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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Why does the same stranger keep appearing in the background of a family's holiday photographs? What makes a woman stand mesmerised by two children in a school playground, children she's never met but whose names she knows well? The stories in this title reveals these secrets. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
SORT OF BOOKS
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954899547
ISBN
9780954899547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. Denmark's foremost literary author turns crime fiction on its head. Bess and Halland live in a small town, where everyone knows everyone else. When Halland is found murdered in the main square the police encounter only riddles. For Bess bereavement marks the start of a journey that leads her to a reassessment of first friends then family. Translator(s): Martin, Aitken. Num Pages: 189 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
189
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956284075
ISBN
9780956284075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

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
€ 10.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679781424
ISBN
9780679781424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.42

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

€ 15.99
€ 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
€ 10.51

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
€ 11.05

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

€ 12.40

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
€ 11.02

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

€ 6.24

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

€ 8.67

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

€ 15.55

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
€ 15.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Fig Tree
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241977774
ISBN
9780241977774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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
€ 15.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062237101
ISBN
9780062237101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.57

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. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 212 x 240 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477829325
ISBN
9781477829325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.13

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