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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. London, 1918. Billy Prior is working for Intelligence in the Ministry of Munitions. But his private encounters with women and men - pacifists, objectors, homosexuals - conflict with his duties as a soldier, and it is not long before his sense of himself fragments and breaks down. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141030944
ISBN
9780141030944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award, this is an extraordinary novel about a family struggling to cope with a different and difficult child. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760292485
ISBN
9781760292485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609452650
ISBN
9781609452650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.31

Paperback. A collection of Canadian short stories. The book includes works by Alastair Macleod, Gabrielle Roy, Wallace Stegner, George Bowering, Margaret Atwood, Sinclair Ross, Alice French, Mordecai Richler, Audrey Thomas, Sean Virgo, Sandra Birdsell, Elizabeth Smart, Alice Munro and many others. Editor(s): Ondaatje, Michael. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008408
ISBN
9780571142767
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Translator(s): Boyars, A.; Franklin, S. Num Pages: 193 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714526171
ISBN
9780714526171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed in a laboratory accident - a man who has lost his face and, with it, connection to other people. Even his wife is now repulsed by him. His only entry back into the world is to create a mask so perfect as to be undetectable. But soon he finds that such mask is more than a disguise. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188539
ISBN
9780141188539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. As World War Two breaks over Europe, Eve Anders is already a veteran from the Spanish Civil War. But now she's called to a very different kind of action: to come home to train for the newly-formed SOE. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
HarperCollins London
Number of pages
400
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0198173
ISBN
9780006510444
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers a collection, hailed for its power, compassion and elegance, takes in the wide sweep of human experience. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 211. 258 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight: 210.
Publisher
CANONGATE BOOKS
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956121
ISBN
9781841956121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. The Year of Terror, 1937. Zybin, an exiled intellectual and archaeologist in the far province of Alma-Ata, finds himself wrongly accused of a crime during the darkest days of Stalin's reign. Soon, he and his colleagues are caught up in an ambitious Cheka investigator's attempts to set up a show trial to rival those taking place in Moscow. Translator(s): Myers, Alan. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Harvill Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846556982
ISBN
9781846556982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447259091
ISBN
9781447259091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. A heartbreaking, prize-winning novel set in a small Israeli town near the border with Lebanon that depicts with raw power the trauma of living in constant fear of attack. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846272226
ISBN
9781846272226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. * An irresistible narrative of courage and endeavour. A story that captures nature at its most beautiful and most brutal and which unlocks the intricacies at the heart of human relationships. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 110 x 30. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KSS0007242
ISBN
9780349116525
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers a portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, this novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - and our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141187945
ISBN
9780141187945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: EL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848402669
ISBN
9781848402669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Translator(s): Bower, Alan G. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677542
ISBN
9780816677542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. In September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokaster, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the events of the previous night, rumours circulate of a childhood friendship between a local dignitary and the invading Nazi Colonel. Translator(s): Hodgson, John. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857860125
ISBN
9780857860125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. A blackly comic campus satire combined with a heart-breaking family mystery, The Falling Sky brilliantly mixes fiction and astronomy into a fascinating, compelling and moving narrative. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Freight Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9781908754141
ISBN
9781908754141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
269
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756369
ISBN
9781876756369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. A tale of murder, loss and romance in the mist of Niagara Falls: it is the crowning achievement of Joyce Carol Oates's career to date. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
1st HarperPerennial Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007196746
ISBN
9780007196746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pantheon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375714986
ISBN
9780375714986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.28

Paperback. Presents the story of one of the greatest crime family in Italian history - the Borgias. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099533269
ISBN
9780099533269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781622869107
ISBN
9781622869107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important than his family's future. His youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie, are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation. His adopted son, Tom Hagen, is a college student; but he worries most about Sonny, his oldest child. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099557135
ISBN
9780099557135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'Delightful.. exquisite.. Lipman mesmerized me. She hypnotized me. I admit it freely: I fell victim to the Elinor Lipman Effect' Washington Post Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244. Good copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Headline Review
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0002385
ISBN
9780755329458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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