 1983 and 1987, where a dance could be broken up by the secret police, a traffic offence could lead to surveillance and where contraband books were the currency of the underworld. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 279.
Publisher
Granta UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint, Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862071032
ISBN
9781862071032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardcover. Translator(s): Koch, Henning. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 372. Fine in fine dustjacket. DJ in mylar
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Quartet Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEC0000193
ISBN
9780704370395
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.86

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 21 x 154 x 235. Weight in Grams: 382. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Good
Publication date
2007
SKU
KIN0007833
ISBN
9780340924471
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. My Glass Heart is a dramatic story of desire and its price, of love and its guises and, ultimately, of the astounding resilience of the human heart. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KAK0002870
ISBN
9780340924488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KST0021520
ISBN
9780340924488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Part of Jane Duncan's classic 'My Friend..' series Series: My Friends.. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447297901
ISBN
9781447297901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.21

Paperback. When Jesus Christ arrives uninvited at your flat, and gently but firmly advises you to clean up your life, well, naturally, you do as you're told - Translator(s): Petersen, Mette. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846272103
ISBN
9781846272103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback.
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824405
ISBN
9781934824405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.75

Paperback. The world-wide, mega selling author of Man and Boy is back with a sizzling, Shanghai tale of sex, romance and second wives Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTJ0007132
ISBN
9780007226498
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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