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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Tells the tale of a small boy who wanders into the heart of a fantastical African forest, the dwelling place of innumerable wild, grotesque and terrifying beings. He is captured by ghosts, buried alive and wrapped up in spider webs, but after several years he marries and accepts his new existence. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316915
ISBN
9780571316915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909232310
ISBN
9781909232310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. A compulsive and haunting tale of the passion, betrayal, sensuality and ambiguity at the heart of shifting metropolitan lives Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KKD0007779
ISBN
9780747268178
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A compulsive and haunting tale of the passion, betrayal, sensuality and ambiguity at the heart of shifting metropolitan lives Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KSS0007313
ISBN
9780747268178
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Offers an insight into the genesis of comic literature's most celebrated double-act. All the stories are set in New York, four of them featuring Jeeves and Wooster themselves; the rest concerning Reggie Pepper, an earlier version of Bertie. Plots involve the usual cast of young clots, choleric millionaires, chorus-girls and vulpine aunts. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591469
ISBN
9781841591469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. It's 1950s Jerusalem. Hannah Gonen has just married and is thrilled and pained by her young well-meaning husband, Michael. Haunted by her dreams of two boys who disappeared from Jerusalem after the establishment of the state of Israel, Hannah gradually withdraws from her husband into a private world of fantasy and suppressed desires. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529057
ISBN
9780099529057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Bernheimer, Kate. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143117841
ISBN
9780143117841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.38

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Tangent Books
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906477608
ISBN
9781906477608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Presents depiction of a young man's sexual initiation and corruption by his mother, where the profane becomes sacred, and intense experience is shown as the only way to transcend the boundaries of society and morality. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195551
ISBN
9780141195551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. From the No. 1 bestselling author of BAD BEHAVIOUR and IF YOU WERE ME comes an engaging, warm and thought-provoking new novel about a secret that can't be kept under wraps any longer - whatever the consequences. Not to be missed by readers of Jane Green, Lisa Jewell and Marian Keyes. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472210708
ISBN
9781472210708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Asher Lev is a gifted loner, the artist who painted the sensational "Brooklyn Crucifixion". Into it he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art. Here he plunges back into his childhood and recounts the story of love and conflict which dragged him to this crossroads. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190563
ISBN
9780141190563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Asher Lev is the artist who painted the sensational 'Brooklyn Crucifixion'. Into it, he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140036428
ISBN
9780140036428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 191.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9780241973387
ISBN
9780241973387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780241248782
ISBN
9780241248782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Hardcover. Reveals the clash between two views of artistic meaning and the chasm between two world civilizations. This title includes a chronology of Islamic and Western art history to provide context for the author's story, and contributes an introduction throwing light on his methods, his aims and his inspiration. Num Pages: 536 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593319
ISBN
9781841593319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Katie Brenner has the perfect life: a flat in London, a glamorous job, and a super-cool Instagram feed. OK, so the truth is that she rents a tiny room with no space for a wardrobe, has a hideous commute to a lowly admin job, and the life she shares on Instagram isn't really hers. But one day her dreams are bound to come true, aren't they? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784160425
ISBN
9781784160425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.70

paperback. The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother's undivided attention, and finds himself in a constant struggle to win back her affections. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Penguin Classics England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187877
ISBN
9780141187877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. * The paperback of the stunning second book, from the award-winning author of SOME KIND OF BLACK, a sprawling, rich odyssey brimming with invention and intelligence Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 226.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
SKU
KLN0018210
ISBN
9780349114422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408866795
ISBN
9781408866795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.14

Paperback. A deceptively simple story, by the author of "Pig Tales", about a deserted wife whose loneliness and fright become tangible. When her husband goes to buy bread but never returns, the narrator's life falls apart. She enters a distorted world, mesmerized by visions and besieged by childhood terrors. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
153
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571203369
ISBN
9780571203369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. A novel about love, friendship - and delivering papers. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638201
ISBN
9781902638201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.34

hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638041
ISBN
9781902638041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both. A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555254
ISBN
9780099555254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Offers the reader insight into the double-life of Andre Parent in six compelling snapshots. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950494
ISBN
9780241950494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.52

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