Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. On a Monday night in October in a seaside town in Suffolk, a woman is brutally murdered. She was not an obvious victim. She just wasn't, thinks her grieving, bewildered friend Tess, the type to have something happen to her. As the police go about their routine investigation, Tess' world of nappies, school runs and baked beans begin to unravel. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099453529
- ISBN
- 9780099453529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. A collection of short stories by Saul Bellow. Some stories recount the events of a single day, while some are contained in a wider frame. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188782
- ISBN
- 9780141188782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.41
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Paperback. How far would a grandmother go to stay close to her grandson? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Halban Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905559701
- ISBN
- 9781905559701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. The inhabitants of a Greek village, ruled by the Turks, plan to enact the life of Christ in a mystery play but are overwhelmed by their task. A group of refugees, fleeing from the ruins of their plundered homes, arrive asking for protection - and suddenly the drama of the Passion becomes reality. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571190218
- ISBN
- 9780571190218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
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€ 10.66
Paperback. Disturbing horror. Rapier-sharp satire. Addictive thriller. Don't expect any sleep once you've entered The Ward.. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 212. Disturbing horror. Rapier-sharp satire. Addictive thriller. Don't expect any sleep once you've entered The Ward. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight: 288.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857895868
- ISBN
- 9780857895868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.08
€ 10.99
€ 9.08
Paperback. Verity, Florida, is a town remarkable only for its unbearable heat, strange inhabitants and the high number of women divorcees who live there. Lucy and Bethany Lee are two of them. Lucy's bad-penny son Keith witnesses Bethany Lee's murder but the murderer witnesses him. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429166
- ISBN
- 9780099429166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. Translator(s): Alpert, Michael. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905512669
- ISBN
- 9781905512669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks Landmark
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781492608332
- ISBN
- 9781492608332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.18
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Paperback. The big man is Dan Scoular, a legend of physical prowess in a decaying Ayrshire mining community. When a bare-knuckle fight offers both money and a purpose, he finds it turns into a monumental struggle to keep his heritage and integrity intact. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113027
- ISBN
- 9781782113027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
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€ 10.67
Paperback. The bumper book of Billy Palmer: following our hero from his apple-scrumping childhood in post-war Somerset and his coming-of-age in the Soho of the swinging sixties, to his romp through '80s New York and his final return to London Num Pages: 544 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846272141
- ISBN
- 9781846272141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.83
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€ 9.83
Paperback. Arieka is one of the last to prophesy at Delphi, in the shadowy years when the Romans were securing their grip on the tribes and cities of Greece. The plain, unloved daughter of a local grandee, she is rescued from the contempt and neglect of her family by her Delphic role. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571298532
- ISBN
- 9780571298532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
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Paperback. In two powerful novels of belonging, one of Africa's most important writers explores village life and the traditions of Botswana. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086221
- ISBN
- 9781844086221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200. "Originally published: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1993. Commissioning organisation: Cyrus Colter. 251 p. 20 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period - General,Subjects - Fiction - General"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- The X Press Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 251
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KEX0161051
- ISBN
- 9781874509738
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. During an eventful season at Bath, naive Catherine Morland experiences joys of fashionable society for first time. She is delighted with her acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and horror, and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141389424
- ISBN
- 9780141389424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Hardcover. Known worldwide for her Diary, Anne Frank's TALES FROM THE SECRET ANNEXE were written at the same time with the same humour, honesty and wisdom, and are an essential part of her legacy. Editor(s): Halban Publishers. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Halban Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905559206
- ISBN
- 9781905559206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.97
€ 18.99
€ 13.97
Paperback. The Roman poet Ovid, exiled to a remote village on the edge of the Black Sea, tells the story of his meeting with a feral boy, brought up among wild animals in the snow. It is a luminous encounter between civilization and nature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099273844
- ISBN
- 9780099273844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Hardcover. Bringing together Mishima's preoccupations with violence, desire, religious life and the history of Japan, this novel is based on an actual incident, the burning of a celebrated temple. The novel is a meditation on the state of Japan in the post-war period. Translator(s): Morris, Ivan. Num Pages: 1344 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 1344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151695
- ISBN
- 9781857151695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Shielded from emotional and physical abuse by layers of fat, Lilian struggles to escape a suffocating existence in the home of her tyrannical Victorian father and her elegant but ineffectual mother. This book traces the progress of her life's journey, and why she made the choices she did. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841959955
- ISBN
- 9781841959955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.61
€ 13.99
€ 11.61
Hardcover. A tale of fathers and sons, the ties that bind, and the barriers of class that even love cannot break, Three Bargains is a stunning first novel, as potent, heart-stopping, and epic as Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393063400
- ISBN
- 9780393063400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.26
€ 27.99
€ 24.26
Paperback. Adele Parks writes novels that real women want to read. Her books get right to the heart of the dilemmas women - and men - face in their lives; her characters are real as are the choices they make Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755371358
- ISBN
- 9780755371358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
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€ 10.10
Paperback. The Edgar-winning short story from the author of GONE GIRL. The perfect stocking filler for Flynn fans. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474603041
- ISBN
- 9781474603041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.63
€ 9.99
€ 8.63
Paperback. The year was 1902. A new century was dawning as a motherless young girl arrived at a ballet school in St Petersburg, Russia, at the age of seven. By age seventeen, Danina Petroskova had become a great ballerina, a favorite of the Czar and Czarina, who welcomed her into the heart of the Imperial family. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 107 x 22. Weight in Grams: 160. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Corgi Edition
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KIN0034475
- ISBN
- 9780552145084
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. They said I've done something wrong?.. And they've just left me down here to starve. Haven't had a drop in days more so.. Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue is in the hold, still too drunk to be sure of his name or situation or orientation - he may have killed a man. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784706623
- ISBN
- 9781784706623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
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€ 10.55
€ 13.99
€ 10.55