Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A novel first published in 1952 as THREE BEAR WITNESS which, set in Wales, tells a tale of love and death centred around an Oxford don who leaves for a Welsh farm and for the wife of a neighbouring farmer. From the author of the AUBREY/NATURIN novels. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages and damage to author's introductory page, otherwise good and remains intact
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007539
- ISBN
- 9780006476528
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013 WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014 Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 228. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007508
- ISBN
- 9780007491452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Set in the rural French town in Burgundy that would also form the backdrop to the bestselling Suite Francaise, this title tells the story of Silvio, his cousin's wife Helene, her second husband Francoise, and of the truths, deaths, marriages, children, houses and mills that bind them with love and hatred, deception and betrayal. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007486
- ISBN
- 9780099516095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This time the shockingly sensual, ruthlessly clever Lucky is out to conquer Hollywood! Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 145 x 41. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849836272
- ISBN
- 9781849836272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. A mesmerising meditation on memory, madness and the lesser known horrors of Nazi Germany. Translator(s): Hawkesworth, Celia. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848665873
- ISBN
- 9781848665873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Sharing a room with criminals is an occupational hazard for probation counsellor Daniel Brasher. But he's ready to move on; he's looking forward to leaving it behind for good. That was the plan at least. Until, before leaving work for the evening, Daniel finds a letter in his pigeonhole. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405912587
- ISBN
- 9781405912587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. A work of Proust that is translated from French original into English. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141180311
- ISBN
- 9780141180311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive and he is one of the powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show his weakness. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, he takes violent action. Will the great man's pride eventually destroy him? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141023380
- ISBN
- 9780141023380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.64
€ 11.99
€ 9.64
Paperback. What if a demented London cabbie called Dave Rudman wrote a book to his estranged son to give him some fatherly advice? What if that book was buried in Hampstead and hundreds of years later, when rising sea levels have put London underwater, spawned a religion? This book offers a historical detective story set in the far future. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141014548
- ISBN
- 9780141014548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.61
€ 10.99
€ 9.61
Paperback. This title involves left-wing academics, right-wing capitalists, true-blue country gentry, workers, peasants, police and lawyers. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099435532
- ISBN
- 9780099435532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.76
€ 13.99
€ 10.76
Paperback. On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now one of mankind's most thrilling fantasies has come true and the first dinosaurs that the Earth has seen in the time of man emerge. But there is a dark side to the fantasy. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784752224
- ISBN
- 9781784752224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Six shots. Five dead. A heartland city thrown into terror. But within hours the cops have it solved. A slam-dunk case. Apart from one thing. The accused gunman refuses to talk except for a single phrase: Get Jack Reacher for me. Reacher lives off the grid. He's not looking for trouble. But sometimes trouble looks for him. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780857500120
- ISBN
- 9780857500120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. For Jack Reacher being invisible has become a habit. He spends his days digging swimming pools by hand and his nights as the bouncer in the local strip club in the Florida Keys. He doesn't want to be found. But someone has sent a private detective to seek him out. Then Reacher finds the guy beaten to death with his fingertips sliced off. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780857500069
- ISBN
- 9780857500069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. He offers her a steadying arm. And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach. Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know why they've been kidnapped. The woman claims to be FBI. She's certainly tough enough. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780857500052
- ISBN
- 9780857500052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.10
€ 12.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting encounter with another; a brother and sister find themselves at the bottom of a coal mine with a Japanese tourist; a Welsh stag on a debauched weekend in Dublin confesses an unimaginable truth; and more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571317028
- ISBN
- 9780571317028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.47
€ 12.99
€ 5.47
Paperback. A Russian woman named Lara arrives in Afghanistan at the house of Marcus Caldwell, an Englishman and widower living in the shadow of the Tora Bora mountains. Marcus' daughter, Zameen, may have known Lara's brother, a Soviet soldier who disappeared in the area many years previously. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352 436pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- 9780571238804
- ISBN
- 9780571238804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.33
€ 11.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion', she announces. She is nineteen years old and unmarried. What happens that afternoon will change her life. Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241972908
- ISBN
- 9780241972908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.06
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€ 10.06
Paperback. Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy and comic invention, this book is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241968581
- ISBN
- 9780241968581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
Paperback. Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, frustrated college professor. In love with his landlady's twelve-year-old daughter Lolita, he'll do anything to possess her. Unable and unwilling to stop himself, he is prepared to commit any crime to get what he wants. Is he in love or insane? This is a silver-tongued poet or a pervert? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780241953242
- ISBN
- 9780241953242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.70
€ 11.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. Ignatius J Reilly is fat, flatulent, eloquent and almost unemployable. By the standards of ordinary folk he is pretty much unhinged, too. But is he bothered by this? No. For this misanthropic crusader against an America fallen into vice and ignorance has a mission: to rescue a naked female philosopher in distress. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 26. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780241951590
- ISBN
- 9780241951590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. One of the first things ninety-two-year-old Marian Leatherby overhears when she is given an ornate hearing trumpet is her family plotting to commit her to an institution. Soon, she finds herself trapped in a sinister retirement home, where the elderly must inhabit buildings shaped like igloos and birthday cakes. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141187990
- ISBN
- 9780141187990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. Finally given the heave-ho by Pandora, Adrian Mole finds himself in the unenviable situation of living with the love-of-his-life as she goes about shacking up with other men. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Re-issue
- SKU
- 9780141046457
- ISBN
- 9780141046457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.61
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€ 9.61
Paperback. Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart's - lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century - contains more than its fair share of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141044170
- ISBN
- 9780141044170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.07
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€ 11.07
Paperback. Bee and Ana were half-sisters. But, since Bee left home when Ana was four, the two never really bonded. When Bee is found dead, Ana doesn't know what to feel. Ana packs up Bee's belongings and realizes there was more to her sister than she had imagined. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- SKU
- 9780140295962
- ISBN
- 9780140295962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.76
€ 13.99
€ 10.76