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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. David Carter cannot help but wish for more: that his wife Eleanor would be the sparkling girl he once found so irresistible; that his job as a museum curator could live up to the promise it once held. But a few careless words spoken by his mother's friend have left David restless with the knowledge that his life has been constructed around a lie. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000295
ISBN
9780747585978
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Lark and her brother, Termite, who is unable to walk or talk but is deeply loved by his family. The two are raised by their aunt Nonie in place of Lola, their mother, and Termite's father, Corporal Robert Leavitt, who is caught up in the chaos of the Korean War. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000449
ISBN
9780099288749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. (Trad) When Lara was twelve, and her younger brother Alfie eight, their father died in a helicopter crash. A prominent plastic surgeon, and Irishman, he had honed his skills on the bomb victims of the Troubles. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
272
SKU
KAC0000432
ISBN
9780571270552
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9781448208005
ISBN
9781448208005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.39

Hardcover. A fictional autobiography of a rumbustious adventurer and poker-player who sets off his native Chicago in the spirit of a latter-day Columbus to rediscover the world - and more especially, twentieth-century America. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 35. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152159
ISBN
9781857152159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Hardback. Set in the Irish Catholic community of 1950s Liverpool and in Ireland, this is a saga of working class families, living on the edge of poverty yet bound together by humour and loyalty, gossip, grumbling and endless cups of tea. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 62. Weight in Grams: 994.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Condition
New
SKU
9781786692375
ISBN
9781786692375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9781408876961
ISBN
9781408876961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.47

Paperback. Nicky Belane, private detective and career alcoholic, is a troubled man. He is plagued by broads, booze, lack of cash and a raging ego, and by the surreal jobs he's been hired to do. He has been hired to track down French classical author Celine - who's meant to be dead - and supposed to find the elusive Red Sparrow - which may or may not be real. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Virgin Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780753518175
ISBN
9780753518175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Everything changes for the four Mellow children the day they find a book called Pleasuring on the shelf. Thirty years later the book is set to be reissued but the lives of the Mellow family are no longer the same. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099485056
ISBN
9780099485056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater remains its author's most famous and frequently-read work and one of the period's central statements about both the power and terror of imagination. De Quincey describes the intense "pleasures" and harrowing "pains" of his opium use in lyrical and dramatic prose. Editor(s): Faflak, Joel. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 487.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551114354
ISBN
9781551114354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.44

Paperback. 1961. A squadron of Vulcan aircraft, Britain's most lethal nuclear bomber, flies towards the east coast of the United States. Highly manoeuvrable, the great delta-winged machines are also equipped with state of the art electronic warfare devices that jam American radar systems. This title deals with the lives of British pilots. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571274017
ISBN
9780571274017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.30

Paperback. An ex-circus strongman and Notting Hill rough-justice artist, meets his own personal holocaust and 'Einsteinian' destiny. There is maximum boredom and minimum love-making advised, while a new strain of schizophrenia overwhelms the young son of a 'father of the nuclear age'. This book offers a collection of stories that reveal a deep preoccupation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099768913
ISBN
9780099768913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. * The film tie-in edition of the bestelling novel by Nicholas Sparks * An epic love story from the bestselling author of The Last Song and The Notebook Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
14th Edition
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780751542998
ISBN
9780751542998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. New novel from the international bestselling chick-lit writer who keeps you guessing to the very end. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340993323
ISBN
9780340993323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. New York. London. Milan. Paris. Fashion week in all four cities. A month of endless interviews, parties, unflagging work and attention to detail. At the centre of the storm is Timmie O'Neill, who has created an international empire that inspires, fills, and consumes her life. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552159104
ISBN
9780552159104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. She was a daughter, a wife, a mother. She was my friend. But what secrets did Eloise take to her grave? Compulsively-readable and haunting, this is the debut novel from Book Club champion, Judy Finnigan. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 342. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0011325
ISBN
9780751548600
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012, Foreign Bodies is a dazzling and profound exploration of the human face of the central relationship in the last century: that between the old world and the new. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012, Foreign Bodies is a dazzling and profound exploration of the human face of the central relationship in the last century: that between the old world and the new. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 136 x 197 x 20. Weight: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848877368
ISBN
9781848877368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Fletcher, Loraine. Num Pages: 603 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551114583
ISBN
9781551114583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.46

Paperback. *A fiendishly clever, yet serious tale of middle-class frustration that will touch anyone who has ever wanted to escape their life. The Thriller goes into a new domain - The Real World. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Abacus
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349117386
ISBN
9780349117386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The No. 1 New York Times bestseller from the author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9781472212771
ISBN
9781472212771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

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