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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A lawless land of violence and deprivation, The Meadow Well Estate is a no-go area for police and non-residents, and a hotbed of ritual violence. No-one dares enter of their own accord, and few make it out alive. But Jack was one of the good ones. Recently released from prison, he is determined to turn his life completely around: by getting out. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Legend Times Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906558208
ISBN
9781906558208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Dover Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486437132
ISBN
9780486437132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.16

paperback. Vineland, a zone of blessed anarchy in northern California, is the last refuge of hippiedom, a culture devastated by the sobriety epidemic, Reaganomics, and the Tube. Here, in an Orwellian 1984, Zoyd Wheeler and his daughter Prairie search for Prairie's long-lost mother, a Sixties radical who ran off with a narc. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749391416
ISBN
9780749391416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Puncture Publications
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781891241109
ISBN
9781891241109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471157165
ISBN
9781471157165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. A collection that gathers together Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including "Pale Horse, Pale Rider", where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her fiance on his way to war, and "Noon Wine", a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195315
ISBN
9780141195315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A collection that features such stories as: Fahner, the retired small-town doctor who resorts to the garden axe when his patience with his cruel wife runs out; Patrick, so entranced by the sight of his sleeping girlfriend that he cuts a small piece out of her back, just to see what she tastes like; and, more. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099549277
ISBN
9780099549277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. From the bestselling author of OUR KID and HIGH HOPES comes his most heartwarming work to date: the story of his father Tommy, and his determined, spirited battle to rise above the slums and the workhouse and build a better life for himself and his family Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755359592
ISBN
9780755359592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Alice Reynolds had always dreamt of escaping her grimy corner of South London for the fairytale world of the privileged aristocratic elite. Cricket whites, Pimms and summer balls were the stuff of Alice's dreams. But when those dreams come true, the friends and enemies she makes on a trip to Russia draw her into a completely different world. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
SKU
KTM0007523
ISBN
9780099415275
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Alice Reynolds had always dreamt of escaping her grimy corner of South London for the fairytale world of the privileged aristocratic elite. Cricket whites, Pimms and summer balls were the stuff of Alice's dreams. But when those dreams come true, the friends and enemies she makes on a trip to Russia draw her into a completely different world. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 236.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Arrow Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
SKU
KMR0005191
ISBN
9780099415275
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Alice Reynolds had always dreamt of escaping her grimy corner of South London for the fairytale world of the privileged aristocratic elite. Cricket whites, Pimms and summer balls were the stuff of Alice's dreams. But when those dreams come true, the friends and enemies she makes on a trip to Russia draw her into a completely different world. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 236.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Arrow Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
SKU
KLN0012964
ISBN
9780099415275
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Terry is sick and not sure he's going to make his fiftieth birthday, but is kept going by his music, his lovely assistant Angie, and his discovery of the abandoned Union Jack Club, which he decides to clean up and re-open. Ray, meanwhile, is out driving mini-cabs and struggling to control his anger - his only release. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458876
ISBN
9780099458876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Brendan O'Carroll's first novel since the phenomenal success of his Mrs Brown trilogy is set in the rough world of the Dublin boxing scene and introduces a new, larger-than-life character - Sparrow McCabe. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Edition
Published previously as The Sparrow's Trap
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862785383
ISBN
9780862785383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Reissue of the author's most famous and well-loved work, the Starbridge series, six self-contained yet interconnected novels that explore the history of the Church of England through the 20th century. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 380.
Edition
(Reissue)
Publisher
Harper
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006496922
ISBN
9780006496922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Beginning in the late 1940's, American literature discovered a four-letter word, and the word was "beat." This book collects the significant writings of the fellow members of the Beat Generation. In poetry, fiction, essays, and memoirs, it captures the triumphant rudeness, energy, and exhilaration of a movement that swept through American letters. Editor(s): Charters, Ann. Num Pages: 688 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142437537
ISBN
9780142437537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785762123
ISBN
9781785762123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781255940
ISBN
9781781255940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. *A moving, Booker shortlisted story of a girl's coming of age, beautifully rejacketed for this reissue Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121499
ISBN
9780349121499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A lonely librarian opens her heart.. Translator(s): Reynolds, Sian. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 195 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780870519
ISBN
9781780870519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. As a woman lies at death's door in hospital, her heartbreaking story springs back into life Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 29. Weight in Grams: 244. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KTJ0006719
ISBN
9780747249580
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849838467
ISBN
9781849838467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. The second stunning novel from Lucy Dawson - what happens when good friends turn bad .. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KTG0003754
ISBN
9780751540512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers a portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. This book presents the story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its position at the core of the American Mafia. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 416.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528128
ISBN
9780099528128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Life was good for Liz and Jack Sutherland. In 18 years of marriage, they had built a family, a successful law practice, and a happy home on Hope Street. Then, in an instant, it all fell apart. For Jack a five-minute errand ends in tragedy, and suddenly Liz is alone with an unbearable loss. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 107 x 24. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Thus
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KCG0002130
ISBN
9780552146388
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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