Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A brilliant novel from Ghana portraying a crucial period in the nation's history. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- V9780435045708
- ISBN
- 9780435045708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.21
€ 17.21
Paperback. When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. Series: The Will Trent Series. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 81 x 35. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099509769
- ISBN
- 9780099509769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060727666
- ISBN
- 9780060727666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. An ambitious, epic dystopian novel - part political thriller and part satire. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph; De Wolf, Charles; Takemori, Ginny. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908968494
- ISBN
- 9781908968494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.53
€ 13.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Ranging from the ultra realistic "Some Hours in the Life of a Witch" to the surreal fantasy world of "Fulfilment" and "The Wife of Bath", the stories in this book describe ordinary and not so ordinary lives, and the lives of women in particular, in the feminist and post-feminist era in Ireland. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855942011
- ISBN
- 9781855942011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.60
€ 10.99
€ 10.60
paperback. Moving away from crime fiction, Pauline McLynn has crafted a mesmerising novel about human relationships. 'This is Pauline McLynn's fourth novel, and the author is going from strength to strength with every outing. Fizzing with vividly sketched characters, The Woman on the Bus is a skilfully written story' Sunday Tribune Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302. Good Clean copy with minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMF0000289
- ISBN
- 9780747267829
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.99€ 9.58
€ 12.99
€ 9.58
Paperback. FLIGHTS, which was awarded Poland's biggest literary prize in 2008, is a novel about travel in the twenty-first century and human anatomy. Olga Tokarczuk perfectly interwtines travel narratives and reflections on travel with observations on the body and on life and death Translator(s): Croft, Jennifer. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910695432
- ISBN
- 9781910695432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.67
€ 16.99
€ 12.67
Paperback. Three friends. Three lives ripped apart by war. A stand out novel from the Sunday Times Number One bestseller Penny Vincenzi. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780755332649
- ISBN
- 9780755332649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.27
€ 12.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. A novel, about a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260. ******THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN FEBRUARY 2022****
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571225910
- ISBN
- 9780571225910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11
Paperback. Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included the Booker Prize-winning titles Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. He is also a dazzling writer of short stories. This volume collects together all the stories from The Fat Man in History and War Crimes as well as three other stories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258. ******THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN FEBRUARY 2022****
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571175864
- ISBN
- 9780571175864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.98
€ 17.99
€ 12.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 385 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553385526
- ISBN
- 9780553385526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.35
€ 18.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253207876
- ISBN
- 9780253207876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.97
€ 24.99
€ 22.97
Paperback. From the beginning of the world, when God created Audrey Hepburn, the guilt complex and worker ants, to the end, broadcast live on a TV chat show, this book whips through our tortuous past with the deftness of a surgeon's scalpel. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Telegram Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846590498
- ISBN
- 9781846590498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.16
€ 15.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. A young man is fighting for his life. Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him. Their journey will have you believing in the impossible. A Richard and Judy Best Read 2009 pick. Num Pages: 502 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348. 502 pages. A young man is fighting for his life. Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him. Their journey will have you believing in the impossible. A Richard and Judy Best Read 2009 pick. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 32. Weight: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847671691
- ISBN
- 9781847671691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. VAS combines a variety of voices, from journalism and libretto to poem and comic book. Often these voices meet in counterpoint, and the meaning of the narrative emerges from their juxtapositions, harmonies, or discords. Num Pages: 370 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226807409
- ISBN
- 9780226807409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. The brilliant new novel from the bestselling author of 'Mr Golightly's Holiday' and 'Miss Garnet's Angel'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007165452
- ISBN
- 9780007165452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of ASTONISHING SPLASHES OF COLOUR, an absorbing and thought-provoking tale about the impact on a happy family when the husband mysteriously vanishes. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHN0001861
- ISBN
- 9780340994290
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, the overlapping lives of five newcomers to China's most dynamic city are the subject of this kaleidoscopic novel. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007494187
- ISBN
- 9780007494187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424. 252 pages. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 20. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Donald
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904607588
- ISBN
- 9781904607588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.73
€ 33.99
€ 30.73
Paperback. The word has gone out that Seduce is dead, and all the mourners gather on the mythical Church Island in the Caribbean for her wake. All bring their own memories of Seduce: her daughter Glory prays for the rescue of her mother's soul. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845232177
- ISBN
- 9781845232177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. A reissue of a novel which has been unavailable since 1987, about a young, glamorous, successful couple whose relationship is threatened by an afternoon's faithlessness. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751542493
- ISBN
- 9780751542493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. They spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. Away from friends and family, they share a stretch of stained carpet with a group of strangers they call colleagues. There's Chris Yop, clinging to his ergonomic chair; Lynn Mason, the boss, whose breast cancer everyone pretends not to talk about. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 52. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027630
- ISBN
- 9780141027630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver's North Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Edition
- Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910409978
- ISBN
- 9781910409978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.93
€ 10.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Scott, Asgeir. Num Pages: 138 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851246284
- ISBN
- 9780851246284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37