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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In New Orleans in 1937, a man and woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illicit passion. In Mississippi ten years earlier, a convict sets forth across a flooded river, risking his one chance at freedom to rescue a pregnant woman. From these separate stories, the author composes a symphony of deliverance and damnation. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282921
ISBN
9780099282921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

paperback. Max likes to make noise, get dirty, ride his bike without a helmet and howl like a wolf. In any other age he would have just been considered a boy. These days he is considered wilful and deranged. After a row with his mother, Max runs away. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141037134
ISBN
9780141037134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.79

Paperback. It's Jake's birthday. He has lost his wife, his son is in prison and he is about to lose his past. Jake has Alzheimer's. As the disease takes hold of him, the key events of his life shift, and what until recently seemed solid fact melts into surreal imaginings. Is his daughter alive or long dead? And why exactly is his son in prison? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526537
ISBN
9780099526537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A powerful and moving tale of family, love and loyalty from the author of the million-copy bestseller THE FLOWERS OF THE FIELD and A FLOWER THAT'S FREE. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409128892
ISBN
9781409128892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Bobby - young, black and happily in love with Hispanic girlfriend Maria - lives in a cramped Bronx apartment with his mother, his younger siblings and walls full of rats. But when Bobby and Maria are brutally attacked by a Hispanic gang, leaving the couple severely injured, everything changes. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195698
ISBN
9780141195698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

paperback. Chronicles about Henry Wilt, the hero who is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled fantasies. As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Department, he has assumed power without authority at the Fenland College of Arts and Technology and the fantasies he confronts are those of political bigots and reactionary bureaucrats. Series: Wilt Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099466499
ISBN
9780099466499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Stuck in a job he doesn't want - but can't afford to lose - as nominal Head of the Communications Department at Fenland University, Wilt is still subject to the whims of The Powers That Be, both in and outside of work. Series: Wilt Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099493136
ISBN
9780099493136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.76

Paperback. A welcome re-issue of Nigel William's modern classic of comic writing. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472106766
ISBN
9781472106766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has been receiving. In this title, as the story unfolds, the suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer are truned inside out. Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 458.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448792
ISBN
9780099448792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Toru Okada's cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540953
ISBN
9780099540953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571311729
ISBN
9780571311729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
S9781848404946
ISBN
9781848404946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.89

Paperback. The text of this 1902 novel is again that of the fully corrected and annotated reprint of the New York Edition (1909), together with James's preface and the two frontispieces he commissioned for the New York Edition of The Wings of the Dove. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393978810
ISBN
9780393978810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KLN0015810
ISBN
9781904301806
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Winner Stands Alone is the enthralling new novel by the incomparable Paulo Coelho. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007306084
ISBN
9780007306084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Anchor
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804173711
ISBN
9780804173711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. The darker the lie, the deeper the secret .. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 370. The darker the lie, the deeper the secret . Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0009591
ISBN
9781447230489
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The darker the lie, the deeper the secret .. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0007820
ISBN
9781447230489
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A haunting ghost story from the French mountains. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KI20003370
ISBN
9781409156406
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Frank Machianno is a retired hit man. But a favour called in by the local boss is one Frank simply can't refuse, and before he knows it he's sucked back into the treacherous currents of his former life. Someone from his past wants him dead, and he has to figure out who, and why, and he has to do it fast as he is running out of time. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Thus.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099509455
ISBN
9780099509455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy and enterprising forebears, a long line of New England sea captains and Pilgrims. Scarred by failure, Ethan works as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned. But his wife is restless and his teenage children troubled and hungry for the material comforts he cannot provide. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186313
ISBN
9780141186313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Anchor
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804169967
ISBN
9780804169967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892729227
ISBN
9780892729227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. Egypt, 1964. The great temple at Abu Simbel must be dismantled and resurrected high above the rising waters of the Aswan Dam. This daunting task is overseen by Avery, a young engineer who, at the same time, is carefully building a life with his new wife, Jean. But not everything can be saved once the floodgates have opened. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408801086
ISBN
9781408801086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

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