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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782271635
ISBN
9781782271635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. Victor, a ghostwriter, is just about to have an affair with Marta, a married woman, when - in the bedroom, half-undressed - she drops dead in his arms. He panics and slips away. But Marta's family are all too aware that she was not alone when she died, and Dean, the widowed husband, is determined to find out who was sharing her bed that night. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199986
ISBN
9780141199986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. When the ghosts of the past come back to haunt us, can we ever forgive and forget? Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 32. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780873718
ISBN
9781780873718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A heart-warming tale of loyalty, betrayal and family values in the village of Turnham Malpas. Num Pages: 256 pages, map (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409120995
ISBN
9781409120995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. "In whatever May Sarton writes one can hear the human heart pulsing just below the surface."-Washington Post Book World Illustrator(s): Williams, Jared Taylor. Num Pages: 120 pages, 11 color illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Gift edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393349900
ISBN
9780393349900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Davidson, Angus. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171226
ISBN
9781590171226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. One of Michel Faber's best-loved novels, this is an utterly compulsive and mysterious masterpiece Series: Canons. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786890528
ISBN
9781786890528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910263051
ISBN
9781910263051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. As a criminal pathologist, Dr Edward Jenner has seen many bad deaths in his day, but none as crazed as the ritual slayings perpetrated by Robert Farrar, The Inquisitor. He survived the final denouement of Farrar's killing spree, but not the fall-out from the authorities which saw his medical license suspended and him banished from New York. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRA0010720
ISBN
9780099538646
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KSH0000003
ISBN
9781902602707
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78. In good condition. A well read copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KRS0010864
ISBN
9781902602707
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard, the acclaimed author of 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. This edition includes explanatory notes from the author. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Flamingo
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007116867
ISBN
9780007116867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Bragg's acclaimed story of one family's experience of the social and cultural upheaval of England as it moves into the twentieth century Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340770900
ISBN
9780340770900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. An extraordinary tale of France's greatest chef, his loves and a country on the brink of war. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KSG0006146
ISBN
9781846882470
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A title that brings together eight stories: 'The Next Glade', 'Bind Your Hair' and 'The Stains' appeared together in The Wine-Dark Sea in 1988 while 'The Unsettled Dust', 'The House of the Russians', 'No Stronger Than a Flower', 'The Cicerones' and 'Ravissante' first appeared in Sub Rosa in 1968. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571311736
ISBN
9780571311736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. When an SAS team is sent to train government troops in Karmanga, a poverty-stricken and war-torn republic in southern Africa, Geordie Sharp is caught up un the most dangerous and difficult assignment of his military career. When the SAS men see that the rebels are boosted by ex-US Navy SEAL mercenaries, they begin to sense a hidden agenda. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 114 x 33. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099460121
ISBN
9780099460121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. A novella in which a middle-aged man weds an unattractive widow in order to indulge his paedophilic obsession with her daughter. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191188
ISBN
9780141191188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. Everyone in Callie's family is busy; her sister is a free-spirited Manhattan chef, her best friend Lila is coping with vitriol of her new man's ex-wife, and her parents have rich though separate lives. But when Callie discovers breast cancer she thought she'd beaten has returned, they all find that their lives shift to focus on caring for Callie. Num Pages: 416 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KTG0010618
ISBN
9780141038643
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A wonderfully atmospheric, touching and sumptuous novel about a young widow's search for happiness in a small Italian village. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Orion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752893228
ISBN
9780752893228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. Reprints two of Wodehouse's earliest books which take the form of story sequences linked by a central character, a technique he used many times thereafter. This title looks forward to Bertie Wooster and Ukridge, but also back to his Victorian models, in a fantastic tale of the little man struggling with fate. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591896
ISBN
9781841591896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
London Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956815583
ISBN
9780956815583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Caffeine Nights Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910720189
ISBN
9781910720189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.69

paperback. "Clochemerle" satirizes the titanic confrontation of secular and religious forces in a small wine-growing village in Beaujolais which begins when the mayor, wishing to leave behind a monument to his administration's achievements, proposes to build a public urinal in the town centre - right next to the church. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099453888
ISBN
9780099453888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Winner of the "CNA Literary Debut Award". Marnus is terrified he will not fulfil the expectations of his elite Afrikaner family who are certain of their superiority. But when Mr Smith arrives, things start to change, affecting Marnus's values and everything around him that he he holds dear. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349107561
ISBN
9780349107561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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