Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. In Thatcher's London, Lilly, a white Muslim nurse, struggles in a state of invisible exile. As Ethiopian refugees gradually fill the flats of the housing estate where she lives, Lilly tentatively begins to share with them her longing for the home she herself once had in Africa and her heartbreaking search for her missing lover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099499190
- ISBN
- 9780099499190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. A novel, which explores the bonds of female friendship. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 189 x 52. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060837013
- ISBN
- 9780060837013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.26
€ 11.26
Hardback. Swim Until You Can't See Land charts the relationship between two women born sixty years apart, whose chance encounter marks a watershed for the younger woman. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910021453
- ISBN
- 9781910021453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Swimming Home is a subversive page-turner, a merciless gaze at the insidious harm that depression can have on apparently stable, well-turned-out people. Set in a summer villa, the story is tautly structured, taking place over a single week in which a group of beautiful, flawed tourists in the French Riviera come loose at the seams. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911508083
- ISBN
- 9781911508083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062202239
- ISBN
- 9780062202239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.55
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€ 14.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781722916
- ISBN
- 9781781722916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.03
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Paperback. On a shimmeringly hot Sunday in May, Louise is at a neighbour's pool with her daughters - and glaring at her resentfully is her estranged husband Barnaby. While the children splash and shriek in the cool, blue waters, she lies blissfully back in the sun and dreams of Cassian, the charismatic new lawyer in her life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552776714
- ISBN
- 9780552776714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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€ 10.86
Paperback. *An exciting and atmospheric novel that will continue to expand the audience for Simon Mawer Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119236
- ISBN
- 9780349119236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Hardcover. Depicts a Lebanese immigrant family in Washington, DC, in the 1950s and gives us entree into a male-dominated, independence-stifling culture where female roles were rigidly prescribed. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608578
- ISBN
- 9780815608578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.14
€ 25.99
€ 24.14
Paperback. From the infamous Glasgow slum, the Gorbals, the author chronicles a week in his life, in the last days before the demolishers move in. In this book, he tells about his old-timers and eccentrics, navigating his pregnant wife, frisky bedfellows and debt collectors. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870126
- ISBN
- 9781784870126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
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Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 181 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241980262
- ISBN
- 9780241980262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
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Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036601
- ISBN
- 9780141036601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. Features four tales of seduction and suspense such as The Visitor, Bitch, The Great Switcheroo and The Last Act. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955727
- ISBN
- 9780241955727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Hardcover. Clarence Chugwater is not a Boy Scout for nothing. It is summer 1909 and everyone is too interested in the Test Match to notice that England has been invaded by the Germans. And the Russians. And the Chinese. Not to mention a 'boisterous band of the Young Turks', a mad Mullah, and a brace of North African pirates. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591902
- ISBN
- 9781841591902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
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€ 11.64
Paperback. Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman is commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the company of Brigadier Ritchie-Hook or the denizens of Bellamy's Club - is only part of the shambles of his war. When action comes in Crete and in Yugoslavia, he discovers not heroism, but humanity. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Press
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184975
- ISBN
- 9780141184975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
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Paperback. Hana Doda is an ambitious literature student in cosmopolitan Tirana. Mark Doda is a raki-drinking, chain-smoking shepherd, living alone deep in the Albanian mountains. In fact, they are the same person. Hana has become Mark, but what will become of the Sworn Virgin when she moves to America? BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276681
- ISBN
- 9781908276681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.91
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Paperback. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Daunt Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907970559
- ISBN
- 9781907970559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
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Paperback. How far would a grandmother go to stay close to her grandson? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Halban Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905559701
- ISBN
- 9781905559701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. However, to realise his ambitions within the Adult industries, Sick Boy must team up with old pal and fellow exile Mark Renton. Series: Trainspotting. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Film Tie-In
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784704735
- ISBN
- 9781784704735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. A powerful debut from a new voice in contemporary African writing Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KLJ0017303
- ISBN
- 9781782118053
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 14.99€ 9.82
€ 14.99
€ 9.82
Paperback. A novel that follows the strange second life of William Howard Taft, the gentle giant who never wanted to be president in the first place, as he tries to survive the hyperactive tempest of 21st-century politics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Quirk Books United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594745508
- ISBN
- 9781594745508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.31
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Paperback. Sonokrom, a village in the Ghanaian hinterland, has not changed for thousands of years. Kayo is a forensic pathologist convinced that scientific logic can shatter even the most inexplicable of mysteries. But as events in the village become incomprehensible, Kayo finds that Western logic and political bureaucracy are no longer equal to the task. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099526124
- ISBN
- 9780099526124
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Condition: New
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- Publisher
- Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665152
- ISBN
- 9781552665152
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.20
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Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 102 x 25. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Kensington
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617733710
- ISBN
- 9781617733710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.54
€ 9.54