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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Deals with the complexities of relationships as well as the joys of children. This title contains the author's controversial story "Weddings and Beheadings", as well as his prophetic "My Son the Fanatic", which exposes the religious tensions within the muslim family unit. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 47. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571249824
ISBN
9780571249824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. THE LAST GOSPEL was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller and Headline is determined to take David Gibbins to the top Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755354382
ISBN
9780755354382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854112880
ISBN
9781854112880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

paperback. It is the early 1920s and Kate Hannigan is happily married to Dr Rodney Prince, who has willingly accepted her illegitimate daughter, Annie, as the eldest child of their household. Everything seems to be going well for the Prince family, but soon spiteful rumours about Kate's earlier life seem to haunt both her and Annie. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 106 x 24. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Corgi Books, London
Edition
1st Corgi Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552145817
ISBN
9780552145817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781558616585
ISBN
9781558616585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.49

Paperback. From the Pultizer Prize-winning author of 'The Hours', comes the story of a marriage thrown off course by a moment of mistaken identity. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007437849
ISBN
9780007437849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

paperback. Even after 100 years, this is a captivating fable - witty and biting - of a Thomas Edison-like inventor who creates the radiant and tragic android Hadaly, and the lovelorn aristocrat who falls for the manmade perfect woman who is conveniently adjustable so he may make her at his will to his taste and social needs. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780252069550
ISBN
9780252069550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.01

paperback. "A triumphantly preposterous fish-out-of-water campus caper .. hilarious."-Washington Post Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780393350814
ISBN
9780393350814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. A daring and adventurous novel set just before the First World War. It begins in a courtroom, where an enigmatic young woman named Grace Winter is on trial; in flashback, we learn why .. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 191 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087549
ISBN
9781844087549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Published in 1890, The Slum is a tale of passion and greed with two intersecting story lines: a penny-pinching immigrant landlord who becomes a rich capitalist and discards his black lover for a wealthy white woman; and the innocent love affair between the immigrant and a mulata who live in a tenement owned by this landlord. Editor(s): Rosenthal, David H.; Graham, Richard; Sant'Anna, Alfonso Romano de. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195121872
ISBN
9780195121872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.07

Paperback. ONE DAY is the multi-million copy bestselling novel that brilliantly captures the experiences of a generation. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300 448pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9780340896983
ISBN
9780340896983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.28

Paperback. After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183961
ISBN
9780141183961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

paperback. Henry Wilt has for ten years been trying to teach English literature to his students at the Fenland College of Arts and Technology. He has become bored, frustrated and possibly murdereous, so Chief Inspector Flint suspects the worst when Henry's wife Eva goes missing. From the author of GRANTCHESTER GRIND. Series: Wilt Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099435488
ISBN
9780099435488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

paperback. A sensational international bestseller, and winner of Frances' coveted Prix Goncourt, 'The Lover' is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between two lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl's family apart. Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
New
SKU
9780007205004
ISBN
9780007205004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.59

Paperback. WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266. Some minor shelf wear but overall in a very good condition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSC0002366
ISBN
9781408809938
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Edition
Break Away Book Club
SKU
V9780253020628
ISBN
9780253020628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. A race for the stolen phallus of a nameless god Editor(s): Reid-Pharr, Robert F. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819573551
ISBN
9780819573551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.83

paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486468877
ISBN
9780486468877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.94

Paperback. Touching and wonderfully funny, In Custody is woven around the yearnings and calamities of a small-town scholar in the north of India. An impoverished college lecturer, Deven, sees a way to escape from the meanness of his daily life when he is asked to interview India's greatest Urdu poet, Nur - a project that can only end in disaster. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428497
ISBN
9780099428497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Hannah and Humphrey Drayton seem to be happily married. Yet Hannah has reached the stage where she can't stand her husband. Every Thursday she meets with her friend, David Craventon, and they go to the cinema or the theatre. Yet when Humphrey finds out, her Thursday friend becomes her saviour. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 107 x 26. Weight in Grams: 192. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Corgi
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0245717
ISBN
9780552144384
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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