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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A sequel to "Virgin in the Garden" and "Still Life". A cast of characters play out their personal dramas amid the clashing politics, passionate ideals and stirring languages of the early-1960s. Their crises mirror some of the major world events of the age in which they live. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 462. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000111
ISBN
9780099839408
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. A cast of striking characters play out their personal dramas amid the clashing politics, passionate ideals and stirring languages of the early 1960s. Their crises mirror those of the vivid and disturbing age in which they live. A sequel to "Virgin in the Garden" and "Still Life". Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1036. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Chatto & Windus London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000995
ISBN
9780701137182
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

hardcover. Series: Contemporary Literature. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Humana United States
Edition
1985th Edition
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896030657
ISBN
9780896030657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.05

Paperback. Stunningly re-packaged to coincide with the release of The Longest Holiday Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471129582
ISBN
9781471129582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

paperback. BABY COME BACK is the gripping, touching and funny story of what happens when a wife discovers her deadly rival is her husband's mother. Another wry, witty novel from a wonderful bestselling author. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005855
ISBN
9780751529685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. BABY COME BACK is the gripping, touching and funny story of what happens when a wife discovers her deadly rival is her husband's mother. Another wry, witty novel from a wonderful bestselling author. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006213
ISBN
9780751529685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. Editor(s): Paul Williams. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556433191
ISBN
9781556433191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Bawdy and sometimes horrifying, hilarious on the way to being tragic, Raymond Andrews's Muskhogean County novels tell of black life in the Deep South from the end of the First World War to the beginning of the 1960s, from the days of mules and white men with bullwhips to the moment when the pendulum began to swing. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820310695
ISBN
9780820310695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.60

Paperback. Translated from the Russian, this razor-sharp satire on consumer culture, Russian style, follows the irresistible rise of a Moscow advertising copywriter, who specialises in adjusting Western adverts to the Eastern mentality and selling Pepsi, Seven-up, Gucci, Mercedes and Reebok to the rising middle class. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571205561
ISBN
9780571205561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Julia worries that her relationship with Mark has turned stale. She thinks a baby will put love back into their lives. But is a child really the answer? Julia's best friend Samantha is besotted with her new baby. But what's her sudden obsession doing to her marriage? And does Samantha's infatuation hide something much darker? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 290. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KEX0245281
ISBN
9780140295931
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Julia worries that her relationship with Mark has turned stale. She thinks a baby will put love back into their lives. But is a child really the answer? Julia's best friend Samantha is besotted with her new baby. But what's her sudden obsession doing to her marriage? And does Samantha's infatuation hide something much darker? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRA0011634
ISBN
9780140295931
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Dionysus, god of wine and ecstasy, has come to Thebes, and the women are streaming out of the city to worship him on the mountain, drinking and dancing in wild frenzy. The king, Pentheus, denouces this so-called 'god' as a charlatan. But no mortal can deny a god and no man can ever stand against Dionysus. Translator(s): Robertson, Robin. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577386
ISBN
9780099577386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. When Mona Gray is ten, her father contracts a mysterious illness. When she becomes a maths teacher, Mona delights her pupils by encouraging them to find objects that take the form of numbers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Windmill Books London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KEX0245656
ISBN
9780099558521
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Young or old, they are all bachelors - a young officer (Lieutenant Gustl), a socially desirable lawyer (The Murderer), a middle-aged physician (Doctor Graesler), an aging rou (Casanova's Homecoming). This book focuses an eye on the minds of men who desire, fantasize about, and try to relate to women. Translator(s): Schaefer, Margret. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636117
ISBN
9781566636117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Series: CHAMPION VALLY 2. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781455536009
ISBN
9781455536009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.68

Paperback. As the police boat speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay, the scene is set for Officer Nestor Camacho's great moment of heroism. Except that in this feverous melting pot of a city, Nestor's one act of heroism can be seen as an utter betrayal of his Cuban roots. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578536
ISBN
9780099578536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.88

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 176 x 111 x 46. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780099578543
ISBN
9780099578543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. On the brink of 40, newly single with a failed business, Philip thought he'd reached an all-time low. It only needed a discarded chip on a South London street to lay him literally flat. So, bedbound and bored, Philip writes the story of his life, only to reveal some comic and touching surprises. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099414568
ISBN
9780099414568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Chapter Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937559144
ISBN
9781937559144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.81

Hardback. In this Bonnie and Clyde story of love and betrayal, a band of outlaws fight for control of the brutal Brazilian outback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393246025
ISBN
9780393246025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.79

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