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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Was Lucien de Balafre a patriot who served his country as best he could in difficult times, or a treacherous collaborator in the Vichy government? This book explores the ties between fathers and sons and the pains of love and duty in a period of European history that is still characterised by wilful denial and hatred. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244. 356 pages. Etienne de Balafre, half French, half English and raised in South Africa, returns to post-war France to unravel the tangled history of his father - Lucien. Was he a patriot who served his country as best he could in difficult times, or a treacherous collaborator in the Vichy government?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 128 x 198 x 22. Weight: 288.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841952994
- ISBN
- 9781841952994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. It is never clear to Elizabeth whether the mission principal's cruel revelations of her origins is at the bottom of her mental breakdown, but in the dark loneliness of the Botswanan night, the frightened South African refugee slips in and out of sanity. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 208 pages. It is never clear to Elizabeth whether the mission principal's cruel revelations of her origins is at the bottom of her mental breakdown, but in the dark loneliness of the Botswanan night, the frightened South African refugee slips in and out of sanity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight: 176.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435907204
- ISBN
- 9780435907204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.26
€ 17.26
paperback. The opening novel in Anthony Powell's twelve-novel sequence, "A Dance to the Music of Time". Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099472384
- ISBN
- 9780099472384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 201 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088638
- ISBN
- 9781844088638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Why did Tsuneo's shy wife end up stone dead in a boutique in a louche Tokyo neighborhood? He discovers she's been having an affair, and, in a moment of panic, kills her lover. No apparent motive, no witnesses, a faltering investigation. But the pressure builds and Tsuneo starts making mistakes. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Bitter Lemon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908524638
- ISBN
- 9781908524638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. An epic novel of gangland intrigue from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph] Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752877402
- ISBN
- 9780752877402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. When the beautiful, imperious and moneyed Grace Caldwell Tate wants something she goes after it. Her affair scandalises Pennsylvania's elite and she must face the costs to her marriage and the man she really loves. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099528821
- ISBN
- 9780099528821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. A failing young Russian American journalist's life is unexpectedly transformed when he forges Holocaust restitution claims for his rogue grandfather and his friends Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 374. Some light shelf wear, else as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- One
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KRA0009787
- ISBN
- 9780957548831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. It begins at the stroke of midnight on the first day of 1997. As the year turns, a group of disparate individuals from different backgrounds, from all corners of the country, are about to embark on separate journeys which will converge over the course of the next twelve months. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 350. Good, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KSG0006665
- ISBN
- 9780099537991
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276. 288 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight: 306.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905147472
- ISBN
- 9781905147472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Anv
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226472065
- ISBN
- 9780226472065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.45
€ 19.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. A retired bureaucrat has escaped the world to spend his twilight years running a guest-house on the banks of the country's holiest river, the Narmada. But he has chosen the wrong place for peace and quiet: too many lives converge here and he meets a series of unusual characters. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099515944
- ISBN
- 9780099515944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Reissued to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Keneally's first novel. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0000512
- ISBN
- 9780340624746
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Ben Chambers wakes up to find an unfamiliar object - rusty and lost - sitting underneath the willow tree in his garden. Refusing to throw it on the skip as his wife Amy advises, he takes it home. Ben does not want children, or even a job, and now he has found yet another reason to stay in his study and ignore everyone around him. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784160524
- ISBN
- 9781784160524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.38
€ 13.99
€ 10.38
Hardback. Translation of: Seijoki no kikoenai heya. Translator(s): Scott, Christopher D. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157445
- ISBN
- 9780231157445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86
Paperback. Visiting Florence with her cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional, lower-class Mr Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England, Lucy becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but she finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world and the yearnings of her heart. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183299
- ISBN
- 9780141183299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry - the pride in poverty, the gypsy intensity in vivid whitewashed slums, and the cult of the bullfight. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099479710
- ISBN
- 9780099479710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. A mix of Wodehousian farce and whodunit that is sure to appeal to Downtown Abbey fans, Lady Georgie - 34th in line to the throne, flat broke and struggling to survive in the Great Depression - is embroiled in a mystery. Series: Her Royal Spyness. Num Pages: 352 pages, no internal images/maps. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472120700
- ISBN
- 9781472120700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. When Poppy Shilling's bike-besotted, Lycra-clad husband is killed in a freak accident, she can't help feeling a guilty sense of relief. For at long last she's released from a controlling and loveless marriage. Throwing herself wholeheartedly into village life, she's determined to start over. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141047799
- ISBN
- 9780141047799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. The truth will tear them apart.. An engrossing novel about difficult choices and second chances that will enthral fans of DOROTHY KOOMSON and ERICA JAMES. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KTG0002249
- ISBN
- 9781847561862
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The truth will tear them apart.. An engrossing novel about difficult choices and second chances that will enthral fans of DOROTHY KOOMSON and ERICA JAMES. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KTG0002258
- ISBN
- 9781847561862
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The truth will tear them apart.. An engrossing novel about difficult choices and second chances that will enthral fans of DOROTHY KOOMSON and ERICA JAMES. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRA0009111
- ISBN
- 9781847561862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The truth will tear them apart.. An engrossing novel about difficult choices and second chances that will enthral fans of DOROTHY KOOMSON and ERICA JAMES. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- SKU
- KTG0006109
- ISBN
- 9781847561862
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Searls, Damion. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590176726
- ISBN
- 9781590176726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.03
€ 18.99
€ 14.03