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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Life's hard for a Greek god in the 21st century. But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there's no way out. Until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives, and turn the world literally upside down. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
VINTAGE
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Paperback Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513025
ISBN
9780099513025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Number of pages
122
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824412
ISBN
9781934824412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.67

Paperback. After an attack of scruples, Colin Laney's skipped out on his former employer Slitscan - avoiding the rash of media lawyers sent his way - and taken a job for the outfit managing Japanese rock duo, Lo/Rez. Rez has announced he's going to marry an 'idoru' by the name of Rei Toi - she exists only in virtual reality. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953525
ISBN
9780241953525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A celebration causes trouble in the village of Thrush Green.. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752884264
ISBN
9780752884264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. As well as her eight novels, Angela Carter published four collections of short stories during her lifetime, and contributed stories to several anthologies. The stories were scattered amongst different publishers. Suitable for Angela Carter aficionados, this title gathers together her work. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592914
ISBN
9780099592914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405926898
ISBN
9781405926898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. By the acclaimed author of Winter's Bone, the dark, glittering story of two families divided by class and linked by a mysterious tragedy. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444732856
ISBN
9781444732856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A sinister encounter leads to a forensic investigation of a writer's past - by the 2014 Nobel Laureate Translator(s): Cameron, Professor Euan. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857054999
ISBN
9780857054999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399594397
ISBN
9780399594397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. A satirical epic of the Soviet soul by the bestselling author of Death and the Penguin Translator(s): Dralyuk, Boris. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848666061
ISBN
9781848666061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. Golden Richards is a normal dad. But with four wives and twenty eight children there just isn't enough of him to go around. Unbeknownst to his wives, Golden has taken a construction job on a Nevada brothel. Lying to cover his tracks, beset by familial rivalry on all sides, he seeks relief in the arms of his boss' wife. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498032
ISBN
9780099498032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Diana Spencer and her Egyptian lover are visiting Paris. An international fixer puts a team in place to watch the princess. Former Special Branch man John Harper is recruited as part of the team. Ritz hotel Deputy Director of Security Henri Paul and paparazzo supreme James Andanson are their surveillance targets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780571223428
ISBN
9780571223428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 4.18

Paperback. Burnt Shadows is an epic narrative of disasters evaded and confronted, loyalties offered and repaid, and loves rewarded and betrayed. Translator(s): Hirzallah, Iman. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 390. 480 pages. Burnt Shadows is an epic narrative of disasters evaded and confronted, loyalties offered and repaid, and loves rewarded and betrayed. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 172 x 198 x 31. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Hirzallah, Iman. Language: Arabic.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Edition
Arabic ed
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992142585
ISBN
9789992142585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Against the background of the Greek civil war of the late 1940s, Captain Drakos, son of the local priest Father Yanaros, has taken to the mountains with a group of villagers and joined the Communist rebels. It is Holy Week and Father Yanaros feels that he himself is bearing the sins of the world. Translator(s): Dallas, A. G. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571105069
ISBN
9780571105069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. * Regarded as one of the finest short story writers in America - this volume presents her collected works 'A voice like no one else's: funny, sad, lean, modest, energetic, acute' - SUSAN SONTAG Series: VMC. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860495212
ISBN
9781860495212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Rumer Godden's coming-of-age story set in post-colonial East Bengal is a vivid and haunting classic. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088454
ISBN
9781844088454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Hardcover. The classic thriller behind the Hitchcock film, and Highsmith's first novel - soon to be remade by David Fincher, director of Gone Girl, with a screenplay by Gillian Flynn. Series: VMC Designer Collection. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 30. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349007274
ISBN
9780349007274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Features stories of dysfunctional marriages, abnormal goings on in rural outposts, urban alienation and kitchen sink dramas where the woman is no longer tied to the kitchen sink, but railing against past wrongs. This work also talks about various issues of domestic violence, child abuse, and abortion. Editor(s): O'Connor, Rebecca. Series: Short Stories by Women from Around the World S. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590030
ISBN
9781846590030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. The bestselling crime novel Num Pages: 576 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447207993
ISBN
9781447207993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. From the author of the Costa Book of the Year Pure, a hynoptic, luminous exploration of buried grief and the mysterious workings of the heart. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Cardinal Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444753523
ISBN
9781444753523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Girls meets Kitchen Confidential Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786070371
ISBN
9781786070371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Volume One of the Revolutions Trilogy Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330372343
ISBN
9780330372343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life - and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A successful painter and sculptor, he lives quietly with his wife, Melanie, and their two young daughters, in an affluent beach town in California. But Francis has a very dark past, with another identity and a very different set of values. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9781784700553
ISBN
9781784700553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. London, November, 1960: the Cold War is at its height. Spy fever fills the newspapers, and the political establishment knows how and where to bury its secrets. When a highly sensitive file goes missing, Simon Callington is accused of passing information to the Soviets, and arrested. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559290
ISBN
9780099559290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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