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
€ 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
€ 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
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€ 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
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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
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€ 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
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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
€ 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
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€ 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
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€ 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
€ 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
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€ 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
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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 4.99