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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life - until one day his great chance of glory at last arrives. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315871
ISBN
9780571315871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Time Warner Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781601625670
ISBN
9781601625670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. Evokes a world in which squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town Lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented affluence. This work shows the anxieties of the postwar era. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548850
ISBN
9780099548850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Darf Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772880
ISBN
9781850772880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.54

Paperback. A novel of wine, women and sun with a plot that offers more twists than a corkscrew. This is a captivating new novel from the internationally bestselling author of A YEAR IN PROVENCE and BON APPETIT! Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751539660
ISBN
9780751539660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. In these slippery stories the truth and the possible weave as unexpected lives, complicated minds and exotic spaces are sketched in with nimble words and quick wit. Ghosts torment from the past; future selves write back; the lost look about, find themselves watched, are lead astray. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409688
ISBN
9781910409688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.44

Paperback. Rand's passion is climbing - mountains, the huge vertical faces. There, where storms, snow, or rockfall can kill, he finds his happiness, sometimes climbing with others, sometimes alone. Not intending it, he becomes suddenly famous for a daring rescue in the Alps. This novel reveals what happens when passion is spent and what becomes of heroes? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189581
ISBN
9780141189581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. 'You're beautiful,' Johnny told her. So, full of hope, seventeen-year-old Felicia crosses the Irish Sea to England to find her lover and tell him she is pregnant. Desperately searching for Johnny in the bleak post-industrial Midlands, she is instead found by Mr Hilditch, a strange and lonely man, a collector and befriender of homeless young girls. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044620
ISBN
9780141044620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Trade Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486272757
ISBN
9780486272757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.56

Paperback. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, this novel explores intense, passionate family relationships where there is no love, only self-centredness. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099475019
ISBN
9780099475019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.70

Paperback. Ugandan Mary Tendo worked for many years in the white middle-class Henman household in London, cleaning for Vanessa and looking after her only child, Justin. More than ten years after Mary has left, Justin is too depressed to get out of bed. To his mother's surprise, he asks for Mary. This work confronts racism and class conflict with humour. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590085
ISBN
9781846590085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. A classic novel from recent Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano, now available to English-language readers in a superb new translation Translator(s): Polizzotti, Mark. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300215892
ISBN
9780300215892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.38

Paperback. As he's about to commit a massive act of violence, he finds himself shot back through time to resurface in the body of an FBI agent during the civil rights era, where he sees why 'Hell is Red River, Idaho, in the 1970s'. This book seeks an understanding of why human beings hate. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846551529
ISBN
9781846551529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.11

Paperback. From master storyteller Danielle Steel comes another unforgettable tale of love, loss and new beginnings. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 119 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KI20002897
ISBN
9780751542448
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The charming and entertaining new 44 Scotland Street novel from bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith. Series: 44 Scotland Street. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139166
ISBN
9780349139166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws. But he is not beaten yet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540144
ISBN
9780099540144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But to be honest, it's not quite as dreamy as she'd hoped. The trouble started on honeymoon, when she told Luke the tiniest little fib, about the teeniest little purchase. Then she receives some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister. Series: Shopaholic. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ0006745
ISBN
9780552771115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. A magnificent, essential work of fiction about the event which has come to define America at the turn of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
9781447224372
ISBN
9780330524919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

paperback. A collection of three works exploring the profound effects on protagonists who embark on psychological voyages of liberation. The first story offers a depiction of London's fashionable horse riding set. The second story portrays the intimacy between an aloof woman and her male guide, while the third deals with a woman's religious quest. Editor(s): Poplawski, Paul. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441665
ISBN
9780141441665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. The world-wide, mega selling author of Man and Boy is back with a sizzling, Shanghai tale of sex, romance and second wives Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTJ0007132
ISBN
9780007226498
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The world-wide, mega selling author of Man and Boy is back with a sizzling, Shanghai tale of sex, romance and second wives Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KNH0012136
ISBN
9780007226498
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A broken leg can change your life. Then again, so can a kiss.. From the author of THE ONE YOU REALLY WANT and THREE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT YOU. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755332557
ISBN
9780755332557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 426 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Time Warner Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
426
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781601624604
ISBN
9781601624604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408879566
ISBN
9781408879566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

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