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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Ranging from the ragtime era to small-town America in the seventies, this book is a moving quest for a family's deepest roots - and a haunting story of growing up and breaking away, acceptance and rebellion. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099591917
ISBN
9780099591917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a Cadillac originally meant for the Big Bopper, but George has other ideas and disappears with the car. On his quest to find the spirit of rock 'n' roll he is pursued by gangsters and meets hitch-hikers and demented preachers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274. 336 pages. George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a Cadillac originally meant for the Big Bopper, but George has other ideas and disappears with the car. On his quest to find the spirit of rock 'n' roll he is pursued by gangsters and meets hitch-hikers and demented preachers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight: 276.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954868
ISBN
9781841954868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Series: The Invisible Library Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509830701
ISBN
9781509830701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. White Folks is the most incredible con man the ghetto ever spawned, a hustler in the jungle of Southside Chicago where only the sharpest survive. With his partner Blue, White Folks rises to the top of his profession. The cons he pulls off get more and more lucrative and dangerous until one day they go too far. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200. 284 pages. White Folks is the most incredible con man the ghetto ever spawned, a hustler in the jungle of Southside Chicago where only the sharpest survive. With his partner Blue, White Folks rises to the top of his profession. The cons he pulls off get more and more lucrative and dangerous until one day they go too far. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight: 194.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847674319
ISBN
9781847674319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Meet Anonymous Lawyer - corner office, granite desk, and a billable rate of $675 an hour. The summer is about to start, and he's got a new crop of law school interns who will soon sign away their lives for a six-figure salary at the firm. But he's also got a few problems that require his attention. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507154
ISBN
9780099507154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Lizzie Enfield's compelling new novel explores the hearts and minds of ordinary people as they struggle to come to terms with the choices they've made. Acutely observed and utterly gripping, it explores love and loss, guilt and recovery, with humour, honesty and page-turning prose. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Myriad Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908434470
ISBN
9781908434470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.07

Paperback.
Publisher
FLAT Rock Publishing United States
Number of pages
586
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974637020
ISBN
9780974637020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.21

Paperback. A special edition of The Summer We All Ran Away as part of The Legend Press Collection, celebrating 10 years of publishing. Series: The Legend Press Collection. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079818
ISBN
9781785079818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. A collection of stories that offer revelatory glimpses into everyday lives - from an unwelcome act of kindness at a bus stop, an evening walk across a London bridge, a welcome but uncomfortable summer break to a brutal lesson in trust. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Combined volume
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540397
ISBN
9780099540397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756147
ISBN
9781876756147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.94

Paperback. A joyful and life-affirming novel from this multi-million copy international best-selling author. Join her, be fearless. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782117476
ISBN
9781782117476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Saved from a delinquent childhood by education, cheated out of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, Hilary Burde cherishes his obsessive guilt and ekes out a living in a dull civil service job. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429128
ISBN
9780099429128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. By Debbie Macomber Including: A Ceder Cove Christmas Mother-to-be Mary Jo Wyse arrives in Cedar Cove on Christmas Eve, pregnant and alone. However, the people of Cedar Cove are happy to lend a hand. There's more than enough hope and love to go round this Christmas! Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First edition
Publisher
Mira Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KEX0237694
ISBN
9780778303947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * A brilliant new novel from the author of Singling out the Couples, State of Happiness and Parallel Lies Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082131
ISBN
9781844082131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
AuthorHouse Milton Keynes
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781438901909
ISBN
9781438901909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 6.15

Paperback. More than 2500 authors entered the Bristol Short Story Prize 2014/15. These are the 20 shortlisted stories published in the eighth volume of the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 291 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Tangent Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910089231
ISBN
9781910089231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. A deeply intelligent and page-turning novel that explores the difficulties of guilt and forgiveness in an impossible friendship between a Nazi and a Jew Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782393139
ISBN
9781782393139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. The further adventures of Marie Sharp, groovy granny and diarist extraordinaire Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069317
ISBN
9781782069317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. Before Everything is an ode to friendship for readers of Anne Tyler and Ann Patchett, full of dry humour, quiet wisdom and huge empathy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473651821
ISBN
9781473651821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother's midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, this book demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist. It resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099387817
ISBN
9780099387817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.37

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