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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. Jimmy Pitt, man-about-town and former newspaper hound, takes a bet that he cannot commit burglary. He finds breaking and entering easy enough, but then discovers that he has forced his way into the home of a tough New York policeman. Naturally, Captain McEachern has a beautiful daughter and problems of his own. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591230
ISBN
9781841591230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. At St Oswald's, a long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England, a new year has just begun. For the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world; and Roy Straitley, the eccentric veteran Latin master, is finally, reluctantly contemplating retirement. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552770026
ISBN
9780552770026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. A spellbinding yarn set a thousand years ago along the ancient Silk Road, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 b&w. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340953556
ISBN
9780340953556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. A dystopian vision of perfection from the acclaimed author of Boy A. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780334400
ISBN
9781780334400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Transworld Publishers
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385607391
ISBN
9780385607391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 131 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
131
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564782311
ISBN
9781564782311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.05

Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 956 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564788016
ISBN
9781564788016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.94

Paperback. When nine-year-old orphan Georgia James is unexpectedly fostered by the kindly Celia and her bank manager husband she can hardly believe her luck. But then - on her fifteenth birthday - she suffers the cruellest betrayal of all at the hands of her foster father and is forced to run away, leaving everything she loves behind her. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099557456
ISBN
9780099557456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Georgy is young, gregarious and fun - she is also large, self- confessedly ugly and desperate for love. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478492
ISBN
9780099478492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126240
ISBN
9781897126240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.78

paperback. A collection of stories, which represent the diversity of the time and include satires, explorations of private obsessions and experiments in form and language. Editor(s): Newnham, Richard. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140020403
ISBN
9780140020403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

Paperback. Translator(s): Roger, Allen. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Interlink Pub Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566569712
ISBN
9781566569712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.69

Hardback. Translator(s): Roger, Allen. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566569453
ISBN
9781566569453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. Using details from the ancient Scandinavian legends that were the inspiration for "Hamlet", this tale brings to life Gertrude's girlhood as the daughter of King Rorik, her arranged marriage to the man who becomes King, and her middle-aged affair with her husband's younger brother. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140290905
ISBN
9780140290905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Open Letter
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940953380
ISBN
9781940953380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.23

Paperback. Franklin Hata, Korean by birth but raised in Japan, is an outsider in American society, but he embodies the values of the town he calls his own - he is polite and keeps himself to himself. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862074019
ISBN
9781862074019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. The queen of the twisted fairy tale, Kelly Link's books are beloved of Margaret Atwood, Sarah Waters, Neil Gaiman, Audrey Niffenegger and many more Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782113850
ISBN
9781782113850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345507914
ISBN
9780345507914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.07

Paperback. A savagely funny and perceptive novel about a washed-up writer and the havoc he has wrought, comparable in its piercing wit to the Melrose novels by Edward St Aubyn. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349005089
ISBN
9780349005089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. The celebrated debut short story collection from the author of Solar Bones, winner of the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize and BGE Irish Book of the Year Series: Canons. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781786891396
ISBN
9781786891396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.74

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