Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. A young woman must redefine herself after a tragic road accident in a powerful story of love, family and fate. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 492. Good clean copy in dust jacket. Ex-libris with cover in mylar
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0000685
- ISBN
- 9781471157714
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. One day a rift opens along the border between Spain and France, and the Iberian peninsula floats off across the Atlantic, a great stone raft. But what of the floating population? While the tourists and investors flee, the Spanish and Portuguese escape the coast and wander the inland roads. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781860467219
- ISBN
- 9781860467219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.38
€ 11.99
€ 10.38
Hardcover. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Moncrieff, Scott. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 34. Weight in Grams: 734.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841598963
- ISBN
- 9781841598963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 18.76
€ 29.99
€ 18.76
Hardcover. P G Wodehouse was, by common consent, the most brilliant writer of English comedy in the 20th century, equally celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. This anthology includes two novels, fourteen short stories and extracts from Wodehouse' autobiography. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 840 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 49. Weight in Grams: 864.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593067
- ISBN
- 9781841593067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.77
€ 23.99
€ 15.77
Paperback. Enter the world of Gormenghast, the crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is Lord and heir. It is the cobwebbed kingdom of Byzantine government and age-old rituals, a world primed to implode beneath the weight of centuries of intrigue, treachery, manipulation, and murder. This work is a sequel to "Titus Groan". Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749394820
- ISBN
- 9780749394820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
€ 10.99
€ 9.70
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.65
€ 11.99
€ 10.65
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.45
€ 17.99
€ 13.45
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.70
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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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
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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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.70
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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
Paperback
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
Paperback
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€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 18. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780449215043
- ISBN
- 9780449215043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.89
€ 9.99
€ 9.89
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
€ 4.99
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
€ 4.99
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
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
€ 20.99
€ 15.62
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
€ 16.99
€ 11.69
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
€ 13.99€ 9.70
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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
€ 11.99
€ 10.45