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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. For many years, the great poet Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charlie Citrine were the best of friends. At the time of his death, however, Humboldt is a failure, and Charlie's life has reached a low point. And then Humboldt acts from beyond the grave, bestowing upon Charlie an unexpected legacy that may just help him turn his life around. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188768
ISBN
9780141188768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. After the death of his mother, fifteen-year-old Zachary Taylor lives with his father in a cabin on Sitting Down Lake in the Canadian wilderness. When the arrival of his neighbour's mysterious niece Eva stirs up ghosts from the past and present, the people of the lake grow closer as they realise that death is never final: something always remains. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910901908
ISBN
9781910901908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Stunning reissue of an international bestseller, from the author of 'The Joy Luck Club' and 'The Bonesetter's Daughter'. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006550525
ISBN
9780006550525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. The Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun's Hunger, an influential work of twentieth-century modern literature, is now a Canon Translator(s): Lyngstad, Sverre Lyngstad. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 213.
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main - Canons Imprint Re-Issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782117124
ISBN
9781782117124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486431680
ISBN
9780486431680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.62

Paperback. Sakeena's life revolves round trying to provide her family with the necessary daily loaves of bread that will stave off starvation. Labor-shy Zaghloul works on and off at one of the village's cafes, but prefers to spend his time listening in on conversations about subjects such as politics, and more. Translator(s): Johnson-Davies, Denys. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 122 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166808
ISBN
9789774166808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.21

Paperback. Hungry Hill' is a passionate story told with du Maurier's unique gift for drama. It follows five generations of an Irish family and the copper mine on Hungry Hill to which their fortunes and fates are so closely bound. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084524
ISBN
9781844084524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785763113
ISBN
9781785763113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. The hunter arrives in an isolated community in the Tasmanian wilderness with a single purpose in mind - to find the last thylacine, the tiger of fable, fear and legend. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571200191
ISBN
9780571200191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Robert Grieve - pushing thirty and eager to side-step a life of quiet desperation as a small-town teacher - decides to go missing. As he crosses the border from Thailand to Cambodia, he tests the threshold of a new future. And on that first night, a small windfall precipitates a chain of events which changes Robert's life forever. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 274 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700362
ISBN
9781784700362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. After his death, a young woman returns to her grandfather's farm in Yorkshire. At his desk she finds the book he left unfinished when he died. Part story, part scholarship, his eccentric history of England moves from the founding of the printing press into virtual reality, linking four journeys, separated by the centuries, of four great men. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578888
ISBN
9780099578888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. Camille is doing her best to disappear. She barely eats, works at night as a cleaner and lives in a tiny attic room. Downstairs in a beautiful, ornate apartment, lives Philibert Marquet de la Durbelliere, a shy, erudite, upper-class man with an unlikely flatmate in the shape of the foul-mouthed but talented chef, Franck. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099494072
ISBN
9780099494072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062237101
ISBN
9780062237101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.57

Paperback. Editor(s): Staudohar, Paul D. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556524745
ISBN
9781556524745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.29

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 206 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400074
ISBN
9781910400074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400333
ISBN
9781910400333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. A daring and original novel, this acerbic satire pulls no punches in its depiction of male chauvinism and religious bigotry, as told through the tragicomic tale of its young female protagonist, Hurma. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Darf Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772774
ISBN
9781850772774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. In her eagerly anticipated second novel Mail on Sunday Novel Competition winner Isabel Ashdown explores the treacherous territory of adolescent friendships, and traces across the decades the repercussions of a dangerous relationship. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Myriad
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956251558
ISBN
9780956251558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. Na'ama Newman wakes up one morning to a new reality. Her husband Udi, formerly a healthy, active tour guide, announces that he can no longer move his legs. The paralysis is diagnosed as psychosomatic - Udi has gone on strike and Na'ama must cope with the crisis, while balancing the demands of work and motherhood. Translator(s): Bilu, Dalya. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 203. 288 pages. Na'ama Newman wakes up one morning to find her husband Udi, formerly a healthy, active tour guide, saying he can't move his legs. The paralysis is diagnosed as psychosomatic - Udi has gone on strike, and Na'ama must cope with the crisis, while balancing the demands of work and motherhood. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight: 196. Translator(s): Bilu, Dalya.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954165
ISBN
9781841954165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks writes novels that real women want to read. With her trademark tell-it-like-it-is style, she gets right to the heart of the dilemmas people face in their lives and takes her stories to unexpected places. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755394258
ISBN
9780755394258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

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