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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. An enthralling Victorian novel of mystery, atmosphere and page-turning suspense - more than a mere impersonation of Charlotte Bronte, Clare Boylan is living in her mind, and the result is delicious, beautifully written and quite superlative. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326. Good copy with some wear to the cover.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Abacus
Edition
1st Abacus Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTG0004422
ISBN
9780349116723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An enthralling Victorian novel of mystery, atmosphere and page-turning suspense - more than a mere impersonation of Charlotte Bronte, Clare Boylan is living in her mind, and the result is delicious, beautifully written and quite superlative. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001720
ISBN
9780349116723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Be careful what you wish for .. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 112 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719521010
ISBN
9780719521010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Life as a single mother is hard. Emma loves her thirteen-month-old son Ritchie, she really does - but sometimes, she dreams about what life would be like without him. But when Ritchie is abducted from the London Underground, Emma's dream becomes a nightmarish reality. So why don't the police seem to believe her? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857503749
ISBN
9780857503749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

paperback. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and more. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Jacket
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552997348
ISBN
9780552997348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Empire Falls, Maine: once a thriving hub of industry, this small town nestles in a bend of the vast and winding Knox River, and has always been the empire of the wealthy Whiting family. Now the last Mrs Whiting presides like a black widow spider over its declining fortunes. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422273
ISBN
9780099422273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The classic, heartrending story of a British boy's four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. Newly reissued with an introduction by John Lanchester. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780007221523
ISBN
9780007221523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 8.29

Paperback. EMPIRE STATE is a vintage Bateman adventure: wild, romantic and darkly, dangerously funny. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472201270
ISBN
9781472201270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 337.
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
31760th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375758843
ISBN
9780375758843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. When Raul Espana falls ill, his wife Lydia, who had enjoyed a life of luxury as the mayor's daughter in Cuba, finds herself cleaning the apartments of rich New Yorkers. Among her employers is Mr Osprey, a paragon of glamour and money who becomes involved in the lives of Lydia and her children. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129. Weight in Grams: 300. Used paperback in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New
SKU
KRF0036075
ISBN
9780747545330
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A village in the Tuscan hills, a summer of sun and chirping cicadas, and three boys who are utterly different but bound to each other in friendship. Years later, despite being thousands of miles apart, the three have never been closer in spirit. But is it destiny or a more earthly force that is determining the course of their lives? Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTG0006069
ISBN
9781908968166
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. From one of the most admired literary voices of our time, a magical, riveting story of doomed love, set at the fall of Russia's last Tsar. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 610. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTG0003627
ISBN
9780007472567
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A captivating volume of over forty short stories full of love, hope, and fear, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008180904
ISBN
9780008180904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. A compelling and chilling suspense novel, END OF WATCH is the final stand-alone novel in King's No. 1 bestselling trilogy featuring retired detective Bill Hodges. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781473642379
ISBN
9781473642379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. Originally written in French, this play gave its first London performance at the Royal Court Theatre in 1957. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571243730
ISBN
9780571243730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. A dark, seductive and existential page-turner from one of Turkey's bestselling and most significant writers Translator(s): Dawe, Alexander Amadeus. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Canongate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782112617
ISBN
9781782112617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. At Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage in the English countryside, five elderly people live together in rancorous disharmony. Adela Bastable bosses the house, as her brother Bernard passes his days thinking up malicious schemes against the baby-talking Marigold and secret drinker Shorty, while kindly George lies bedridden upstairs. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194233
ISBN
9780141194233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Joe Rose's calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Joe, something passes between them that it will test to the limits Joe's scientific rationalism, threaten the love of his wife and drive him to the brink of murder and madness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099276586
ISBN
9780099276586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm, organized life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon, Rose reflects, could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000700
ISBN
9780099481249
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Herman Broder, a refugee and Holocaust survivor, has three women in his life: Yadwiga, the loyal Polish peasant who hid him in a hayloft from the Nazis; Masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197616
ISBN
9780141197616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471137402
ISBN
9781471137402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. A collection of new stories from the Booker Prize-winning author of Last Ordersand Waterland Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471137419
ISBN
9781471137419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Anthony Farrant has always found his way, lying to get jobs and borrowing money to get by when he leaves them in a hurry. His twin suster Kate persuades him to move and sets him up with a job as a bodyguard to Krogh, which has drastic results. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286172
ISBN
9780099286172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of Wight. Grotesque, visionary tycoon Sir Jack Pitman takes the saying literally and does exactly that. He constructs on the island 'The Project', a vast heritage centre containing everything 'English', from Manchester United to the white cliffs of Dover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526544
ISBN
9780099526544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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