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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Is Emilia, the wicked stepmother incarnate? Passionately in love with her husband, Emilia has a secret, guilty loathing for her precocious little stepson, William - a forty-year-old in a five-year-old's body, whom she picks up from nursery every Wednesday afternoon. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTG0007377
ISBN
9780552772921
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Young, impoverished and ambitious, science student Mr Lewisham is locked in a struggle to further himself through academic achievement. But when his former sweetheart, Ethel Henderson, re-enters his life his strictly regimented existence is thrown into chaos by the resurgence of old passion. Editor(s): James, Simon. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441054
ISBN
9780141441054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062379849
ISBN
9780062379849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Set in contemporary India, this work includes five tales which paint a picture of Bombay - its ghosts, its passions, its feuds, its mysteries - while exploring questions of the human spirit. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234509
ISBN
9780571234509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. The narrator of this novel has temporarily abandoned his work-in-progress - an essay on Kafka - and exchanged his writer's pen for the orange vest of a Prague road-sweeper. As he works, he meditates on Czechoslovakia, Kafka, life, art and his passionate and adulterous affair with Daria. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429586
ISBN
9780099429586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seren
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781721469
ISBN
9781781721469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.27

Paperback. From pre-First World War Warsaw to the New York of the 1930s, this title traces the early years of the author's life. It presents his bookish boyhood as the son of an Orthodox rabbi, equally absorbed in science, philosophy and cabbala. It chronicles the intricacies of his first love affairs. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391595
ISBN
9780141391595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Erica James at her best - 'A very moving novel about life, families and love' Sunday Express Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Orion
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752883410
ISBN
9780752883410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804841801
ISBN
9780804841801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. A dark and marvelous journey from the Industrial Age through Hollywood's Golden Age, into the Digital Age and beyond. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934137642
ISBN
9781934137642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.47

Hardcover. A tale of Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, one of Wodehouse's favourite protagonists, and his fraught attempt to establish a business farming chickens on the coast of Dorset. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Everyman Paperback Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591766
ISBN
9781841591766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. An anthology of 29 modern lesbian short stories compiled by Emma Donoghue. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 5SL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472109859
ISBN
9781472109859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. An electrifying masterclass in international storytelling from one of the most original writers at work in English today Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330464444
ISBN
9780330464444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349008912
ISBN
9780349008912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349008936
ISBN
9780349008936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

paperback. May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida - even L - all are women obsessed with Bill Cosey. He shapes their yearnings for a father, husband, lover, guardian, and friend. This novel ultimately comes full circle to that indelible, overwhelming first love that marks us forever. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455493
ISBN
9780099455493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Charts the destructive emotional war between a young woman, her husband and his disruptive brother as they move through a labyrinth of betrayal, alienation and lost connections. This revised edition evokes the ebb of the 1960s, and includes an afterword which describes the progress of the survivors into the anguish of middle age. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099594215
ISBN
9780099594215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Marion Boyars United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition, Ex-Library
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714528557
ISBN
9780714528557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399177545
ISBN
9780399177545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.50

hardcover. Suitable for any reader of Wodehouse's stories, this title covers topics which preoccupied him all his life, ranging from Shakespeare, Hollywood and musical comedy, to butlers, thrillers, ocean liners and income tax. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591964
ISBN
9781841591964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143127611
ISBN
9780143127611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.97

Paperback. Britain's former prime minister is holed up in a remote, ocean-front house in America, struggling to finish his memoirs, when his long-term assistant drowns. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Windmill
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515838
ISBN
9780099515838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Presents a romantic rural romp set in the idyllic Cotswolds. Num Pages: 672 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 43. Weight in Grams: 454. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTG0007427
ISBN
9780340682319
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Originally published in Turkish in 2008 by Kalem Agency. Translator(s): Ates, Stephanie. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Peter Owen Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0012781
ISBN
9780720613476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

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