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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A gripping race against the clock, and an examination of the hidden lives of those who choose to live on the outskirts of society. Translator(s): Paterson, Anna. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main - Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857860224
- ISBN
- 9780857860224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. One of the great works of European short fiction, by turns funny, reflective and profound Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846689581
- ISBN
- 9781846689581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.69
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Paperback. Set in August, 1939, this story moves from Cornwall to London and back again, over the years, telling the stories of five cousins who have gathered at their aunt's house for their annual ritual of a holiday. It presents a picture of wartime London: the rationing, the fallen houses, the parties, the new-found comforts of sex, and more. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099499145
- ISBN
- 9780099499145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
paperback. A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS is the much anticipated and utterly beguiling new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Tinder Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755390939
- ISBN
- 9780755390939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
Paperback. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in search of a woman named Buena who, twelve years ago, infused him with a feeling that has now turned into obsession. Sam Newel has travelled from Chicago seeking the missing piece of himself. They both find themselves on an uncharted hunting island in the Mississippi owned by an old man named Lamb. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260. 304 pages. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in search of a woman named Buena who, twelve years ago, infused him with a feeling that has now turned into obsession. Sam Newel has travelled from Chicago seeking the missing piece of himself. They both find themselves on an uncharted hunting island in the Mississippi owned by an old man named Lamb. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight: 208.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747584964
- ISBN
- 9780747584964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Following the bizarre accidental death of his wife, an Israeli secret agent retires to the suburbs. After a lifetime of uncovering other people's secrets, he is forced to look back at the lies he has told himself. The author's other books include "My Michael" and "The Slopes of Lebanon". Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099913405
- ISBN
- 9780099913405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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€ 11.08
Paperback. David Benioff's character-driven debut novel; a spellbinding portrait of three buddies confronting the consequences of their carefree youth on the streets of New York. Num Pages: 288 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340822296
- ISBN
- 9780340822296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Fading charmer, Tommy Wilhelm has reached his day of reckoning and is scared. In his forties, he still retains a boyish impetuousness that has brought him to the brink of chaos: he is separated from his wife and children, at odds with his vain, successful father, failed in his acting career, and in a financial mess. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184852
- ISBN
- 9780141184852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
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€ 10.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408865330
- ISBN
- 9781408865330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
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€ 10.11
Paperback. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590176801
- ISBN
- 9781590176801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. In this unforgettable novel, set in war-torn Europe, two sisters are forced to make heartbreaking choices that will shape the rest of their lives Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755344895
- ISBN
- 9780755344895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
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€ 11.06
Paperback. A funny and tender celebration of love in all its frailty, confusion and excess, from the author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087317
- ISBN
- 9781847087317
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
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Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2014 Miles Franklin Award Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472120571
- ISBN
- 9781472120571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
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€ 11.72
Paperback. A powerful, sparse debut novel with a moral crux at its heart, Brother's Keeper explores themes of addiction, guilt, forgiveness and redemption. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782394273
- ISBN
- 9781782394273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.01
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€ 10.01
Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 100 x 17. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509827350
- ISBN
- 9781509827350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.77
€ 13.00
€ 11.77
Paperback. Siri Hustvedt's mesmerising second novel, 'startlingly good, tautly written and very sexy' Marie Claire. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Sceptre United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340682364
- ISBN
- 9780340682364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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€ 11.04
Paperback. Tells the story of Leila, a nineteen year old woman living on a small Caribbean island in the 1950s. Her subsequent passage to England brings her face to face with the consequences of the decisions she has made to determine her life on her own terms. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099468585
- ISBN
- 9780099468585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardcover. A story which traces the history of a house and a family at the time of World War I. This is a picture of Edwardian England at its most opulent. Exploring the themes of love, honour and betrayal, this contemporary of Henry James and Joseph Conrad shows himself their equal in literary skill. Num Pages: 906 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 46. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 906
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151145
- ISBN
- 9781857151145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. "Latiolais is as close to Alice Munro as a writer can get, but with a more modern edge."-Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393354164
- ISBN
- 9780393354164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.09
€ 17.99
€ 16.09
Hardcover. When a man needs only two hundred pounds to marry his cook and buy a public house, one would expect his life to be trouble free, but the fifth Earl of Shortlands has to reckon with his haughty daughter, Lady Adela, and Mervyn Spink, his butler, who also happens to be his rival in love. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591339
- ISBN
- 9781841591339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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Paperback. 'All human life is there, in a mesmerizing world of its own' Guardian Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Picador London
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- On Demand
- SKU
- KEX0200829
- ISBN
- 9780330345651
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A quiet, engaging novel about the death of a priest in 1950s Ireland and a world on the cusp of change. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784977412
- ISBN
- 9781784977412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
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paperback. An English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher (University of Cambridge). Translator(s): Grieve, James. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141180328
- ISBN
- 9780141180328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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€ 11.04
Paperback. A collection of stories, in which a divorcee falls in love with a mysterious European waitress; a widower relives a favourite holiday; two writers rehearse familiar arguments; and, a couple bond, fall out and bond again over flowers and vegetable patches. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099552475
- ISBN
- 9780099552475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02