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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A haunting Victorian ghost story of love, loss and the mystery of death from the bestselling author of THE THIRTEENTH TALE. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
9781409128069
ISBN
9781409128069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe's new home is not only haunted by the memories of her past but also by the ghost of her baby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540977
ISBN
9780099540977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Hardcover. It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter, Beloved, who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim retribution. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152685
ISBN
9781857152685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. It is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an end, Sethe is haunted by the violent trauma it wrought on her former enslaved life at Sweet Home, Kentucky. Her dead baby daughter, whose tombstone bears the single word, Beloved, returns as a spectre to punish her mother, but also to elicit her love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
9780099760115
ISBN
9780099760115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099511656
ISBN
9780099511656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.99

Paperback. A story set in the mid-19th century, when moves to abolish slavery are at their height, and one man's world of love turns to violence when his daughter dies at the hands of her mother. From the author of EN-GENDERING and NOBEL SPEECH. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099273936
ISBN
9780099273936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. This fantastic debut novel by Barbara Nadel is compellingly atmospheric and has been highly praised: 'Exciting, accomplished and original' Literary Review Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 30. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747262176
ISBN
9780747262176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The state has been recently taken over and is being run by the tyrannical and philistine 'Average Man' party. Under the slogans of equality and happiness for all, it has done away with individualism and freedom of thought. Only John Krug, a brilliant philosopher, stands up to the regime. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185767
ISBN
9780141185767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Second in a sexy werewolf urban fantasy couplet from bestselling author, Keri Arthur Series: Ripple Creek Werewolf Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 21. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Piatkus
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749908768
ISBN
9780749908768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. Explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and brutality. Drawing on a host of enthralling characters - a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman, this book examines the hopeful and the damaged without judgement. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160999
ISBN
9781784160999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Beneath the Lion's Gaze opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother's prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539926
ISBN
9780099539926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408845189
ISBN
9781408845189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.46

Paperback. Following the astonishing Plainsong and Eventide, this is Haruf's third novel set in the imaginary landscape of Holt, Colorado. One long last summer for Dad Lewis in his beloved town, Holt, Colorado. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447227533
ISBN
9781447227533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226204192
ISBN
9780226204192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. A man returns from war to a past that holds a greater loss. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857386557
ISBN
9780857386557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. If you think Brazilian is a nationality, that PJ's are pyjamas and that Beyond is somewhere far away, then you have never met a Bergdorf Blonde. Plum Syke's heroine is British but has moved to America, working for a glossy magazine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Minor creasing on cover, pages are in good condition
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KAK0000049
ISBN
9780141013947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. If you think Brazilian is a nationality, that PJ's are pyjamas and that Beyond is somewhere far away, then you have never met a Bergdorf Blonde. Plum Syke's heroine is British but has moved to America, working for a glossy magazine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KIN0007745
ISBN
9780141013947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The year is 1989 and Herr Lehmann lives entirely free of responsibility in a tiny flat in the bohemian Berlin district of Kreuzberg. But suddenly one unforseen incident after another seems to threaten his idyllic and rather peaceable existence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099449232
ISBN
9780099449232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Includes novels "Mr Norris Changes Trains" and "Goodbye to Berlin". Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749397029
ISBN
9780749397029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

Paperback. On a remote farm in northern Norway, eighty-year-old Anna Neshov is rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke. Her three sons have not spoken in some time. Margido, a devout Christian, works in Trondheim as a funeral director. Translator(s): Anderson, James. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099502579
ISBN
9780099502579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. The brilliant new novel in the 44 Scotland Street series, first serialised in the Daily Telegraph Series: 44 Scotland Street. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349000329
ISBN
9780349000329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. In the tenth anniversary year of his beloved series, Alexander McCall Smith returns with more delightful adventures from the charming eccentrics who reside in Scotland Street. Series: 44 Scotland Street. Num Pages: 336 pages, Approx. 25 b/w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349140063
ISBN
9780349140063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. The heart-warming, inspirational story of how one cheeky little dog, his beloved sister and two grumpy cats save a family. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473643345
ISBN
9781473643345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408870310
ISBN
9781408870310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

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