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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The dazzling second book from the winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize and Nibbies 'Author of the Year' Aravind Adiga Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 344. 352 pages. The dazzling second book from the winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize and Nibbies 'Author of the Year' Aravind Adiga. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 126 x 196 x 27. Weight: 344.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848878099
ISBN
9781848878099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408860557
ISBN
9781408860557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Mma has just buried her mother, and now she is alone. She has been left everything. But she's also inherited her mother's bad name. A bold, brash woman, the only thing her mother refused to discuss was her past. Why did she flee her family and bring her daughter to a new town when she was a baby? What was she escaping from? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224093835
ISBN
9780224093835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Somerville Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992736415
ISBN
9780992736415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. Moorcock returns to his beloved London, in a novel that captures the wild heart and dangerous living of the greatest city in the world. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473213272
ISBN
9781473213272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. You've read THE SHADOW OF THE WIND - now read what happens next .. Includes Reading Group Notes. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780222851
ISBN
9781780222851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Portrays the development of Burroughs' mature writing style by presenting a selection of pieces from the mid-1950s. This book tells how his outrageous tone of voice represents the exorcism of four decades of oppressive sexual and social conditioning. Editor(s): Grauerholz, James. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189871
ISBN
9780141189871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but the layers of years are too many. Thus begins the gathering of her family's history through the tales of her aunts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747585923
ISBN
9780747585923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. A lyrical coming-of-age narrative, its people drawn with love in that singing Glasgow voice. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204. 320 pages. A lyrical coming-of-age narrative, its people drawn with love in that singing Glasgow voice. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight: 204.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671257
ISBN
9781847671257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Orphaned at the age of seven, Koyaga grows up to be a terrible hunter; he fights mystical beasts, and is a shape-shifter, capable of changing himself into beasts and birds. He fights in the French colonial armies. Over the course of five nights, this title tells the life story of Koyaga, President and Dictator of the Gulf Coast. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283829
ISBN
9780099283829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A government official who is inspecting a faded mansion of forgotten treasures, comes across the final, shocking gift which is bleeding the museum dry. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099553953
ISBN
9780099553953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. A masterful re-imagining of the lives and loves of Harry Houdini, from the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller The Cellist of Sarajevo. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KAK0011217
ISBN
9781782394013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Shy, sensible banker Stuart has trouble with women; that is, until a fortuitous singles night, where he meets Gillian, a picture restorer recovering from a destructive affair. Stuart's best friend Oliver is his complete opposite - a language teacher who 'talks like a dictionary', brash and feckless. Soon Stuart and Gillian are married. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540137
ISBN
9780099540137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509823345
ISBN
9781509823345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Hardback. A timely and thought-provoking novella about being a refugee - a bestseller throughout Europe, published in the UK for the first time Num Pages: 64 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 105 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 74.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471161476
ISBN
9781471161476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.70

Paperback.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998486
ISBN
9781906998486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
And Other Stories United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276667
ISBN
9781908276667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. The perfect life was the perfect lie.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008175177
ISBN
9780008175177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. The drunk man lies on a moonlit hillside looking at a thistle, jaggy and beautiful, which epitomises Scotland's divided self. The man reflects on the fate of the nation, the human condition in general and his own personal fears. This book contains commentary and notes, and takes the reader through the author's complex and opaque use of language. Editor(s): Buthlay, Kenneth. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846970269
ISBN
9781846970269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Amid the backstreets, brothels and faded hotels of Bombay, Madras and the old Portuguese port of Goa, a man searches for his lost friend. Xavier has been missing for a year, and the only clues to his disappearance lie with an overworked doctor, a young prostitute and the leader of a strange religious order. Translator(s): Parks, Tim. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857869432
ISBN
9780857869432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408854587
ISBN
9781408854587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. Meredith Whitman has been offered an extraordinary job opportunity in San Francisco, three thousand miles away. Her husband, Steve's job keeps him in New York for months longer than planned. This work explores what happens when lives that fit together like delicately balanced puzzles are shifted, changed and drift apart. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 216. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KOC0017161
ISBN
9780552145053
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. On a summer's day in 1922 Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, leaving behind a marriage that's not as perfect as it seems and a past that she buried long ago. She is charged with the care of a stunning young girl with a jet-black fringe and eyes wild and wise beyond her fifteen years. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718158972
ISBN
9780718158972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Presents depiction of a young man's sexual initiation and corruption by his mother, where the profane becomes sacred, and intense experience is shown as the only way to transcend the boundaries of society and morality. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195551
ISBN
9780141195551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

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