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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Amid the backstreets, brothels and faded hotels of Bombay, Madras and the old Portuguese port of Goa, a man searches for his lost friend. Xavier has been missing for a year, and the only clues to his disappearance lie with an overworked doctor, a young prostitute and the leader of a strange religious order. Translator(s): Parks, Tim. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857869432
- ISBN
- 9780857869432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. For Kit, the quiet Devon village she visits every year is the perfect retreat. But this summer, she arrives with a heart in turmoil: years have passed since Kit last saw Jake, but now he has written asking to meet again. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Corgi Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552169011
- ISBN
- 9780552169011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Dimension: 205 x 125. .
- Publisher
- NeWest Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926455570
- ISBN
- 9781926455570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he here and not at a local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523420
- ISBN
- 9780099523420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Inspired by "The Tempest", the novelist rewrites the drama of Ariel, Caliban and Sycorax in a Caribbean setting, exploring the colonial conflicts of an imaginary island and one family. The author's previous novel "The Lost Father" was Regional Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099154518
- ISBN
- 9780099154518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. The Great Gatsby meets The Secret History in this torrid novel of love, lust and deception. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KTJ0050932
- ISBN
- 9780007556601
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A work about the voices, clashes, and traffic of Sao Paulo, a city in the middle of rapid change. It includes public documents as well as dialogue and narration, giving a panorama of the city in a sequence of colorful slices. It dramatizes the problems of exploitation, poverty, racial prejudice, prostitution, state repression, and neocolonialism. Translator(s): Jackson, Prof. Elizabeth; Jackson, K. David. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 154 pages, translator's preface, afterword, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803270411
- ISBN
- 9780803270411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of Chile, and tells the story of the first Spanish woman to arrive on its shores with the Conquistadors in the 1500s. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007241187
- ISBN
- 9780007241187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.42
€ 19.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Eiselein, Gregory (Kansas State University). Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112848
- ISBN
- 9781551112848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.66
€ 42.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. Offering a collection of stories, this book includes tales of lust, deceit, resentment, regret, secrets and lies that can chip away at human relationships. It features a series of interwoven dramas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571308927
- ISBN
- 9780571308927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. * 'Ambitious, accomplished, deeply humorous, brilliant and witty and moving. A literary sensation' INDEPENDENT * With a new foreword by Dave Eggers Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 55. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121086
- ISBN
- 9780349121086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. In this incisive collection of stories, Bret Easton Ellis returns to the moral badlands of 1980s Los Angeles. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Picador Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330536325
- ISBN
- 9780330536325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
paperback. Andrew Miller's extraordinarily acclaimed and prizewinning debut, featuring an 18th-century surgeon who is unable to feel pain Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Very good copy showing minor age and wear. Slight scuffing to cover
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Sceptre London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025698
- ISBN
- 9780340682081
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Rosa Lane is a fashionable journalist in her thirties, already the picture of London achievement. Her boyfriend is something in politics and her other friends are confident, prosperous and ambitious. But one afternoon, staring at her computer screen at work, she fails to see the point, walks out of her job - and begins her fall from modern grace. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234. 8vo. Some light shelfwear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KEX0273023
- ISBN
- 9780571232611
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. Easy for her to say. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099542162
- ISBN
- 9780099542162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Andy Larkham, is a recently jilted lover, and resentfully underpaid publishing minion. Arriving late to the funeral of his favourite schoolteacher, he ends up in the wrong chapel with one other mourner, too embarrassed to leave. Pressured to sign the register, little does he realise what effect that signature will have upon his life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540465
- ISBN
- 9780099540465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Inspector Martin Allen's life is a mess, and the last thing he needs on Christmas Eve is a collapsed woman on the street. Ellen Donnelly is a woman on a mission, in Ireland to find her mother and escape her husband, Milton Amery, an unfaithful plastic surgeon. All of their roads lead to Inishowen. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001253
- ISBN
- 9780099286530
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * A gripping thriller based on a real life event (the Balcombe Street siege) Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349116112
- ISBN
- 9780349116112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. The explosive new thriller by the New York Timesbestseller, Lisa Unger. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471150470
- ISBN
- 9781471150470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 251 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Classics Ed
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679729587
- ISBN
- 9780679729587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.97
€ 23.99
€ 17.97
Paperback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike. Series: Dedalus Euro Shorts. Num Pages: 77 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 251 x 8. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 77
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910213117
- ISBN
- 9781910213117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948833984
- ISBN
- 9780948833984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 108 x 18. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Melrose Publishing Company United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870679995
- ISBN
- 9780870679995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. A new edition of the Booker Prize winner Penelope Fitzgerald's best-loved novel of romance in post-war Italy, with a new introduction by Julian Barnes. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006542377
- ISBN
- 9780006542377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.42
€ 13.00
€ 11.42