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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. Edith Wharton's subtle variation on the theme of the eternal triangle features Anna Leath, a rich American widow living in France; her daughter's governess, Sophy Viner; and the first love of Anna's youth, George Darrow, who has come back into her life. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152012
ISBN
9781857152012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. An exciting literary debut from a prodigious young talent and a Waterstone's 11 pick for 2011 Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KRA0011689
ISBN
9781849832939
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. An exciting literary debut from a prodigious young talent and a Waterstone's 11 pick for 2011 Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KRA0012048
ISBN
9781849832939
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Sexy, fast-paced and extremely funny. You won't want the cheering effect of this brilliant debut to wear off too quickly' Sunday Mirror Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471153242
ISBN
9781471153242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. A high-school sex scandal jolts a group of teenage girls into a new awareness of their own potency and power. But when the local drama school decides to turn the scandal into a show, the real world and the world of the theatre are forced to meet, and soon the boundaries between private and public begin to dissolve. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081391
ISBN
9781847081391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Translator(s): Ready, Oliver. Series: Dedalus Europe. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213148
ISBN
9781910213148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

paperback. Faulkner's final novel is a tale of three Mississippi travellers. Ned, Boon and young Lucius travel to Memphis in a stolen car to find love and fortune. Once there, Ned trades in the car for a racehorse, Lucius comes of age, and Boon sets about trying to win the heart of a prostitute named 'Miss Corrie'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099542360
ISBN
9780099542360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.60

Paperback. Malta, 1565. The greatest war the world has ever seen is unleashed on the doomed island as the Turks do battle with the Knights. The Knights call themselves The Religion. The Turks call them the Hounds of Hell. Back in Sicily, the beautiful, rich Carla pines for her bastard son, lost in the bloody inferno across the water. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581291
ISBN
9780099581291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981382
ISBN
9780241981382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

paperback. 'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America..' So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe. In this title, this speaker of immaculate English tells you his story, of how he embraced the Western dream - and a Western woman - and how both betrayed him. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 162. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008454
ISBN
9780141029542
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 205 x 37. Weight in Grams: 328. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006212
ISBN
9780062358240
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 205 x 37. Weight in Grams: 328. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006219
ISBN
9780062358240
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The clock is ticking for Musa; he has 30 days to escape from an arranged marriage.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Halban Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559169
ISBN
9781905559169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Hardcover. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past.. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593494
ISBN
9781841593494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Stevens, the long-serving butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside, but also into his own past. Reflecting on his years of service, he must re-examine his life in the face of changing Britain, and question whether his dignity and properness have come at a greater cost to himself. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main - Faber Modern Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571322732
ISBN
9780571322732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Offers a bridge between the short story and the novel, combining the qualities of both. This title includes eight stories which are written by different authors with each one portraying a character for a single day (the story is named after that day: Thursday, Tuesday and so on). Series: The Short Story Reinvented. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158. 224 pages. Offers a bridge between the short story and the novel, combining the qualities of both. This title includes eight stories which are written by different authors with each one portraying a character for a single day (the story is named after that day: Thursday, Tuesday and so on). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Edition
2nd edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906558055
ISBN
9781906558055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. Twenty tales of lust and loss. These stories feature clockwork hearts, lascivious queens, paper men, island circuses, and a flooded world; some are radical retellings of classic stories, some are modern-day fables, but all explore substitutions for love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773754
ISBN
9781907773754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. It is September 1938 and during a heatwave, Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich conference, where they will learn if there is to be a war. In Paris, people are waiting too, among them Mathieu, Jacques and Philippe, each wrestling with their own love affairs, doubts and angsts - and none of them ready to fight. Translator(s): Sutton, Eric. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185781
ISBN
9780141185781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. The story of Michael, Louis, Alex and Isobel, four children on the edge of adolescence, who run away to the forest to establish their own utopian community. All seems well in the Republic of trees - until the sudden arrival of Joy. Under her influence, their relationships grow more erotic and obsessive.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222940
ISBN
9780571222940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. From the international bestseller Nicholas Sparks Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751540888
ISBN
9780751540888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Liverpool, 1939. Lonely historian Tom Baines is at work on a study of the city's architectural past but the ominous news from Europe, together with his burgeoning friendship with Richard, a young photographer, and his beautiful wife, Bella, are proving a distraction. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 123 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
British Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099531937
ISBN
9780099531937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. Belfast, 1970s: Craig, St John and Mazine meet while at secondary school. Three very different people, they each come from testing backgrounds, and become friends just as life gets exciting and adulthood beckons. The years pass, and they try to live with themselves and the darker deeds of their hometown as honestly as they can. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571305230
ISBN
9780571305230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Fencers Tam, Richie and their ever-exasperated English foreman are forced to move from rural Scotland to England for work. After a disastrous start involving a botched fence and an accidental murder, the three move to a damp caravan in Upper Bowland and soon find themselves in direct competition with the sinister Hall Brothers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236. 288 pages. Fencers Tam, Richie and their ever-exasperated English foreman are forced to move from rural Scotland to England for work. After a disastrous start involving a botched fence and an accidental murder, the three move to a damp caravan in Upper Bowland and soon find themselves in direct competition with the sinister Hall Brothers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight: 206.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408809433
ISBN
9781408809433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
The Complete Creative Writing Course
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957694415
ISBN
9780957694415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

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