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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A darkly satirical portrayal of the outbreak of Ebola in 1970's Congo and Sudan. Humorous and tragic in turns, the narrative weaves its way from the graveyards of Kinshasa to the factories, brothels and ex-pat communities of southern Sudan, as the disease selects its victims from amongst the novel's vibrant and eccentric characters. Translator(s): Bredin, Charis; Danby, Emily. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 274 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Darf Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850772743
- ISBN
- 9781850772743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.54
€ 11.99
€ 10.54
Paperback. Jack Reacher, adrift in the hellish heat of a Texas summer. Looking for a lift through the vast empty landscape. A woman stops, and offers a ride. She is young, rich and beautiful. But her husband's in jail. When he comes out, he's going to kill her. Her family's hostile, she can't trust the cops, and the lawyers won't help. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 32. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857500083
- ISBN
- 9780857500083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. The summer of 1915 was a time of prosperity and unease for the Wittgenstein family, and for eldest daughter Beata it was a time of awakening. By the glimmering waters of Lake Geneva, she met a young French officer and fell in love. As the years pass, Beata must watch in horror as Europe is once again engulfed in war. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 33. Weight in Grams: 272. Well read copy, but remains good
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KTJ0005543
- ISBN
- 9780552149945
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Growing up in a small seaside town in the 1950s, Clare O'Brien and David Power pray that their destiny will lead them faraway from the town in which they live. Years later, they meet again in Dublin, where David is studying medicine and Clare has won a scholarship to University College. This is a story of ambition, betrayal and love. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099498650
- ISBN
- 9780099498650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. The summer of 1915 was a time of prosperity and unease for the Wittgenstein family, and for eldest daughter Beata it was a time of awakening. By the glimmering waters of Lake Geneva, she met a young French officer and fell in love. As the years pass, Beata must watch in horror as Europe is once again engulfed in war. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 33. Weight in Grams: 270. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0025663
- ISBN
- 9780552149945
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Anne Baker's novel is a poignant, heartwarming tale of Merseyside life at the outbreak of the First World War. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- SKU
- KKD0004839
- ISBN
- 9780747264378
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A captivating, melancholy ghost story will captivate every discerning reader. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188. 214pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780330482226
- ISBN
- 9780330482226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.27
€ 12.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Three tales of the vicissitudes of love, by the author of "Trainspotting" and "Shallow Grave". "Lorraine Goes to Livingston" features an authoress who suffers a stroke; "Fortune's Always Hiding" is a corporate drug romance; "The Undefeated" is set in the grim backstreets of modern Edinburgh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099590910
- ISBN
- 9780099590910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Barbican Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956336453
- ISBN
- 9780956336453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. From the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars, a dazzling, darkly funny, compulsively readable retelling of Sophocles's Oedipus Rex that takes us from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair to the twenty-first century headquarters of an Internet search giant. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218. Good copy with some shelf wear. Minor foxing appears, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0001812
- ISBN
- 9781408821992
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A story about loss and hope set in London. It takes us to the anti-war movement and two generations of activists, where, amid rioting and arrests, the destinies of Eddie and his sister Esther have been shaped. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: F; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some slight shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000454
- ISBN
- 9781780993676
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. *'A notable fiction debut' (Publisher's Weekly) from the acclaimed author of The Weight of Water and The Pilot's Wife. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0016280
- ISBN
- 9780349105871
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. *'A notable fiction debut' (Publisher's Weekly) from the acclaimed author of The Weight of Water and The Pilot's Wife. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 204. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some yellowing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOC0027947
- ISBN
- 9780349105871
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Two months after the suspicious and much-publicized death of his father, it is taking all of Adam Blaine's character to suture the deep wounds - both within his family and himself - torn open by the tragedy. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782064138
- ISBN
- 9781782064138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Leather / fine binding.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Canterbury Classics United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 724
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607103141
- ISBN
- 9781607103141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
€ 26.99
€ 20.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Hutchisson, James M. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810468
- ISBN
- 9781554810468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.63
€ 29.99
€ 21.63
Paperback. Funny, sharp, witty, clever' - The Times Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780860681298
- ISBN
- 9780860681298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. As the 1982 school year begins, the author returns to Ragley village school for his sixth year as headteacher. Nora Pratt celebrates twenty-five years in her coffee shop, Ronnie Smith finally tries to get a job, and little Krystal Entwhistle causes concern in the school Nativity play. Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552162210
- ISBN
- 9780552162210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 176 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553286526
- ISBN
- 9780553286526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.34
€ 10.99
€ 9.34
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908699329
- ISBN
- 9781908699329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.36
€ 12.36
Paperback / so. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Inanna Publications and Education Inc. Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771333092
- ISBN
- 9781771333092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.53
€ 19.99
€ 18.53
Hardback. T, an acclaimed but aging actor, and Efina, a passionate theatergoer, are engaged in an obsessive love affair that careens from attraction to repulsion. They meet, they break up, they marry, and they get divorced. They neither can live with nor without one another, and this impossible state of affairs lasts all their lives. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857421708
- ISBN
- 9780857421708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.40
€ 20.99
€ 18.40
Hardcover. Newly married to novelist Rosie M. Banks, Bingo bucks the current trend by being extremely happy, although he does tend to lose his shirt on various horses. This collection of wonderfully funny stories features a cast of outrageous characters. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591063
- ISBN
- 9781841591063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. From the two-time Man Booker Prize winner, a prescient and haunting novel of life in Saudi Arabia. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007172917
- ISBN
- 9780007172917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.63
€ 13.99
€ 10.63