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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206. 302 pages. At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight: 206.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671158
ISBN
9781847671158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers. It follows the career of Undine Spragg, as she pursues her schemes and social ambitions in a world of shifting values, where triumph is swiftly followed by disillusion. Editor(s): Orgel, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555123
ISBN
9780199555123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Felix is lucky. Unlike the other children in the orphanage, he's certain his parents will come back for him one day. And whatever the Nazis do and however many books they burn, Felix's imagination provides him and his companions with an endless supply of stories that protect them when they're on the run and one day may even save Felix's life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042794
ISBN
9780141042794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. For Gideon Mack, faithless minister, unfaithful husband and troubled soul, the existence of God, let alone the Devil, is no more credible than that of ghosts or fairies. Until the day he falls into a gorge and is rescued by someone who might just be Satan himself. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 282. Good clean copy showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Later printing
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KSG0011806
ISBN
9780141023359
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * The bestselling novel behind the popular motion picture, Nights in Rodanthe, starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane, now repackaged in the latest film tie-in artwork * An epic love story from the bestselling author of The Notebook Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751551860
ISBN
9780751551860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A timely reissue of the extraordinary stories by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert that won international acclaim, to be timed with the theatrical release of the documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472152565
ISBN
9781472152565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. 1959. England's Lane is a respectable street of reputable family businesses. Until an enigmatic butcher sets up shop, and shameful secrets begin to surface.. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780877211
ISBN
9781780877211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. From the Sunday Timesbestselling author, a dream house, a hidden past, a place of memories Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849835312
ISBN
9781849835312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. With three husbands in her past, one in her present and a numberless army of children, Mrs Armitage is astonished to find herself collapsing one day in Harrods. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241240106
ISBN
9780241240106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Angela's planning her very own fairytale of New York.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007501502
ISBN
9780007501502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447266648
ISBN
9781447266648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.41

Paperback. David Bell embodies the American dream. He's twenty-eight, has survived office coups, scandals, and beaten lesser rivals, to become an extremely successful TV exec. The images that flicker across America's screens, the fantasies that enthrall viewers, they are of his making. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953389
ISBN
9780241953389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. From the outbreak of the Second World War to the evacuation of Dunkirk, GOODBYE SWEETHEART follows the fortunes of the people who live in a working-class street in Portsmouth. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Orion
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KRF0031016
ISBN
9781857978124
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A dark and deeply moving psychological tale about a man with the mind of a murderer and the heart of a saint Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 1. Weight in Grams: 209. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
416
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRF0030990
ISBN
9780743429061
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847089465
ISBN
9781847089465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Hardcover. First published in 1925, this traces a day in the life of society hostess, Clarissa Dalloway. It is Woolf's first complete rendering of her "stream of consciousness" mode, which displays the inner workings of the mind as it considers the surface and darker depths of reality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151572
ISBN
9781857151572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Talks about the fictional adventures of an early 20th-century painting and the women whose lives it touches. This novel opens with bold, passionate Gwen, struggling to be an artist, leaving for Paris where she becomes Rodin's lover and paints a small, intimate picture of a quiet corner of her attic room. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099496861
ISBN
9780099496861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

paperback. Twenty-nine-year-old Lewis, caught between working at a recruitment agency, helping his father out in the barbers and keeping his mother in touch with world news. But when he receives an email from Christy, an old school friend, he is intrigued by her society for Hope for Newborns. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 328.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
SKU
KNW0009929
ISBN
9780571238217
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Patrick Flanery is an exceptionally gifted novelist, and he is just getting started' Philip Gourevitch, New Yorker Following the critical acclaim for this muscular debut novel, Flanery has confirmed himself, quite simply, as a literary star. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857892027
ISBN
9780857892027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. The best of Bukowski's novels, stories, and poems, this collection reads like an autobiography, relating the extraordinary story of his life and offering a sometimes harrowing, invariably exhilarating reading experience--a must for this counterculture idol's legions of fans. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060924584
ISBN
9780060924584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

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