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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. * A brand new short story collection from 'the most significant writer of his generation' (TLS) Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
9780349116495
ISBN
9780349116495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 11.29

Hardback. IN Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423078
ISBN
9780857423078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.15

Paperback. A thrilling standalone novel from New York Times bestselling novelist Jennifer L. Armentrout, author of the Covenant and Lux series. Num Pages: 384 pages, No. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473615922
ISBN
9781473615922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. Corrie Browne is an ordinary girl with extraordinary ambitions. Determined to find the father she has never known, her search takes her from the quiet Suffolk village where she lives, to a new life in London, a fast pace television career - and to three people who come to dominate her life. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 42. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099534297
ISBN
9780099534297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. Tokyo, January 26th, 1948. As the third year of the US Occupation of Japan begins, a man enters a downtown bank. He speaks of an outbreak of dysentery and says he is a doctor, sent by the Occupation authorities. Clear liquid is poured into sixteen teacups. Sixteen employees of the bank drink this liquid according to strict instructions. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571232031
ISBN
9780571232031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. A thrilling maritime action and adventure story set against a dramatic backdrop of conspiracy, mayhem and sabotage. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Red Door Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910453032
ISBN
9781910453032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. As soon as Octavia caught a glimpse of Jeremy in the nightclub, she knew she just had to have him. It didn't matter that he'd just got engaged to an old school friend of hers, plump, good natured Gussie; he was looking at Octavia in the way that suggested bed rather than breakfast, and she was weak at the knees.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
272
Publication date
2005
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152525
ISBN
9780552152525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. From the lauded, bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447272366
ISBN
9781447272366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231453
ISBN
9781845231453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

Hardcover. In this psychological novel, memories spawn tales within tales and seemingly disparate elements are woven into a tapestry of extraordinary moments that reveals the authorAEs penetrating observations on the interdependency of humanity and nature in its wholeness. Translator(s): Wilson, Michiko N.; Wilson, Michael K. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947303
ISBN
9781933947303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652295330
ISBN
9789652295330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as would-be artist, Philip Carey settles in London to train as a doctor. And that is where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a formative, tortured and masochistic affair which very nearly ruins him. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284963
ISBN
9780099284963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press Czech Republic
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264301
ISBN
9788086264301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero's doorstep prophesising a plague of rabies in the Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter, Sierva Maria, was one of four people bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968741
ISBN
9780241968741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

hardcover. Describes how in 1949, as a young reporter, the author witnessed the opening of several tombs as an old convent made way for a new hotel. One of the tombs contained a skeleton of a young girl with reddish hair that measured 22 metres, 11 centimetres long. This novel talks about her legend as a popular saint. Num Pages: 5 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145. Weight in Grams: 379. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000898
ISBN
9780224040259
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141185101
ISBN
9780141185101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.44

Paperback. Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, but their hopes are dashed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty, and more. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 183 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141023571
ISBN
9780141023571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.75

Hardcover. Here is a quirky and fantastical novel about things lost and things found from a startling new voice in fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 420. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0009974
ISBN
9780007562473
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Here is a quirky and fantastical novel about things lost and things found from a startling new voice in fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 420. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0003631
ISBN
9780007562473
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Bea Maxwell has been kissed only once and has never been in love. Apart form a stint away in Chicago, she has always lived in Green Bay where she cares for her invalid mother. This story charts her solitary but self-possessed life. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0200310
ISBN
9781843540014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'Mona Simpson is a wonderful writer, very spare and economical but with extraordinary emotional power. Off Keck Road is her best book yet - lucid and beautiful' Kate Atkinson 'Mona Simpson is a wonderful writer, very spare and economical but with extraordinary emotional power. Off Keck Road is her best book yet - lucid and beautiful' Kate Atkinson Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 147. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0001659
ISBN
9781843540014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'Mona Simpson is a wonderful writer, very spare and economical but with extraordinary emotional power. Off Keck Road is her best book yet - lucid and beautiful' Kate Atkinson 'Mona Simpson is a wonderful writer, very spare and economical but with extraordinary emotional power. Off Keck Road is her best book yet - lucid and beautiful' Kate Atkinson Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 147. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KSS0001827
ISBN
9781843540014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Bea Maxwell has been kissed only once and has never been in love. Apart form a stint away in Chicago, she has always lived in Green Bay where she cares for her invalid mother. This story charts her solitary but self-possessed life. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
KEX0200325
ISBN
9781843540014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and HM forces have to show respect for the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of Crete. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184678
ISBN
9780141184678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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