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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A novel of searing eroticism and sensuality set against the broad sweep of twentieth-century history, the Booker Prize shortlisted THE WHITE HOTEL is a modern classic. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35col.ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753809259
ISBN
9780753809259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Eleven-year-old Djata makes sure he is always home on Sundays. It is the day the State Security came to take his father away, and he believes it will be a Sunday when his father finally comes home again. While he waits, Djata lives out a life of adventure. Translator(s): Olchvary, Paul. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 205 x 24. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784161439
ISBN
9781784161439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. A darkly enthralling literary novel about secrets and murder. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 35. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780720906
ISBN
9781780720906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. Offers an exercise in the bizarre leaving you disoriented and on edge. From the first page, the author turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, "there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed'" setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
1
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105596
ISBN
9780143105596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588. Clean copy with minor nicks to cover at spine. Pages age toned and with light spotting to edges. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
House of Stratus United Kingdom
Number of pages
414
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0024588
ISBN
9781842321614
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 16.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. Look after your sister, Tinashe. When Hazvinei was born, Tinashe knew at once that there was something different about her. Growing up in a rural Rhodesia haunted by memories of the recent guerilla wars, Tinashe knows he must take extra care of his sister. But Hazvinei is a wild spirit and soon the village starts to whisper - dark talk of curses. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 241.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099565420
ISBN
9780099565420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.62

Paperback. WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008 WINNER OF THE GALAXY BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 'AUTHOR OF THE YEAR' 2009 '[An] extraordinary and brilliant first novel.. Adiga is a real writer - that is to say, someone who forges an original voice and vision.' Sunday Times Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9781848878082
ISBN
9781848878082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.50

Paperback. A modern classic, a beautifully written story of the English Civil War. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473656000
ISBN
9781473656000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A composite novel written by 12 authors, including Henry James, William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. The introduction presents an account of the creation of the novel, and June Howard offers additional context and critical perspective. Num Pages: 416 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 56. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press London
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328384
ISBN
9780822328384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564789075
ISBN
9781564789075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. Presents a collection of stories. In this title story, a septuagenarian nun resolutely invades the narrator's college writing workshop with an incredible saga; a seasoned Hollywood moviemaker uncovers a 25 year old flame he never knew he'd harboured; another child is forced into a harrowing cross-country escape; and more. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437529
ISBN
9780099437529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.85

Paperback. By the bestselling author of DECEMBER. 'This haunting, shimmering novel reminds us how all of us know our families: with unimaginable intimacy, and hardly at all.' Andrew Solomon Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444755497
ISBN
9781444755497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Hardback. A riveting new novel by the bestselling author of December, a Richard & Judy pick. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 31. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Edition
Unabridged
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444755480
ISBN
9781444755480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.33

Paperback. By the author of SCHINDLER'S ARK, an enthralling, thought-provoking story of wartime exploits, and the price paid for men's misguided heroism by their widows Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001970
ISBN
9780340825280
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Happy ending, take two: a novel romance from the merry widow of New York.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
QUERCUS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782067580
ISBN
9781782067580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. .
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300306
ISBN
9781896300306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. When the three witches - now old, remarried and widowed - decide to go back to Eastwick to spend a summer together, many things have changed. Darryl Van Horne is gone. Their husbands and lovers have gone. The lithe and supple bodies with which they wrecked marriages and wreaked havoc many years before have gone. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition/1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038032
ISBN
9780141038032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Bella Wallis is a respectable society woman with a secret identity: she writes sensationalist novels exposing the scoundrels that litter high society. So when a crested cigar case is found near the body of a murdered prostitute, Bella and her friends are determined to trace the murderer and write a mystery that will avenge the poor girl's death. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539483
ISBN
9780099539483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. A newly-widowed woman has done a runner. She just jumped in her car, abandoned her (very nice) house in north London and kept on driving until she reached the Norfolk coast. Now she's rented a tiny cottage and holed herself away there, if only to escape the ceaseless sympathy and insincere concern. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571254415
ISBN
9780571254415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.24

Paperback. Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he will receive there, while Joan is plotting how to leave him. For too long she has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, whilst quietly being the keystone of his success. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478195
ISBN
9780099478195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. A tale of sex, death and reproduction, by the author of "The Portable Virgin". When Stephen arrives on her doorstep and asks for a cup of tea, Grace's life is transfigured. He committed suicide in 1934, but now, nostalgically, he spends his nights hanging by the neck in Grace's shower. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749397159
ISBN
9780749397159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. A novel that sees wild boys engage in vigorous, ritualistic sex and drug taking, as well as pranksterish guerrilla warfare and open combat with a confused and outmatched army. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189833
ISBN
9780141189833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Series: Pike's Peak. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Ohio University Press Ohio
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227536
ISBN
9780804010474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Charts the riotous and stormy lives of Sailor Ripley and Lula Pace Fortune - the horribly likeable, sex-driven, star-crossed lovers immortalised in David Lynch's movie "Wild at Heart". Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954349
ISBN
9781841954349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.00

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