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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The fifth novel from award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, who was named in 2013 as one of Granta's best of young British novelists. A retelling of the Snow White myth, Boy, Snow, Bird is a deeply moving novel about three women and an unbreakable bond. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447237143
ISBN
9781447237143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. For the young Karl Ove, new houses, classes and friends are met with manic excitement and creeping dread. Adults occupy godlike positions of power, benevolent in the case of his doting mother, tyrannical in the case of his cruel father. In this book, the author shares about his childhood. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Series: Knausgaard. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps (colour). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581499
ISBN
9780099581499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. What are boys thinking? That's what the heartbroken and hilarious girls and women in these stories want to know. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897231357
ISBN
9781897231357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.01

Hardback. Susan wants another husband - which comes as a shock to the current one. A tale of a singular threesome. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 722. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0005031
ISBN
9781780877228
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Susan wants another husband - which comes as a shock to the current one. A tale of a singular threesome. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784293468
ISBN
9781784293468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
PM Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604864427
ISBN
9781604864427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.77

Paperback. A brilliant romantic comedy from number one bestselling author Mike Gayle, author of MY LEGENDARY GIRLFRIEND, MR COMMITMENT, TURNING THIRTY and DINNER FOR TWO: finding friends is hard to do.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
SKU
KST0029745
ISBN
9780340825402
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 140 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Galaxy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592122585
ISBN
9781592122585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.60

Paperback. Nineteen-year-old Millie O'Reilly is clever, spiky and adored by men yet utterly forlorn. Increasingly disillusioned, she seeks an escape in the underbelly of Liverpool.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
SKU
KAK0002889
ISBN
9781841955681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tristao Raposo, a nineteen-year old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an eighteen-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands of Copacabana Neach, and presents her with a ring. Their flight into marriage takes them from urban banality to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188942
ISBN
9780141188942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. 'I live on Brazzaville Beach.. I am here because two sets of strange and extraordinary events happened to me.. One in England, first, and then one in Africa.' On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater examines the complex circumstances that brought her there. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044194
ISBN
9780141044194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The eight short stories in breach explore the refugee crisis through fiction. Dlo and Jan break into refrigerated trucks bound for the UK. Marjorie, a volunteer, is happy to mingle in the camp until her niece goes a step too far. Mariam lies to her mother back home. With humour, insight and empathy breach tackles an issue we can no longer ignore. Series: Peirene Now!. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908670328
ISBN
9781908670328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. A collection of short stories from one of our most popular novelists - the perfect gift. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007145898
ISBN
9780007145898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Persea
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892552900
ISBN
9780892552900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. 'Extremely funny - a satirical masterpiece that is tender and existentially-minded as well. I loved it!' Elizabeth McKenzie, author of THE PORTABLE VEBLEN 'Very smart and juicy and weird and entertaining .. it reads like a chick lit plot written by Franzen' Curtis Sittenfeld, author of ELIGIBLE Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008132132
ISBN
9780008132132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602821965
ISBN
9781602821965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Chosen by Le Monde and by readers of Elle as their Novel of the Year - a beautiful, resonant novel set on Normandy's coastline. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: 416 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
MACLEHOSE PRESS
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000382
ISBN
9781906694715
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: FA; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626360020
ISBN
9781626360020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. Meet Holly Golightly - a free spirited, lop-sided romantic girl about town. With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly is a style sensation wherever she goes. Her apartment rocks to Martini-soaked parties and she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 114 x 11. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780241951453
ISBN
9780241951453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. It's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except, of course, for Holly Golightly: glittering socialite traveller, generally upwards, sometimes sideways and once in a while - down. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141182797
ISBN
9780141182797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. One man's her past. One man's the future. Who will be making her BREAKFAST IN BED? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751545494
ISBN
9780751545494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. Combines science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099842606
ISBN
9780099842606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008196240
ISBN
9780008196240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardcover. Internal ** 857 characters Michael Flynn is just trying to get through his community service after he made the dumb decision to try to blow up his friend's car with fireworks--the same friend who stole Michael's girl. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Merit Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781440592195
ISBN
9781440592195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.00

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