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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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

Paperback. The Longman Caribbean Writers Series comprises of many classic novels, short stories and plays by the best known Caribbean authors, together with works of the highest quality from new writers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFU; YQEF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
4 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582642614
ISBN
9780582642614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970825
ISBN
9781907970825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD. Translator(s): Brown, Clarence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140185850
ISBN
9780140185850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Clockroot Books
Number of pages
148
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566568630
ISBN
9781566568630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. An accessible, beautifully crafted and topical novel about PTSI and the unseen effects of global conflict on ordinary lives Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471132599
ISBN
9781471132599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206. 302 pages. At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight: 206.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671158
ISBN
9781847671158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

hardcover. Tells a story that centers on two young women: Voltairine, a dancer who no longer dances but whose body is still haunted by the movement of dance, and her soulmate Emile, a young woman recovering from unexpected cardiac arrest. The girls are inseparable, and both their lives have been shattered by the horror of rape. Translator(s): Ball, David; Ball, Nicole. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780857421890
ISBN
9780857421890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.63

Paperback. From New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, a disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007532865
ISBN
9780007532865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting encounter with another; a brother and sister find themselves at the bottom of a coal mine with a Japanese tourist; a Welsh stag on a debauched weekend in Dublin confesses an unimaginable truth; and more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571317028
ISBN
9780571317028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. * Linda Grant's 'best novel yet' (Financial Times) is a thoughtful and engaging story of a London family from the late sixties to the present Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086399
ISBN
9781844086399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn't leaving the Blackwoods alone. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780141191454
ISBN
9780141191454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. This pioneering post-colonial novel was the first break-through Moroccan novel to be written in native Moroccan Arabic. The story follows two generations of the al-Tihamis family whose members characterise distinctive aspects of Moroccan society, and whose lives reflect the profound social changes taking place during the period. Translator(s): Allen, Roger. Series: Modern Arabic Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910376409
ISBN
9781910376409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

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