Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. At moments when reality shows itself to be unstable or uncanny, we experience a form of vertigo. This experience is further complicated when we try to transform experience into writing, and fact clashes with memory. Sebald's novel, part fiction, part travelogue explores this theme. Num Pages: 272 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 2ACG; FA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099448891
- ISBN
- 9780099448891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. Jonathan Taylor's debut novel, Entertaining Strangers, is a tragi-comedy about the eccentric Edwin Prince - a depressive intellectual obsessed with high culture .. and ants. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907773273
- ISBN
- 9781907773273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
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Paperback. Soon after John McPake's marriage falls apart he starts hearing voices. An obsession with the works of Breughel develops into a full blown delusion, and he assumes the personna of Johannes, a 16th century Dutch weaver who travels with his friends, Balthazar and Cornelius, in pursuit of his son who has been abducted by the Spanish mercenaries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Sandstone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908737694
- ISBN
- 9781908737694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.42
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Paperback. Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom. After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552775489
- ISBN
- 9780552775489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
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Paperback. Planet savage is a story narrated by Leungo, a nine-year old with a very interesting outlook on life; he views his parents as good-for-nothing savages who care only for themselves; who drink themselves silly with friends who come round every day, leaving any concern for his education by the wayside. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770097513
- ISBN
- 9781770097513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.23
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Paperback. A wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret emails, art-world scandal and lovesick billionaires from the internationally bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781760290788
- ISBN
- 9781760290788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Freight Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780956613585
- ISBN
- 9780956613585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
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Paperback. Giant freak waves send an unsinkable cargo ship to the bottom of the Atlantic and a herd of killer whales attack a party of kayakers in the Pacific - random events, or evidence of polar shift? For Kurt Austin of NUMA these two seemingly unconnected incidents are harbingers of a global phenomenon that will mark the end of civilization. Series: The NUMA Files. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955864
- ISBN
- 9780241955864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
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Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General"
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Number of pages
- 285
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KHS0044093
- ISBN
- 9780863222801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272. Paperback in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Number of pages
- 285
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KRF0012039
- ISBN
- 9780863222801
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Number of pages
- 285
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KEX0220154
- ISBN
- 9780863222801
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
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Hardcover. 3et in the Malay Archipelago, where the author spent much of his youth as an officer in the British Merchant Navy, this book is a sombre yet brilliant study of good and evil in his mature manner. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151442
- ISBN
- 9781857151442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.91
€ 19.99
€ 14.91
Paperback. The seventh Thursday Next novel from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. Series: Thursday Next. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 200 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340963135
- ISBN
- 9780340963135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
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Paperback. A heart-warming and touching romance from James Patterson. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 19. Weight in Grams: 154. 8vo.Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Headline
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KEX0297228
- ISBN
- 9780755305742
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
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Paperback. Set in the 1930s, Goodbye to Berlin evokes the glamour and sleaze, excess and repression of Berlin society. Isherwood shows the lives of people at threat from the rise of the Nazis: a wealthy Jewish heiress, Natalia Landauer, a gay couple, Peter and Otto, and an English upper-class waif, the divinely decadent Sally Bowles. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749390549
- ISBN
- 9780749390549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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Paperback. A LIVERPOOL LULLABY reached number 5 in the Sunday Times bestseller list Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 29. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747255338
- ISBN
- 9780747255338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
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Paperback. Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - provincial families, a political and social elite. Kiyoaki has been raised among the Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy - but he is not one of them. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282990
- ISBN
- 9780099282990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.49
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Paperback. A novel of family legacies, love and betrayal.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857386397
- ISBN
- 9780857386397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
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Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444743678
- ISBN
- 9781444743678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.41
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Paperback. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183923
- ISBN
- 9780141183923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385499224
- ISBN
- 9780385499224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.31
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Paperback. Honda, a brilliant lawyer and man of reason, is called to Bangkok on legal business, where he is granted an audience with a young Thai princess - an encounter that radically alters the course of his life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282792
- ISBN
- 9780099282792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. Presents stories that take us around the globe and into the intimate lives of the author's characters and the dilemmas and temptations they face. This title tells the little-known history of the only enemy attack on Australian soil during the Great War, when, in January 1915, the outback town of Broken Hill was rocked by horrifying events. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784701017
- ISBN
- 9781784701017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
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Paperback. I-SPY AT THE SEASIDE Hello, children! Welcome to your very own I-Spy Book. In these pages you'll be able to look for all kinds of secret, exciting things that are found only by the sea. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRF0038232
- ISBN
- 9780007276073
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99