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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Fifteen years old and blazing with the hope of a better life, Hattie Shepherd fled the horror of the American South on a dawn train bound for Philadelphia. Her American dream is shattered time and again: a husband who lies and cheats and nine children raised in a cramped little house that was only ever supposed to be temporary. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Windmill Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0010696
ISBN
9780099558705
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Written during the height of the 1970s Italian domestic terror, a cult novel, with distinct echoes of Lovecraft and Borges, makes its English-language debut. Translator(s): Glazov, Ramon. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631492297
ISBN
9781631492297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. Third sassy novel from the former editor of Cosmopolitan and bestselling author of FIFTY IS NOT A FOUR LETTER WORD. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340963340
ISBN
9780340963340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Eleanor Lee has lived a fiercely independent existence for over ninety years, but now it's time to tidy her life away - books, photographs, paintings, letters - a lifetime of possessions all neatly boxed up for the last time. But amongst them there are some things that must be kept hidden. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405919838
ISBN
9781405919838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Walking the streets of Moscow, are the Others - possessors of supernatural powers. Night Watch Agent Anton Gorodetsky's holiday is abruptly shortened when an urgent call from Gesar forces him to return to work. Gesar has received an anonymous note, stating that an Other has revealed the full truth about their kind to a human. Series: Night Watch. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Random house int
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099489948
ISBN
9780099489948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer returns to the small family farm. After his father has been transferred upstairs, Helmer sets about furnishing the house. 'A double bed and a duvet', advises Ada, who lives next door. Then Riet appears, the woman once engaged to marry his twin. Could Riet and her son live with him for a while? Translator(s): Colmer, David. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208. Good copy with some shelf wear and owner inscription.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KTM0000056
ISBN
9780099516873
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer returns to the small family farm. After his father has been transferred upstairs, Helmer sets about furnishing the house. 'A double bed and a duvet', advises Ada, who lives next door. Then Riet appears, the woman once engaged to marry his twin. Could Riet and her son live with him for a while? Translator(s): Colmer, David. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208. Some minor shelf wear but overall in a very good condition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KSC0001838
ISBN
9780099516873
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. A deeply moving, gripping read, this is a novel about the secrets we all carry with us, and the bonds between twins that can never be broken. It is an astonishing debut. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749958695
ISBN
9780749958695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A literary murder mystery and a tale of modern love from an Orange-longlisted author Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. 288 pages. A literary murder mystery and a tale of modern love from an Orange-longlisted author. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight: 204.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671554
ISBN
9781847671554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. This book is outrageously defamatory, scandalously exaggerated, disturbingly sensationalised, yet also hideously, addictively entertaining. I don't know whether to consult my lawyer, or my shrink. - Piers Morgan Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KSG0006127
ISBN
9781448209866
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. This book is outrageously defamatory, scandalously exaggerated, disturbingly sensationalised, yet also hideously, addictively entertaining. I don't know whether to consult my lawyer, or my shrink. - Piers Morgan Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276. Good, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0006560
ISBN
9781448209866
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. In 1837, two young African princes arrive at the court of Willem I in the Netherlands. Treated as curiosities by white people, their friendship suffers and their paths diverge. Years later, as the 20th century dawns, the elderly Kwasi sits down to write his autobiography. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287872
ISBN
9780099287872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. One Dayon fast-forward: falling in love is the easy part. What matters most is what happens next .. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471142444
ISBN
9781471142444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. What if the thing you most longed for was resting on a two week wait? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTM0004440
ISBN
9780330544108
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458210
ISBN
9780099458210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. An intelligent, moral take on a highly topical issue - this will take Thomas Keneally to a new level, gaining him a new generation of fans Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KLN0016597
ISBN
9780340825266
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As Abi would the first to know. She has spent her life in the shadow of her stunningly beautiful, glamorous older sister Cleo. Headhunted as model when she was sixteen. Could having beauty, wealth and fame lead to more unhappiness than not having them? Who in the family really is the ugly sister? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047256
ISBN
9780141047256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The setting is Oaxaca, Mexico, where Harry Quinn has come to free his girlfriend's brother, Sonny, from jail and furthermore get him away from the suavely sadistic drug dealer who suspects Sonny of having cheated him. This is a novel of menace and eroticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9780747584971
ISBN
9780747584971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Set in the present-day Czech Republic, this novel traces a year in the life of a Protestant pastor, Daniel Vedra. Ostensibly a happily married father of three, he is gradually beset by spiritual doubt and temptations, both physical and material. Translator(s): Brain, A.G. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130. Weight in Grams: 300. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0016679
ISBN
9781862071155
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Translator(s): Soutar, Jethro. Series: Dedalus Africa. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Edition
Second
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213544
ISBN
9781910213544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

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