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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Memories of an Irish lad in wartime Liverpool Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KRA0004817
- ISBN
- 9780755336791
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Memories of an Irish lad in wartime Liverpool Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KLN0014208
- ISBN
- 9780755336791
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Adam Lambsbreath dresses up as Father Christmas in two of Judith's red shawls. There are unsuitable presents, unpleasant insertions into the pudding and some good Starkadder table talk over. Aunt Ada Doom orders Amos to carve the turkey, adding: "Ay, would it were a vulture, 'twere more fitting". Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099528678
- ISBN
- 9780099528678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Agatha Heterodyne returns to her ancestral home, the warped little town of Mechanicsburg, to convince the artificial intelligence that animates her family's castle that she is, in fact, the new Heterodyne. But things get complicated when an imposter claiming to be the legitimate heir appears. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 41. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781166512
- ISBN
- 9781781166512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.16
€ 10.99
€ 9.16
Paperback. 'It is the saddest night, for I am leaving and not coming back.' Jay is leaving his partner and their two sons. As the long night before his departure unfolds, in an unforgettable, and often pitiless, reflection on their time together he analyses the joys and agonies of trying to make a life with another person. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571333554
- ISBN
- 9780571333554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Exchanging Buckingham Palace for a two-bedroomed semi in Hell Close, caviar for boiled eggs, servants for a social worker named Trish, the Queen and her family learn what it means to be poor among the great unwashed. But is their breeding sufficient to allow them to rise above their circumstance or deep down are they just like everyone else? Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241958377
- ISBN
- 9780241958377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. . Very good copy in bright and clean dustwrapper. First edition.
Includes neat newsclippings on the author.
Includes neat newsclippings on the author.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- SKU
- KEX0303152
- ISBN
- 9780241257685
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. Set on the eve of the Sino-Japanese war, this work recounts the exuberant misadventures of the hapless hero Fang Hung-chien, who after aimlessly studying in Europe at his family's expense returns to Shanghai armed with a bogus degree from a fake university. On the liner back, Fang's life becomes deeply entangled with those of two Chinese beauties. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187860
- ISBN
- 9780141187860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.64
€ 16.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. Nete Rosen thought she'd put her traumatic youth behind her. Her caring foster parents and loving husband helped her start again. However, when a man from her past reappears one night, Nete's new life could be shattered. But she won't be drawn back into that nightmare - she won't be a victim again.. 2010. Series: Department Q. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405909785
- ISBN
- 9781405909785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.84
€ 14.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. Moving between Italy and England, the lives of four people intertwine across half a century: a dying painter considers the sacrifices and losses that have made him an enigma; a blind girl tries to make sense of a world she can no longer see; a landscape artist finds himself trapped in dangerous terrain, and more. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571315635
- ISBN
- 9780571315635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy, recently widowed, is a cook and food journalist; Joanna, a successful business woman, never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads and they quickly form a bond. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KIN0032455
- ISBN
- 9781849160131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy, recently widowed, is a cook and food journalist; Joanna, a successful business woman, never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads and they quickly form a bond. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KTG0014153
- ISBN
- 9781849160131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey to discover the real Arcadia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784082574
- ISBN
- 9781784082574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.13
€ 11.99
€ 10.13
Paperback. By the same authors as "French Leave" and "An Enthusiast" this book is a collection of stories first published at the turn of the century and were considered some of the funniest prose in the English language. They have more recently inspired the television series of the same name. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349101460
- ISBN
- 9780349101460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.51
€ 17.99
€ 12.51
paperback. .
- Publisher
- The Quince Tree Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900847967
- ISBN
- 9780900847967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.20
€ 15.20
Paperback. The survivor of multiple marriages, career comebacks and cosmetic surgeries, Miss Kathie lives the way legends should. But danger lurks when gentleman caller Webster Carlton Westward III arrives and worms his way into Miss Kathie's heart and boudoir. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099526988
- ISBN
- 9780099526988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Juno Marlowe has just waved off to war the two young men she has loved for the best part of her life when the air raid sirens begin to wail out across London. She is rescued from this nightmare by a gaunt stranger called Evelyn, frail and older than his years. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513056
- ISBN
- 9780099513056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
paperback. Mary Panton walls up her desires in a beautiful villa high up in the hills above Florence, as she calmly contemplates her disastrous marriage. But a single act of compassion begins a nightmare of violence that shatters her serenity. She turns for help to the notorious Rowley Flint. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478324
- ISBN
- 9780099478324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty, a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream. Editor(s): Cunnell, Howard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189215
- ISBN
- 9780141189215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.85
€ 14.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. The first collection of short stories published by Peter Carey, whose other books include "Bliss", "Illywhacker" and "Oscar and Lucinda", which was awarded the 1988 Booker Prize. The stories, set in an ominous near-future that has a feel of contemporary life, are by turn bizarre and funny. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571144389
- ISBN
- 9780571144389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Abigail Tarttelin 'is a natural storyteller' (Matt Haig, METRO), and she has written 'a poignant, brave and important book' (S.J. Watson) about a young boy coming to terms with being intersex. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780224596
- ISBN
- 9781780224596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. In September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokaster, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the events of the previous night, rumours circulate of a childhood friendship between a local dignitary and the invading Nazi Colonel. Translator(s): Hodgson, John. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857860125
- ISBN
- 9780857860125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.77
€ 13.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. 1950s and 60s West London is the setting for this fantastic new saga by Pamela Evans. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755374861
- ISBN
- 9780755374861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
paperback. Tells the story of Charlie and Maureen Buck's ailing marriage and their climb up the social ladder during the 1980s. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 250. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KOC0016775
- ISBN
- 9780140284461
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99