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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. The quickest way to get rich is to marry someone rich, but how do you do this if you aren't yet rich? TV chat-show host Ronnie Appleyard is preoccupied with this question as he pursues wealthy heiress Simona Quick over two continents. But as he comes closer to his prize other questions present themselves. Is the androgenous Simona really worth it? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194257
- ISBN
- 9780141194257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Part "Great Gatsby", part "This Is Spinal Tap", this work paints a fictional portrait of a biographer, his notorious subject, and the illusions we hold about fame and fortune. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KIN0008106
- ISBN
- 9780747573944
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. There comes a time in every woman's life when the only answer is to marry George Clooney. For Michelle, that time is now. Slogging her guts out in a chicken factory, whilst single-handedly bringing up a teenager who hates her, is far from the life that 36-year-old Michelle had planned. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KRA0013061
- ISBN
- 9780099594734
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A pregnant mother's plans for the future unravel at the hospital; a travelling salesman learns the consequences of an almost-missed exit on the motorway in the newspaper the next morning. In those crucial moments, the author demonstrates her magical skill in conveying love, lust, longing, and loneliness. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 22. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 47551st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099506010
- ISBN
- 9780099506010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
paperback. Tells the story of Grace who is at that age where there are six weddings a year and the question on everyone's lips is: who's next? She and her boyfriend Robbie seem the perfect fit, but when he unexpectedly goes down on bended knee, Grace freaks out. Cue the mother of all meltdowns. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0018832
- ISBN
- 9780141049144
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. It is 1970 in the suburbs of north London and, from the untidy comfort of her crowded house, Colette Jones is watching her older brother go to pieces, drinking himself into oblivion on home-made wine. Colette knows the solace a drink can provide. But soon she finds she cannot afford to ignore the destructive effect alcohol is having on her family. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0021585
- ISBN
- 9780099286936
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams. Literally. In 1963, ten years after giving Hank the overdose that killed him, Doc is wracked by addiction. But when Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, appears in the neighbourhood in search of Doc's services, miraculous things begin to happen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554479
- ISBN
- 9780099554479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Everything that can be done to fend off the boredom of retirement and old age, while still holding a beer. Translator(s): Harvey, Rosalind. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276742
- ISBN
- 9781908276742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. A bold and original novel about John Humble, the Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 205 x 23. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783780860
- ISBN
- 9781783780860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.99
€ 11.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. 'A deft masterpiece with never a false note' - Guardian Translator(s): Hunt, Jonathan. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Canongate Canons
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782117155
- ISBN
- 9781782117155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.50
€ 13.99
€ 10.50
paperback. 'I'm off', says Felix Ferrer to his wife. 'I'm leaving you'. And closing the door on their suburban home, Ferrer, a creature of appetite, impulse and habit, a man of our times, embarks on a journey to the extremes. Not weighing up every girl he sees. Not ignoring his doctor's warnings to avoid the very hot and the very cold. Translator(s): Waldman, Guido. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860469503
- ISBN
- 9781860469503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Hardcover. "Hooper had known, from the very first moment he had looked into Kingshaw's face, that it would all be easy, that he would always be able to make him afraid." This tragic tale of two isolated children explores the nature of cruelty and the power of evil. Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582434462
- ISBN
- 9780582434462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
Paperback. 'I didn't want you to come here.' So says the note that the boy Edmund Hooper passes to Charles Kingshaw upon his arrival at Warings. But, young Kingshaw and his mother have come to live with Hooper and his father in the ugly, isolated Victorian house for good. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KSS0005885
- ISBN
- 9780140034912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.33
€ 10.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. 'Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.' But young Edmund Hooper doesn't want anyone else in Warings, the large and rambling Victorian house he shares with his widowed father. Nevertheless Charles Kingshaw and his mother are soon installed and Hooper sets about subtly persecuting the fearful new arrival. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 14. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- PENGUIN ESSENTIALS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241970782
- ISBN
- 9780241970782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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€ 11.02
Paperback. A couple of glasses of bubbly with the girls and Poppy's life has gone into meltdown. Not only has she lost her engagement ring, but in the panic that followed, she's lost her phone too. When she spots an abandoned phone in a bin it seems it was meant to be. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552774406
- ISBN
- 9780552774406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Twisted Spoon Press Czech Republic
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788086264271
- ISBN
- 9788086264271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.90
€ 11.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. A stunningly-written portrait of Lucifer encountering the world of the senses, telling his version of the Bible, and discovering what it's like to be human - in Clerkenwell. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743220132
- ISBN
- 9780743220132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 21. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Spectra
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Media Tie In
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553294385
- ISBN
- 9780553294385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.13
€ 11.99
€ 10.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, 217 pictures reproduced. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887400995
- ISBN
- 9780887400995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.30
€ 37.99
€ 25.30
Paperback. The brand new romantic suspense novel from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Linda Howard is a breathless tale of a man, a woman, and a battle for survival against an unforgiving winter - and an unrelenting killer. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349400136
- ISBN
- 9780349400136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.48
€ 14.48