Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE (RAND)
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286875
- ISBN
- 9780099286875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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€ 11.10
Paperback. An intimate and devastating portrait of Romania during and after the Second World War, through the prism of a moving and utterly original friendship Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262. 320 pages. An intimate and devastating portrait of Romania during and after the Second World War, through the prism of a moving and utterly original friendship Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408830420
- ISBN
- 9781408830420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.62
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Paperback. Having married and murdered his way into a wealthy Italian family he has now become a respected member of Veronese business life. But it's not enough. He comes up with a plan to put on the most exciting art exhibition of the decade, based on a subject close to his heart: killing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099581437
- ISBN
- 9780099581437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.55
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Paperback. Follows the Al Jawad family into the awakening world of the 1920's and the sometimes violent clash between Islamic ideals, personal dreams and modern realities. Having given up his vices after his son's death, ageing patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad pursues an arousing lute-player - only to find she has married his eldest son. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552995818
- ISBN
- 9780552995818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pan MacMillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330458535
- ISBN
- 9780330458535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
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Paperback. Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his gentle, oppressed wife and two daughters to live cloistered lives behind the house's latticed windows, while his three very different sons live in fear of his harsh will. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552995801
- ISBN
- 9780552995801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. Translator(s): Mason, Wyatt. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Archipelago Books United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780972869249
- ISBN
- 9780972869249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
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Hardcover. A novel constructed around the last great poem of a fictional American poet, John Shade, and an account of his death. The poem appears in full and the narrative develops through the lengthy, and increasingly eccentric, notes by his posthumous editor. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150674
- ISBN
- 9781857150674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
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Paperback. The American poet John Shade is dead; murdered. His last poem, Pale Fire, is put into a book, together with a preface, a lengthy commentary and notes by Shade's editor, Charles Kinbote. Known on campus as the 'Great Beaver', Kinbote is haughty, inquisitive, intolerant, but is he also mad, bad - and even dangerous? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185262
- ISBN
- 9780141185262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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Paperback. Late on a spring night in 1920, five boys cross the Yorkshire dales to the ruins of Fountains Abbey, intent on raising the Devil. Instead, they stumble over the Devil himself, sitting there watching them. Terrified, they run for their lives, leaving behind a book on alchemy stolen from their schoolmaster. Series: Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061672705
- ISBN
- 9780061672705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.40
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Paperback. A collection that gathers together Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including "Pale Horse, Pale Rider", where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her fiance on his way to war, and "Noon Wine", a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141195315
- ISBN
- 9780141195315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Detective Jon Christopher has a perfect record bringing killers to justice. But, the maniac dubbed the Pale Saint has eluded him for a 18 months. When Christopher's friend, Bobby Austin, becomes the latest victim, Christopher's need to catch the killer becomes a matter of obsession. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear and yellowing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KOC0015449
- ISBN
- 9780006499541
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
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Paperback. An amusing, wry homage to JANE EYRE by one of the best novelists of the twentieth century. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087136
- ISBN
- 9781844087136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
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paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781583225721
- ISBN
- 9781583225721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.73
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Paperback. Translator(s): Hughes, Noel. Num Pages: 620 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 212 x 45. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503941694
- ISBN
- 9781503941694
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.62
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Paperback. From master storyteller Danielle Steel comes a mesmerising tale of love against all odds .. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 23. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751542394
- ISBN
- 9780751542394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. * Bad language. Scatalogical humour. Razor wit. Convoluted plot. High readability. It's the new Christopher Brookmyre novel. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349120508
- ISBN
- 9780349120508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
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Paperback. The eagerly anticipated sequel to the international bestseller Delirium, one of the most addictive books of 2011. Series: Delirium Trilogy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444722963
- ISBN
- 9781444722963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.19
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Paperback. Discovered by a young lieutenant, Raymond Kelvedon in a Normandy Chateau in 1944, she had cast her spell over his family. Hanging in a turret of their lovely Cotswold house, Pandora witnessed Raymond's tempestuous wife Galena both entertaining a string of lovers, and giving birth to her four children. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 47. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Corgi Adult London
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552156400
- ISBN
- 9780552156400
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.07
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Paperback. It is 1914. In the heart of the Belgian Congo, Garvey, a bedraggled British manservant, emerges from the jungle. He is the lone survivor of a mining expedition. With him, he carries two huge diamonds. From his prison cell in London, Garvey recounts his horrific and thrilling ordeal. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 300. 448 pages. It is 1914. In the heart of the Belgian Congo, Garvey, a bedraggled British manservant, emerges from the jungle. He is the lone survivor of a mining expedition. With him, he carries two huge diamonds. From his prison cell in London, Garvey recounts his horrific and thrilling ordeal. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight: 300. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847671240
- ISBN
- 9781847671240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
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Paperback. Pandora disappears on a secret mission, putting her relationship in jeopardy, so the prophecy of an archangel can be fulfilled. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785351754
- ISBN
- 9781785351754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.20
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Paperback. Set in the summer of 1947, this is a rites-of-passage novel about a lonely boy growing up in Jerusalem in the last years of British rule. From underground resistance he is drawn into friendship with the enemy, in the form of a British soldier to whom he teaches Hebrew in return for English lessons. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0003899
- ISBN
- 9780099754015
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tilted Axis Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911284000
- ISBN
- 9781911284000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
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Paperback. The keys to a historic trap are discovered in a cache of forgeries and crumbling film stock. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865143
- ISBN
- 9780872865143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.74
€ 18.99
€ 18.74