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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The French Riviera: home to the Beautiful People. And none are more beautiful than Cecile, a precocious seventeen-year-old, and her father Raymond, a vivacious libertine. Charming, decadent and irresponsible, the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic pleasures. Translator(s): Ash, Irene. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241951569
ISBN
9780241951569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Tells the story of Cecile, who leads a carefree life with her widowed father and his young mistresses until, one hot summer on the Riviera, he decides to remarry - with devastating consequences. Translator(s): Lloyd, Heather. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198750
ISBN
9780141198750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. A comedy of cultures about the old and the new, about Latinos, Jews, Sicilians and Germans. It's about struggling to hold onto life in a rapidly changing world, about food and sex and about how our lives are shaped by love and guilt. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 265.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099477648
ISBN
9780099477648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTM0000565
ISBN
9781842233153
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tatiana, a young Mexican woman, is adrift in Berlin. Choosing a life of solitude, she takes a job transcribing notes for the reclusive Doktor Weiss. Through him she meets 'an illustrator turned meteorologist' Jonas, a Berliner who has used clouds and the sky's constant shape-shifting as his escape from reality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539599
ISBN
9780099539599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. From the acclaimed author of Mister Pip. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719522949
ISBN
9780719522949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. A biography of Franz Liszt (1811-86) whose extraordinary career as a composer, conductor, and virtuoso pianist - whose incomparable skill and personal charisma dazzled audiences all over Europe, from London and Paris to Berlin, Moscow, and even Constantinople - made him the nineteenth-century equivalent of a modern international pop star. Series: Seagull World Literature. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 243 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906497941
ISBN
9781906497941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.25

Paperback. A novel about two men of the same age and with the same name: Joshua Cohen. The first Joshua is a writer whose keenly anticipated debut had the bad luck to be published on September 11, 2001. The other Joshua is the enigmatic billionaire Founder and CEO of the world's most profitable tech company. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 247 x 39. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099597384
ISBN
9780099597384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

paperback. Translator(s): Donougher, Christine. Series: Dedalus Europe 2000 S. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dedalus Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873982396
ISBN
9781873982396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. Cath is scatty, messy and guarded. While Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy and desperate for a man of his own. They are total opposites - but equally unlucky in love. And they've stuck together through thick and thin. Because that's what best friends do. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 280. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0023858
ISBN
9780140276527
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Cath is scatty, messy and guarded. While Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy and desperate for a man of his own. They are total opposites - but equally unlucky in love. And they've stuck together through thick and thin. Because that's what best friends do. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 280. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0231413
ISBN
9780140276527
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. On 19 August 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coruna and watches Fascist soldiers piling up books and setting them alight. With this moment a young carefree group of friends are transformed into a broken generation. Translator(s): Dunne, Jonathan. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520337
ISBN
9780099520337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.96

Paperback. Part of the twelve-novel sequence, "A Dance to the Music of Time". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472490
ISBN
9780099472490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002160
ISBN
9780006543541
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002268
ISBN
9780006543541
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Presents the second volume in the "Library of Wales" series. When railway signalman Harry Price suddenly suffers a stroke his son Matthew, a lecturer in London, makes a return to the border village of Glynmawr. As they struggle with their memories of social and personal change, a moving portrait of the love between a father and son emerges. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 33. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638812
ISBN
9781902638812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. When Tom Seymour, a child psychologist, plunges into a river to save a young man from drowning, he unwittingly reopens a chapter from his past he'd hoped to forget. For Tom already knows Danny Miller. When Danny was ten Tom helped imprison him for the killing of an old woman. Now out of prison with a new identity, Danny has some questions.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001517
ISBN
9780140270747
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
NeWest Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926455693
ISBN
9781926455693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061436918
ISBN
9780061436918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008123017
ISBN
9780008123017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

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