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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Luke's mum is dead. He finds himself in a small, scruffy northern hill town, with a near silent father, who he fears might be trying to drink himself to death. Then he meets Jon. Jon is massively strange. He wears 1950s clothes, has a side-parting and a twitch. The kids at school call him 'Slackjaw'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571274888
ISBN
9780571274888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Heather O'Neill is an extremely gifted writer and Lullabies for Little Criminals is her breathtaking first novel about one girl's struggle for survival on the mean streets of Montreal Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847243935
ISBN
9781847243935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A journalist notices a link between a number of victims of cot death. All of the children had the same poem read to them the night before they died. The journalist desperately fights to find all copies of the book containing the accursed poem. This title is by the author of "Fight Club". Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437963
ISBN
9780099437963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Who is the Lullaby Girl? Found washed up on the banks of a remote loch, a mysterious girl is taken into the care of a psychiatric home in the Highlands of Scotland. Mute and covered in bruises, she has no memory of who she is or how she got there. The only clue to her identity is the Danish lullaby she sings.. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845029500
ISBN
9781845029500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. Nazi occupied Poland. A German army officer investigates the murder of an abbess amid the horrors of brutal occupation. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 344. 288 pages. Nazi occupied Poland. A German army officer investigates the murder of an abbess amid the horrors of brutal occupation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FF. Dimension: 181 x 197 x 24. Weight: 306.
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904738664
ISBN
9781904738664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. "Engaging, stirring and hard to put down."--The New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771960014
ISBN
9781771960014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.52

Paperback. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of Shakespeare and Cervantes, six Hispanic and six English-language authors have each contributed a previously unpublished story in tribute to these giants of world literature. With Ben Okri, Deborah Levy, Kamila Shamsie, Yuri Herrera, Valeria Luiselli and others, introduced by Salman Rushdie. Editor(s): Hahn, Daniel; Valencia, Margarita. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276780
ISBN
9781908276780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.30

Paperback. In Brasilia they're coming off their night shift, in Tokyo they're having their first whisky sours - that's what's happening elsewhere in the world when our hero wakes up. Together with his wife and dog, he lives at home with his parents. He has had the good education and, until recently, the good job. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539841
ISBN
9780099539841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. In a quaint Austrian ski resort, things are not quite what they seem. Hermann, the manager of a paper mill, has decided that sexual gratification begins at home. Which means Gerti - his wife and property. Gerti is not asked how she feels about the use Hermann puts her to. She is a receptacle into which Hermann pours his juices brutally. Translator(s): Hulse, Michael. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852421830
ISBN
9781852421830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718185619
ISBN
9780718185619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. It was Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power - Cicero is consul; Caesar, his ruthless young rival; Pompey, the republic's greatest general; Crassus, its richest man; Cato, a political fanatic; Catilina, a psychopath; and, Clodius, an ambitious playboy. Series: Cicero Trilogy. Num Pages: 464 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099406327
ISBN
9780099406327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. The launch of a bright young talent for Headline commercial fiction, bringing together a fabulous read with a gorgeous, eye-catching package Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 392. Previously read copy, with some shelfwear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KST0030813
ISBN
9780755348527
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * The B format publication of the ecstatically received collection of short stories about vengeful wives, jealous husbands, femme fatales, reluctant fiancees, daddy's girls, secretive nannies and worldly children Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087082
ISBN
9781844087082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060928513
ISBN
9780060928513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897142080
ISBN
9781897142080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.75

Paperback. The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller She will change your life forever.. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007501892
ISBN
9780007501892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 518 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564781369
ISBN
9781564781369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

hardcover. Num Pages: 106 pages, 100 photographs. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 220 x 16. Weight in Grams: 807.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stacey International United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900988896
ISBN
9781900988896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.04

Paperback. Les Anglais are in the kitchen and the French are up in arms Series: Fogas Chronicles. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444708233
ISBN
9781444708233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101535
ISBN
9781585101535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

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