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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Once upon a time the Wapshots of St Botolphs were distinguished for their unshakeable good opinion of themselves. But the family members have drifted far from their New England village - and into the demented caprices of the mighty, the bad graces of the IRS and the humiliating abyss of adulterous passion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540595
ISBN
9780099540595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, this book tells the story of an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, in which prostitutes, beggars and bandits establish Canudos, a new republic, a libertarian paradise. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 199 x 48. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571288632
ISBN
9780571288632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.25

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780375759239
ISBN
9780375759239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.86

Paperback. Disturbing horror. Rapier-sharp satire. Addictive thriller. Don't expect any sleep once you've entered The Ward.. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 212. Disturbing horror. Rapier-sharp satire. Addictive thriller. Don't expect any sleep once you've entered The Ward. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight: 288.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857895868
ISBN
9780857895868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.24

Paperback. Iain Banks' momentous first novel, published in 1984 is being reissued with a new cover alongside other classic titles from the Abacus list in our 40th Anniversary year. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139180
ISBN
9780349139180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A Russian woman named Lara arrives in Afghanistan at the house of Marcus Caldwell, an Englishman and widower living in the shadow of the Tora Bora mountains. Marcus' daughter, Zameen, may have known Lara's brother, a Soviet soldier who disappeared in the area many years previously. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352 436pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571238804
ISBN
9780571238804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. The morning fog beyond the walls of your base lifts to reveal a lone woman approaching the gate. She says she has come to claim the body of her brother killed in last night's attack. Is she a terrorist? A spy? A lunatic? Or what she says she is - a grieving sister? What should you do? What do you do? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 123 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780099565772
ISBN
9780099565772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.00

Paperback. George and Catherine Stewart share the worry of Catherine's illness, which could cause her death at any time, and the memory of Jerome Martell, Catherine's first husband and George's closest friend. Martel, a doctor, is presumed to have died in a Nazi prison camp. But then he suddenly returns. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773524965
ISBN
9780773524965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408854310
ISBN
9781408854310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Hardcover. A new short story collection from Luis Alberto Urrea, author of the bestselling The Humingbird's Daughter and The Devil's Highway. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316334372
ISBN
9780316334372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. The Water-castle is a journal of love, romance and discord in 1950s Germany as a Welsh artist and poet, Elizabeth Greatorex, travels with her French husband to meet her former lover Klaus, a German count. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908069795
ISBN
9781908069795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. William thought trust was a good idea; Terry needed a lover who would keep his little secret. But how does accidental monogamy survive in a world ruled by illness and denial? By the author of "Lantern Lecture", winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 14. Weight in Grams: 21. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001446
ISBN
9780571170326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this book follows their development from childhood to youth and middle age. It presents rich poetic language that expresses the inner life of its characters: their aspirations, their triumphs and regrets, and their awareness of unity and isolation. Editor(s): Flint, Kate. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182711
ISBN
9780141182711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. One summer, something happened that changed everything forever.. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KTG0010813
ISBN
9780007462285
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Perfect for readers of Adele Parks and Lisa Jewell, The Silence Between Us is a powerful, heart-breaking novel about modern life and all its challenges. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473618367
ISBN
9781473618367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. From the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, fiction and autobiography blend in this fabulously rich collection of short stories Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KOC0016645
ISBN
9780753819722
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of short stories from Alice Walker. Opening with an account of her early marriage to a Jewish lawyer and their life in racist Mississippi, the collection goes on to cover themes of idealism, lost love and hope. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Women's Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0000620
ISBN
9780704346888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This is the summer that Lewis Little, precocious thirteen-year-old, is spending in Paris with his mother, Alice. Alice is translating the latest medieval romance by Valentina Gavrilovich, the bestselling and exotic Russian emigre. As Valentina slowly casts a spell over Lewis, he is driven on a terrifying quest. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749396992
ISBN
9780749396992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. Weight in Grams: 211. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Attic Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0000982
ISBN
9781855941809
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
Mandrake
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906958534
ISBN
9781906958534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. This is the way the family got away. They packed everything they could fit into the car, placed the body of their dead brother in the toy box and put him in the boot. Then theyy left Minola and headed towards mid-America. This is the story seen through the eyes of the family's surviving children. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 160. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KTG0007336
ISBN
9781841152097
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A breath-taking family story that will change the way you think of India. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447272717
ISBN
9781447272717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Christina Jones's new romcom will have you salivating with delight - about finding love through food! Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749953270
ISBN
9780749953270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Reissue of the classic tale of high-octane adventure set in the world of 1970s Formula One, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Num Pages: 256 pages, forms transparencies. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 17. Weight in Grams: 140. 190pp , Minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Fontana
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KLN0022584
ISBN
9780006151357
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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