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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka's protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of this fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast. What follows is a funny exploration of the implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099477518
ISBN
9780099477518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. From the lauded, bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles - a collection of short stories. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447272434
ISBN
9781447272434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The brand new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Thoughtless series, S. C. Stephens. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 251 x 30. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751560473
ISBN
9780751560473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. 'Much of The Bird Room's appeal is down to Killen's taut, sharp prose style - not flashy but alternately laconic, melancholy and dryly witty - that gives an edgy, sometimes creepy and very contemporary sense of beauty to the everyday and the banal.' Metro Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847672612
ISBN
9781847672612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.22

Paperback. Features observations on life complemented by illustrations. Illustrator(s): Searle, Ronald. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; FC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186009
ISBN
9780141186009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A man knocked on the King's door to ask for a boat. Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him the reader will discover as this short narrative unfolds. Illustrator(s): Sis, Peter. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 48 pages, 4 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
42
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860466908
ISBN
9781860466908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. The story of a generation BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Red Door Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910453353
ISBN
9781910453353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. The classic novel - the first she ever wrote - by acclaimed, Man Booker Prize-winning author Beryl Bainbridge, Harriet Said.. is a dark and gripping story of adolescent transgression set in a 1950s seaside resort. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088607
ISBN
9781844088607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. On the eve of the Great War, Millicent King begins to keep her journal and records the dramas of everyday life in a family touched by war, tragedy, and money troubles. This title presents the 'edited' diary of this woman, born in 1901, whose life spans the twentieth century. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099449287
ISBN
9780099449287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Translator(s): Naughton, James. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241290262
ISBN
9780241290262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Hazard Lepage, the last of the studhorse men, sets out to breed his rare stallion. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
10th Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644251
ISBN
9780888644251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. When Benjamin came down from university, this is how he talked - 'For twenty-one years I have been shuffling back and forth between classrooms and libraries. Now you tell me what the hell it's got me'. It was not what his father expected from a college education, and everyone was appalled when Ben raped Mrs Robinson and ran off with her daughter. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140026931
ISBN
9780140026931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, 217 pictures reproduced. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887400995
ISBN
9780887400995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. SOMEONE NEW IS PLAYING GOD The Frankenstein story updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Series: Dean Koontz's Frankenstein. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007353842
ISBN
9780007353842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. 'We can't praise Emily Barr's novels enough; they're fresh, original and hugely readable' Glamour Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755301928
ISBN
9780755301928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Frank Allcroft, a regional TV news presenter, has just had a ratings boost. His puns, a website declares, makes him 'unfunniest man on God's Earth'. Mortified colleagues wonder how he stands being a public joke. But Frank doesn't mind. As long as Andrea and Mo, his wife and eight-year-old daughter, are happy, who gives a stuff what others think? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 204. Used paperback in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0036117
ISBN
9780141046365
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The second novel in the acclaimed V.I. Warshawski series from one of America's greatest female crime writers. Series: V.I. Warshawski. Num Pages: 352 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340935132
ISBN
9780340935132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Holly Macintosh is sitting round her kitchen table with her oldest friends - friends she hasn't seen since school - now reunited by an unexpected tragedy and catching up on the past 20 years. On the surface, they are all successful and happy. But scratch a little deeper after that extra glass of wine and it's not quite so straightforward. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324. Good copy with some shelf and reading wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0018143
ISBN
9780141021737
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Holly Macintosh is sitting round her kitchen table with her oldest friends - friends she hasn't seen since school - now reunited by an unexpected tragedy and catching up on the past 20 years. On the surface, they are all successful and happy. But scratch a little deeper after that extra glass of wine and it's not quite so straightforward. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTM0006164
ISBN
9780141021737
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. How well do you know the people that you love? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 350. 8vo good copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
SKU
KEX0261363
ISBN
9780755358502
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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