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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Tells the story of a middle-class UNESCO engineer called Walter Faber, who believes in rational, calculated world. Strange events undermine his security - an emergency landing in a Mexican desert against all odds, his friend Joachim hangs himself in the Mexican jungle, and he falls in love with a woman who dies of a concussion. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188669
- ISBN
- 9780141188669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. The brilliant third novel from Louise Doughty, acclaimed author of CRAZY PAVING and DANCE WITH ME Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471136825
- ISBN
- 9781471136825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
Paperback. The new collection of stories from the author of the award-winning Binocular Vision. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444797046
- ISBN
- 9781444797046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. A beautifully crafted, gently funny and surprising debut novel set at the end of the 20th century, an arresting depiction of the dangers of privileged and desultory lives. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Picador London
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KEX0200402
- ISBN
- 9780330419895
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Make your world a brighter place. Pick up a Wendy Holden. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755385355
- ISBN
- 9780755385355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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€ 11.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 454 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 454
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789889979973
- ISBN
- 9789889979973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.49
€ 10.99
€ 9.49
Paperback. Leaving her twin sister behind, Pembe leaves Turkey for love - following her husband Adem to London. There the Topraks hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. Yet, no matter how far they travel, the traditions and beliefs the Topraks left behind stay with them - carried in the blood. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241972946
- ISBN
- 9780241972946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. The time: 1994. The place: Washington DC. President Bush has just been replaced. In London, Margaret Thatcher has been ousted by her own party. In Russia, Gorbachev has been toppled by forces he cannot control. Of the principal actors in the Gulf War, the sole survivor is Sadam Hussein. Num Pages: 500 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112. Weight in Grams: 250. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- (Reissue)
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KRF0009180
- ISBN
- 9780006476061
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Carole Barber has come to Paris, with its rain-slick slate roofs and winding streets, to work on her novel - and to find herself after a lifetime in the spotlight. But on this cool November evening, as her taxi speeds into a tunnel just past the Louvre, a fiery instant of terror shatters hundreds of lives - and leaves Carole alone, unconscious. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Corgi Edition
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRA0010718
- ISBN
- 9780552154741
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897142400
- ISBN
- 9781897142400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.72
€ 27.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Her existence would be the ruin of her mother.. Baby Hope, the unfortunate proof of Lady Harvey's adultery, is smuggled out of a privileged aristocratic household to a nearby village. There, her true identity a secret, she grows up in the arms of the poor, but loving, Renton family. But the day comes when Hope must pay her way. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046105
- ISBN
- 9780141046105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
paperback. 'Hope Against Hope' recounted the last four years in the life of the great Russian poet, Osip Mandelstam, and gave an account of Stalin's terror. 'Hope Abandoned' complements that earlier masterpiece, and in it Nadezhada Mandelstam describes their life together from 1919, and her own after Mandelstam's death in a labour camp in 1938. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 50. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846556548
- ISBN
- 9781846556548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.88
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€ 26.88
paperback. Twenty-nine-year-old Lewis, caught between working at a recruitment agency, helping his father out in the barbers and keeping his mother in touch with world news. But when he receives an email from Christy, an old school friend, he is intrigued by her society for Hope for Newborns. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KNW0009929
- ISBN
- 9780571238217
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'A wonderful, twisted, trangressive, heartbreaking, true, and hugely funny book.' A. L. Kennedy Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Edition
- Reprints
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447207665
- ISBN
- 9781447207665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
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€ 10.98
Paperback. Through a dialogue between two lovers, this book retells the history of Europe of the twenties and thirties. It weaves together disparate strands of landscape to take the reader on a journey through Spain, London, Soviet Russia, North Africa and middle Europe. Num Pages: 604 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 604
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011116
- ISBN
- 9781906011116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
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€ 14.72
Paperback. The heart-wrenching new series from Colleen Hoover Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471133435
- ISBN
- 9781471133435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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€ 10.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564785367
- ISBN
- 9781564785367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 6.23
€ 15.99
€ 6.23
Hardcover. Follows the adventures of an Argentinean writer living in Paris with his lover and a circle of bohemian friends, and consists of 155 short chapters that the author advises us to read out of order. Num Pages: 888 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 206 x 44. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593647
- ISBN
- 9781841593647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.94
€ 26.99
€ 18.94
Paperback. Preparing to deliver a lecture in Pisa, Horace Dorlan plans to incorporate music and performance into his scientific presentation. On the eve of his big event, however, strange things start to happen. Where, for instance, is his wife, why is there a miniature musical quintet in his room, and what of the accident that afflicted him? Num Pages: 240 pages, chiefly ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571232215
- ISBN
- 9780571232215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Fook, Jan; Hawthorne, Susan; Klein, Renate, PhD. Num Pages: 248 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756475
- ISBN
- 9781876756475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.86
€ 26.99
€ 18.86