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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Having sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth, a lanky, awkward girl. The Emersons, there are seven grown-up children and have a reputation for craziness and Elizabeth finds herself drawn into their disorderly lives against her will. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099469605
- ISBN
- 9780099469605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. On Millennium night, with Blair presiding over a sexed-up new version of the country, Benjamin Trotter finds himself watching the celebrations on his parents' TV. Watching, in fact, his younger brother, Paul, now a New Labour MP who has bought wholeheartedly into the Blairite dream. Neither of them can know that their lives are about to implode. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241967720
- ISBN
- 9780241967720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155646
- ISBN
- 9781903155646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.29
€ 23.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290. Signed by the author. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0026928
- ISBN
- 9781848403369
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 14.00
€ 14.00
Paperback. The brilliant new novel by Orange Prize winner, Linda Grant, about the legacies of history, longlisted for both the Orange Prize, 2008 and the Man Booker Prize, 2008 Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844085422
- ISBN
- 9781844085422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. The stories in 'The Coast of Good Intentions' evoke the landscape of the Pacific Northwest with impressive ease - crab factories, cranberry bogs, the fog-shrouded shore, the Seattle skyline. Here are ordinary lives in all their messy, unresolved glory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136. 163pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KNW0007114
- ISBN
- 9781862076495
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. A colourful array of characters including Gussie Fink-Nottle, the soupy Madeleine Bassett, and the Rev. H.P. ('Stinker') Pinker, add an 18th century cow-creamer, a small notebook and mix with Aunt Dahlia. It all spells trouble for Bertie and Jeeves. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591001
- ISBN
- 9781841591001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. For fans of THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY, THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, Mark Watson and Mark Haddon, here is a cleverly written mystery about fate, circumstance, destiny and coincidence from COSTA AWARD-shortlisted author, John Ironmonger. This quirky read is hard to put down and spans philosophy, conflict, relationships and romance. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780220840
- ISBN
- 9781780220840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. A wonderfully clever and unique debut Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. 288 pages. A wonderfully clever and unique debut Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight: 200.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408821725
- ISBN
- 9781408821725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. The start of a breathtaking series from self-publishing New York Times bestselling sensation Jessica Sorensen Series: Callie and Kayden. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751552607
- ISBN
- 9780751552607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Feel Good Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956336613
- ISBN
- 9780956336613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 353
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743270106
- ISBN
- 9780743270106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.52
€ 13.00
€ 11.52
Paperback. By the waters running through the valleys of Kashmir, teenage boys come to play cricket, talk about girls, and just be. But a few years later, when they are young men and violence grips the region, they are gone. Only the son of the local headman has stayed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141048581
- ISBN
- 9780141048581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141984858
- ISBN
- 9780141984858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804179720
- ISBN
- 9780804179720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.05
€ 11.05
Paperback. * Regarded as one of the finest short story writers in America - this volume presents her collected works 'A voice like no one else's: funny, sad, lean, modest, energetic, acute' - SUSAN SONTAG Series: VMC. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860495212
- ISBN
- 9781860495212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. William Trevor is one of the most renowned figures in contemporary literature, described as 'the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language' by the New Yorker and acclaimed for his haunting and profound insights into the human heart. This title offers a collection of his short fiction. Num Pages: 1280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 1280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140232455
- ISBN
- 9780140232455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34
Paperback. Features seventy-nine stories such as: love stories, ghost stories, stories of childhood, of English middle-class life in the twenties and thirties, and of London during the Blitz. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 49. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287735
- ISBN
- 9780099287735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Fowler, Lois Josephs; Lamb, Cynthia; Knapp, Peggy A. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Carnegie-Mellon University Press
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887485916
- ISBN
- 9780887485916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.20
€ 25.99
€ 21.20
Paperback. Katherine Mansfield's clear and perceptive short stories revolutionized the genre. This collection represents the whole range of her writing from short sharp studies to longer, richer tales, encompassing her three major volumes Bliss, The Garden Party and In a German Pension, along with fifteen unfinished stories published after her death. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141441818
- ISBN
- 9780141441818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Since the publication of "Self-Help", her first collection of stories, Lorrie Moore has been hailed as one of the greatest and most influential voices in American fiction. This title gathers together her complete stories and also includes: "Paper Losses", "The Juniper Tree", and "Debarking". Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571239368
- ISBN
- 9780571239368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.87
€ 14.99
€ 11.87
paperback. Features twenty classic tales of Horace Rumpole in which he battles through the Old Bailey, whether defending various members of an incompetent South London crime family, taking on haute-cuisine chefs and showfolk or mocking the pomposity of his own profession, all the while being held in check by his wife, Hilda: the wonderful, fearsome. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141198293
- ISBN
- 9780141198293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.91
€ 18.99
€ 13.91
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 1
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140957860
- ISBN
- 9780140957860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.14€ 54.47
€ 71.14
€ 54.47
Paperback. Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099470472
- ISBN
- 9780099470472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08