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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Highly-praised new novel from the bestselling Austrian author of Measuring the World, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2015 Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784296230
ISBN
9781784296230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. From the WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2014, a 'humorous, bittersweet fiction, combin[ing] the fantastical realism of Marquez with the domestic comedy of Andrea Levy' INDEPENDENT Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753823118
ISBN
9780753823118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868198057
ISBN
9780868198057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Kate and John Ryan have four children, of whom the eldest are Michael and Dara. Their small town is peaceful and friendly, an unchanging background for a golden childhood. In long, hot summers Michael and Dara and their friends fish and swim or play in the ivy-clad ruins of Fernscourt, when the great house burnt down during the Troubles.. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 49. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099498667
ISBN
9780099498667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.76

Paperback. The dazzling new novel, evoking the thrilling world of the Victorian carnival, from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Jamrach's Menagerie Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782116561
ISBN
9781782116561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Seventeen years after fleeing the revolutionary Ethiopia that claimed his father's life, Stepha Stephanos is a man still caught between two existences: the one he left behind, aged nineteen, and the new life he has forged in Washington D C Sepha spends his days in a sort of limbo. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099502739
ISBN
9780099502739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The bible of lesbianism' THE TIMES Series: VMC. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085156
ISBN
9781844085156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Douglas Yandell, a youngish music critic, is enlisted by Kitty Vandervane to keep an eye on her roving husband - the eminent conductor and would-be radical Sir Roy - as he embarks on yet another affair. Roy, meanwhile, wants Douglas as an alibi for his growing involvement with Sylvia, an unsuitably young woman who loves nothing more than to shock. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194240
ISBN
9780141194240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. *A woman's struggle to find happiness. Set against a background of poverty and hardship in Clydeside's docklands. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 109 x 26. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KST0015497
ISBN
9780751545111
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Weight in Grams: 0.65.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503948426
ISBN
9781503948426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Series: Dover mystery classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486297132
ISBN
9780486297132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. An evocative account of a childhood summer spent beside the sea in Norfolk by brother and sister, Eustace and Hilda. Series: FF Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
FF Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571203826
ISBN
9780571203826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. There's little room in this world for a moral man. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0014613
ISBN
9780007339549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Issy Brodsky finds a job at The Honey Trap, an agency specialising in testing men's fidelity, run by a transgender boss. The Honeys can play any flirting game they want as long as they abide by one rule - never sleep with a client's husband. But just when she thinks fate has finally let up, things start to get complicated, surreally complicated. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KRS0004021
ISBN
9780747571933
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Issy Brodsky finds a job at The Honey Trap, an agency specialising in testing men's fidelity, run by a transgender boss. The Honeys can play any flirting game they want as long as they abide by one rule - never sleep with a client's husband. But just when she thinks fate has finally let up, things start to get complicated, surreally complicated. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KEX0216165
ISBN
9780747571933
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Anniversary edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191201
ISBN
9780141191201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.66

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400043
ISBN
9781910400043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. A chilling and gripping dystopian novel set in near-future Sweden Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780747217
ISBN
9781780747217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489037
ISBN
9780801489037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. After committing a crime anyone but a close relative might forgive, Karli Mortdecai Van Cleef leaves Holland double-quick with his uncle's buckshot lodged firmly in the seat of his breeches. Discretion being the least-idiotic part of valour he decides to hide far away in London, among the tea shops and opium dens. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241971765
ISBN
9780241971765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 177 x 111 x 52. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160418
ISBN
9781784160418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Copy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909570030
ISBN
9781909570030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155509
ISBN
9781903155509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.28

Paperback. Alex is in his thirties, a solitary man who has finally found love in the form of his beautiful and vivacious wife, Rachel. When Rachel is brutally murdered one midsummer night by the lake in the grounds of their alma mater, Worcester College, Oxford, Alex's life as he knew it vanishes. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KRA0010738
ISBN
9780099563594
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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