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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Was Lucien de Balafre a patriot who served his country as best he could in difficult times, or a treacherous collaborator in the Vichy government? This book explores the ties between fathers and sons and the pains of love and duty in a period of European history that is still characterised by wilful denial and hatred. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244. 356 pages. Etienne de Balafre, half French, half English and raised in South Africa, returns to post-war France to unravel the tangled history of his father - Lucien. Was he a patriot who served his country as best he could in difficult times, or a treacherous collaborator in the Vichy government?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 128 x 198 x 22. Weight: 288.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841952994
- ISBN
- 9781841952994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Sally is big and pampered. She's married to Richard. But she loves Jerry. Jerry loves Sally, but he's also still in love with his wife Ruth. Who's been sleeping with Richard ..As a hot, feverish summer of weekends, secret phone calls and lovemaking on the beach comes to a head, it turns out everyone knows more than they've been letting on. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189406
- ISBN
- 9780141189406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.64
€ 16.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413776525
- ISBN
- 9780413776525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.44
€ 14.44
Paperback. Who knew that in the battle against oppression a woman's greatest weapon would be a cricket ball? A determined young woman's plan to escape from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan (and a cruel Taliban commander who is determined to marry her) depends on the outcome of an unusual cricket match. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278. 336 pages. Who knew that in the battle against oppression a woman's greatest weapon would be a cricket ball? A determined young woman's plan to escape from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan (and a cruel Taliban commander who is determined to marry her) depends on the outcome of an unusual cricket match. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight: 314.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781743311479
- ISBN
- 9781743311479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. A man. A woman. The heat of an Iowa summer. And the brief encounter whose passion will last a lifetime. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 90 x 13. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099421344
- ISBN
- 9780099421344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy' - Candis Matchmaking children bring their mothers the best gift of all - love! Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- MIRA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KTM0006460
- ISBN
- 9780778304401
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A spellbinding work of literary suspense from National Book Award finalist Jennifer Egan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349120447
- ISBN
- 9780349120447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. 'Presumed Innocent meets Fatal Attraction.. Hart's prose is like Raymond Chandler's, angular and hard..' - Entertainment Weekly Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848540989
- ISBN
- 9781848540989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he will receive there, while Joan is plotting how to leave him. For too long she has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, whilst quietly being the keystone of his success. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478195
- ISBN
- 9780099478195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. * A gripping historical novel, based on a true story, which tells the tale of a girl born into rough cloth who hungered for lace and was hanged for murder in 1763. * By a well-known Irish writer. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087341
- ISBN
- 9781844087341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Wakefield Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984115587
- ISBN
- 9780984115587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.36
€ 14.36
Hardcover. The thrilling debut from comedy writer and stand up star, Will Smith - a novel about loneliness, about not belonging and about the corroding effects of keeping secrets. 'John le Carre meets 'Middlemarch' Independent Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 442. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KTG0003613
- ISBN
- 9780007594269
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In the weeks before Christmas, a mother will lose a son, and a father will gain one. Both will have to find a way to survive when everything they love is in danger of being destroyed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KST0029828
- ISBN
- 9780743240024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When the three witches - now old, remarried and widowed - decide to go back to Eastwick to spend a summer together, many things have changed. Darryl Van Horne is gone. Their husbands and lovers have gone. The lithe and supple bodies with which they wrecked marriages and wreaked havoc many years before have gone. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038032
- ISBN
- 9780141038032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Dinah is a prostitute who lives with a Rastafarian fisherman on the Dungle, the rubbish heap where the very poorist squat. She refuses to accept his passivity and patriarchal attitudes and leaves him. But she is no more satisfied by the secure life she takes up with Alphanso, a dull police constable. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 208 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 134 x 208 x 17. Weight: 268.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845230944
- ISBN
- 9781845230944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
paperback. The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother's undivided attention, and finds himself in a constant struggle to win back her affections. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics England
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187877
- ISBN
- 9780141187877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. The thrilling new novel from bestselling Richard Madeley takes us into the glamorous world of the Kennedys and the steamy, sinister Florida Keys Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KSG0009228
- ISBN
- 9781471112652
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In an idyllic, peaceful island setting two charming children conspire to execute the perfect murder - and get away with it Series: The Bloomsbury Group. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206. Series: The Bloomsbury Group. 288 pages. In an idyllic, peaceful island setting two charming children conspire to execute the perfect murder - and get away with it. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight: 204.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408808573
- ISBN
- 9781408808573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. A story of love and honour, greed and cruelty, and a magical journey into the unknown from the Richard and Judy bestselling author of THE CONJUROR'S BIRD Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton London
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340896365
- ISBN
- 9780340896365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 205 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385468862
- ISBN
- 9780385468862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.03
€ 18.99
€ 16.03
Paperback. The great novel of Africa from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Edition
- Reprints
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522991
- ISBN
- 9780330522991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.32
€ 15.32
Paperback. Following the hugely acclaimed bestseller Hey Nostradamus! comes a major new novel from Douglas Coupland: the wonderfully warm, funny, life-affirming story of Liz Dunn, a woman who has spent her whole life alone and lonely - until now.. This is a brilliant work of commercial literary fiction from an author who just gets better and better. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- (Reissue)
- SKU
- KST0029683
- ISBN
- 9780007162529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185736
- ISBN
- 9780141185736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. 'Intricate, beautifully observed and with a painter's eye for imagery, in these stories Hislop evokes Greece, its people, its customs and traditions with a sensitivity that reveals her deep knowledge of not just the place but also the human condition' Express Num Pages: 176 pages, Line drawing for each story. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472206022
- ISBN
- 9781472206022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.89
€ 13.00
€ 11.89