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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Offers a reflective and poignant story which tackles some difficult subjects - miscarriage, infertility and infidelity. This title is about letting go and moving on - with a little bit of help from beyond the grave. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781845025281
ISBN
9781845025281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528. 352 pages. Published in a new series of Flambard Modern Classics. In the late 1940s and 1950s Chaplin pioneered a new kind of regional fiction dedicated to working-class experience. His finest achievements are usually considered to be his two Newcastle novels from the early 1960s. This is one of them. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 23. Weight: 528.
Publisher
Flambard
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873226735
ISBN
9781873226735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. Translator(s): Eschleman, Clayton. Num Pages: 342 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 202 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Exact Change,U.S. United States
Number of pages
342
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781878972187
ISBN
9781878972187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.53

Hardcover. 329 pages. John Lucas's riveting novel is about the role of memory in how we shape and come to terms with the past. Waterdrops is about what is lost, what endures, about, as one of the characters says, "the terrible things that happen in war, and not only on the battlefield". It is also about love. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 26. Weight: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075668
ISBN
9781906075668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. The gritty, compelling international bestselling novel of star-crossed lovers and circus life, set in Depression-era USA. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Murray Press
Edition
1st Edition Pbk
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340962725
ISBN
9780340962725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Set in 1795, "Water Music" is the rambunctious account of two men's wild adventures through the gutters of London and the Scottish Highlands to their unlikely meeting in darkest Africa. Boyle's other works include "The Tortilla Curtain". Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781862071551
ISBN
9781862071551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.95

Paperback. As war-reporter Martin Crowther arrives in Umbria, still raw from a recent assignment in Africa, and from a failing love affair back home, a storm hits and the sky opens. Things are powerfully on the move inside him too as he comes to the small village of Fontanalba, on a mission to track down two friends from a lifetime ago. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 426. 450 pages. As war-reporter Martin Crowther arrives in Umbria, still raw from a recent assignment in Africa, and from a failing love affair back home, a storm hits and the sky opens. Things are powerfully on the move inside him too as he comes to the small village of Fontanalba, on a mission to track down two friends from a lifetime ago. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight: 430.
Publisher
Alma Publishing Company
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846881305
ISBN
9781846881305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Fred 'Bogus' Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes and the pursuit of happiness. He also happens to have a complaint more serious than Portnoy's. Yet he stubbornly clings to the notion that he'll make something of his life, and is about to commit himself to a second marriage that bears remarkable resemblance to his first. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552992077
ISBN
9780552992077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Set in the bleak Fen Country of East Anglia, and spanning some 240 years in the lives of its haunted narrator and his ancestors, this book takes in eels and incest, ale-making and madness, the heartless sweep of history and a family romance as tormented as any in Greek tragedy. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
408
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593562
ISBN
9781841593562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. In a sixth-floor South Bank warehouse, home of the family firm Hughes and Hughes, a troubled young man known as 'Ghost' attends to stocks of hardware while he quietly observes a variety of characters. Two particular individuals draw his attention as they struggle to dominate the firm. Editor(s): Calder, Liz. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747542391
ISBN
9780747542391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.58

Paperback. Rebecca has a most unusual problem: no matter how hard she tries, she can't stop broadcasting her feelings to people around her. Luckily, she's discovered how to trap and store her feelings in personal objects - but just how much emotional baggage can Unit 207, E Z Self Storage hold? Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Telegram
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590863
ISBN
9781846590863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

paperback. Sandleford Warren is in danger. Hazel's younger brother Fiver is convinced that a great evil is about to befall the land, but no one will listen. And why would they when it is Spring and the grass is fat and succulent? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 350.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953235
ISBN
9780241953235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 9. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Spinifex Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742199689
ISBN
9781742199689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.82

paperback.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KLN0013842
ISBN
9780751529777
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Translator(s): Sallee, T. L. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Routledge London
Number of pages
180
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0212844
ISBN
9780710302816
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894759403
ISBN
9781894759403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. The first in an extraordinary new YA trilogy by James Smythe, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent. Series: Australia. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL; YFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444796339
ISBN
9781444796339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. After a hiatus of seven years, V.S. Naipaul returned to fiction with A Way in the World: an exquisite meditation on rootlessness and belonging. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330522885
ISBN
9780330522885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. In 1844, Flora embarked on a tour of France to campaign for workers' and women's rights. In 1891, her grandson set sail for Tahiti, determined to escape civilisation and seek out inspiration to paint his primitive masterpieces. Flora died before her grandson was born, but their travels and obsessions unravel side by side in this absorbing novel. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571220380
ISBN
9780571220380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. A rising star of Latin American literature, and one of Granta's Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists Translator(s): McDowell, Megan. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086273
ISBN
9781847086273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

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