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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Fame, success, fortune, a drink problem slipping over the edge into alcoholism, a dead marriage, the incurable itches of middle-aged lust. For Wilfred Barclay, novelist, the final unbearable irritation is Professor Rick L Tucker. Locked in a lethal relationship they stumble across Europe, shedding wives, self-respect and illusions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571298488
ISBN
9780571298488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Hardback. The novel P.O. Enquist thought he would never be able to write. The true story of a love affair between a fifteen-year old boy and a 51-year-old woman Translator(s): Bragan-Turner, Deborah. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857059918
ISBN
9780857059918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. * Portrays the clash between an impulsive, artistic family and a calculating, aristocratic one Series: VMC. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080724
ISBN
9781844080724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. * Out now in paperback, the heart-wrenching story of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his first wife Hadley Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086689
ISBN
9781844086689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. In a series of vignettes of life in her village, Alice Taylor reasserts the priorities of public space and local community. The Parish evokes and explores the positive values of community, which could be renewed and reinvigorated for a present and future that achieves harmony between comfort and the pressing need to respect the environment. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Brandon
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780863223976
ISBN
9780863223976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Further tales of village life in the French Pyrenees. A Parisian comes to Fogas to modernise the village shop and it is baguettes at dawn! Series: Fogas Chronicles. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444721478
ISBN
9781444721478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. On the eve of her ninth birthday, Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. All at once her cheerful, can-do mother tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes perilous. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099538264
ISBN
9780099538264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. An epic, awe-inspiring novel of good and evil - the most talked about book of the year, and now a global bestseller. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 46. Weight in Grams: 602.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Orion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752883304
ISBN
9780752883304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Tanya DuBois doesn't exist. At least not after an accident leaves her husband dead and makes her Suspect No 1. She has one choice. Run. Tanya isn't real, and neither is Amelia Keen, Debra Maze, or any of her other aliases. She is 'Amelia' when she meets Blue, another woman with a life she'd rather not discuss, and thinks she's found her kindred spirit. But their pasts and futures clash as the body count rises around them.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785651731
ISBN
9781785651731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. G H, a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach - black, dusty, prehistoric - crawling out of the wardrobe and, panicking, slams the door on it. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197357
ISBN
9780141197357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564785602
ISBN
9781564785602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.79

Hardcover. The bawdy life and times of the Celtic Mary Magdalen. Series: Maeve Chronicles. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 228 x 46. Weight in Grams: 984.
Publisher
Monkfish Book Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976684305
ISBN
9780976684305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.58

Paperback. THE PASSION OF NEW EVE is an extraordinary journey into the apocalyptic vision of the author Lorna Sage called 'The boldest of English writers'. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001652
ISBN
9780860683414
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The critically acclaimed adventures of an ex-Goth, ex-straight-girl, ex-lesbian, ex-Catholic schoolgirl on the road in 1990s America. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350521
ISBN
9781584350521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.70

Paperback. A beautiful, haunting novel by the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781255278
ISBN
9781781255278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. Four siblings meet up in their grandparents' old house for three long, hot summer weeks. But under the idyllic surface lie shattering tensions. Roland has come with his new wife, and his sisters don't like her. Fran has brought her children, who soon uncover an ugly secret in a ruined cottage in the woods. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 284 x 28. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKE0000040
ISBN
9780099597469
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When he asked her to be his wife, he also wanted a mother for his children.. When Andi marries Ethan she gets a ready-made family in the shape of his daughters Emily and Sophia. Unable to have a child of her own, and crazy in love with Ethan, she has a chance to make the perfect family. Can Andi and Ethan heal the rift in their relationship? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 201 x 31. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTM0004546
ISBN
9780141038650
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Pin is a bawdy, adolescent cobbler's assistant, both arrogant and insecure who - while the Second World War rages - sings songs and tells jokes to endear himself to the grown-ups of his town - particularly jokes about his sister, who they all know as the town's 'mattress'. Translator(s): Colquhoun, Archibald; Parks, Tim; Creagh, Patrick; McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189734
ISBN
9780141189734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

paperback. A young woman prays at her husband's bedside as he lies in a coma with a bullet in his neck. From outside come the sounds of tanks, gunshots, screaming and, most terrifying of all, silence. Inside, her two frightened daughters call to her from the hallway. As she tries to keep her husband alive, the woman rages against men, war, culture, God. Translator(s): McLean, Polly. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539544
ISBN
9780099539544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841150505
ISBN
9781841150505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hyperion
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401310882
ISBN
9781401310882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596. 432 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 26. Weight: 596.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800732400
ISBN
9780800732400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.01

Paperback. Magical, romantic and heart-warming, this is the new novel by the New York Times bestselling author of GARDEN SPELLS and THE GIRL WHO CHASED THE MOON. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444706673
ISBN
9781444706673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868198057
ISBN
9780868198057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

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