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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. The day Benny Catchprice was fired from the spare-parts department of Catchprice Motors by his aunt Cathy, was also the day that tax inspector Maria Takis arrived to begin her overdue audit of the family business. From the author of "Oscar and Lucinda" which won the 1988 Booker Prize. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571166329
- ISBN
- 9780571166329
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Condition: New
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Paperback. In 1940, every draft of every film script had to be approved by the Ministry of Information. Cast and crew were waiting to be called up at any moment, travel was restricted and filming was interrupted by regular bombing raids. And so it is that we find a disparate group of characters whose paths would never have crossed in peacetime. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 53. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552774710
- ISBN
- 9780552774710
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.65
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Paperback. A collection of short fiction that is written by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2013. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241969137
- ISBN
- 9780241969137
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.45
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Paperback. Inexplicably, Michael is commissioned to write the family history of the Winshaws, an upper class Yorkshire clan whose members have a finger in every establishment pie. But as a murderous maniac stalks the family, Michael realizes that his favourite film is coming true. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241967799
- ISBN
- 9780241967799
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Whether it is taking a troublesome cow to be mated with a prime bull; dealing with a rat-infested hayrick; learning the ways and means of maggot farming; or describing the fine art of poaching pheasants using nothing but raisins and sleeping pills, the author brings his stories of everyday country folk and their strange passions to life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241955734
- ISBN
- 9780241955734
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Condition: New
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Paperback. From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York, Lucia Santa - wife, widow and mother of two families - steer them through the Depression and the early years of war as they adapt to life in a strange land. She cannot prevent the conflict between Italian and American values - nor the violence and bloodshed which surely follow.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099557593
- ISBN
- 9780099557593
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Condition: New
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Paperback. In the East End, twelve-year-old Tara witnesses her villain of a father almost kill her mother. She forges a determination then and there to change her life. This is the story of three beautiful and talented women. Mabel, whose great love for a gambling man has brought her close to insanity; gentle Amy, who marries a man brutalised by war. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099557432
- ISBN
- 9780099557432
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
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Paperback. Polly, Dennis, Angela, Adrian and the rest are bound to lose their spiritual innocence as well as their virginities on the journey between university in the 1950s and the marriages, families, careers and deaths that follow. On the one hand there's Sex and then the Pill, on the other there is the traditional Catholic Church. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099554141
- ISBN
- 9780099554141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.38
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Paperback. Stuck in a job he doesn't want - but can't afford to lose - as nominal Head of the Communications Department at Fenland University, Wilt is still subject to the whims of The Powers That Be, both in and outside of work. Series: Wilt Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099493136
- ISBN
- 9780099493136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.76
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Paperback. For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099465935
- ISBN
- 9780099465935
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.65
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Paperback. The second brilliant novel from the bestselling author of The Horse Whisperer Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751539370
- ISBN
- 9780751539370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
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Paperback. Clean copy, some shelfwear. Good to very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Edition
- 1st Bantam
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KST0028951
- ISBN
- 9780553505016
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Tells the story of Enoch O'Reilly, the great flood that afflicts his small town, and rash of mysterious suicides that accompany it. Charlatan, Presleyite and local radiovangelist, O'Reilly is a man haunted by the childhood ghosts of his father's sinister radio set ..a false prophet destined for a terrible consummation with that old, evil river. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0000666
- ISBN
- 9780571286751
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Focuses on Tom Johnson, a reasoned 'Chelsea hooligan' who represents a disaffected society operating by brutal rules. In this book, we are shown the realities of life - social degradation, unemployment, excessive drink and bad sex - and, more importantly, how they fall into a political context of surveillance, media manipulation and division. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099731917
- ISBN
- 9780099731917
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
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Hardcover. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. This title is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593722
- ISBN
- 9781841593722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.62
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Hardcover. Everyone is always out there searching for someone and something, usually for a lover, usually for love. But the murderee - Nicola Six - is searching for something and someone else: her murderer. She knows the time, she knows the place, she knows the motive, she knows the means. She just doesn't know the man. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 34. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593623
- ISBN
- 9781841593623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.69
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Paperback. Tells the story of an orphan who beguiles the world with her astonishing visions, triumphing over the worst of adversity and bringing light to a dark place. Translator(s): Sayers Peden, Margaret. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241951651
- ISBN
- 9780241951651
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 35. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241291733
- ISBN
- 9780241291733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
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Hardcover. Includes tales such as 'Sound of Thunder', 'The Veldt', and 'The Fog Horn'. This title also contains the Irish stories, the Martian stories and the Mexican stories. Num Pages: 1176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 138 x 51. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593265
- ISBN
- 9781841593265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.50
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Paperback. This tender novel tells the tale of Alfgrim, an abandoned child, whose mother gave birth to him in the turf-and-stone cottage of Bjorn of Brekkukot, the fisherman, on the outskirts of what is now Reykjavik. Translator(s): Magnusson, Magnus. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781860469343
- ISBN
- 9781860469343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
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Paperback. In early 18th-century Lisbon, Baltasar, a soldier who has lost his left hand in battle, falls in love with Blimunda, a young girl with visionary powers. From the day that he follows her home from the auto-da-fe where her mother is burned at the stake, the two are bound body and soul by love of an unassailable strength. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781860469015
- ISBN
- 9781860469015
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Ricardo Reis was a pseudonym created by Fernando Pessoa, the great Portugese poet. Six weeks, after Pessoa's death, Ricardo Reis returns to Lisbon to take up residence in a hotel,wander the streets, read the newspapers and muse on love, destiny, politics, life and death with his old friend. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781860465024
- ISBN
- 9781860465024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
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Hardcover. Offering a portrait of Japanese life in the first half of the twentieth century, this book reveals the saga Makioka family struggling to marry off one of their daughters. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857151558
- ISBN
- 9781857151558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.10
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Hardcover. The first products of Joyce's maturity, these stories look sideways to the tender realism of Chekhov and forward to Joyce's later work "Portrait of the Artist". In the most celebrated tale, "The Dead", the author constructs the first of his poetic monologues. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 510. 287pp
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150490
- ISBN
- 9781857150490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
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€ 13.91