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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and HM forces have to show respect for the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of Crete. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184678
ISBN
9780141184678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 112 x 25. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Empire
Number of pages
345
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901746723
ISBN
9781901746723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Part of the twelve-novel sequence, "A Dance to the Music of Time". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472469
ISBN
9780099472469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. Seven-year-old Che was abandoned by his radical Harvard-student parents during the upheaval of the 1960s, and since then has been raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. He yearns to see or hear news of his famous outlaw parents, but his grandmother refuses to tell him anything. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236. T
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
KTJ0004092
ISBN
9780571231546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

Paperback. Seven-year-old Che was abandoned by his radical Harvard-student parents during the upheaval of the 1960s, and since then has been raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. He yearns to see or hear news of his famous outlaw parents, but his grandmother refuses to tell him anything. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KSG0010419
ISBN
9780571231546
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.82

Paperback. Ranulph Fiennes' bestselling novel The Feather Men now filmed as Killer Elite. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444707922
ISBN
9781444707922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. An award-winning Barcelona novel with Bolano-esque humor: including lovers, a Mexican maid, Marilyn (a cat), and Bret Easton Ellis (a dog). Translator(s): Perry, Frank. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
And Other Stories United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276643
ISBN
9781908276643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062474070
ISBN
9780062474070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.49

The Last Hangman is a powerful, sparsely written novel that explores, in brutal detail and measured prose, the life of a man who killed for a living. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 283. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Main
Number of pages
240
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KSG0015732
ISBN
9780857897497
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. It is Christmas, 1940, and Kate is making her debut in New York society. Joe, the brilliant protege of Charles Lindbergh, seems just out of her reach. Unwilling to wait any longer, Kate moves on with her life. But when a chance encounter brings them together again, the time has come to make a choice, one that will have profound consequences. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 106 x 33. Weight in Grams: 266.
Edition
First Thus
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0226886
ISBN
9780552148511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Sunday Times No. 1 paperback bestseller. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324. Good copy with some shelf and reading wear. Some wear to the cover.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KTG0010684
ISBN
9780007240463
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It is Christmas, 1940, and Kate is making her debut in New York society. Joe, the brilliant protege of Charles Lindbergh, seems just out of her reach. Unwilling to wait any longer, Kate moves on with her life. But when a chance encounter brings them together again, the time has come to make a choice, one that will have profound consequences. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 106 x 33. Weight in Grams: 266. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Thus
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KTJ0006818
ISBN
9780552148511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: A Morning Glory Novel. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 283 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503936201
ISBN
9781503936201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. It is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the shadow of the volcano, ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate, ugly pariah dogs roam the streets and Geoffrey Firmin - ex-consul, ex-husband, an alcoholic and a ruined man - is living out the last day of his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182254
ISBN
9780141182254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Carey and Randall are in early 80s LA. A young Chinese girl with silver hair is the Empty One that seems to run things there, and her ex-lover, an Empty One named Zang, has turned against them and may or may not be on Carey's side. Series: The Unnoticeables. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783298013
ISBN
9781783298013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.08

Paperback. Eleanor Lee has lived a fiercely independent existence for over ninety years, but now it's time to tidy her life away - books, photographs, paintings, letters - a lifetime of possessions all neatly boxed up for the last time. But amongst them there are some things that must be kept hidden. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405919838
ISBN
9781405919838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.53

Paperback. A student in 1950s South Africa has long been plotting an escape from his country. Studying mathematics, reading poetry, saving money, he tries to ensure that when he arrives in the real world, he will be prepared to experience life to its full intensity. Arriving at last in London, however, he finds neither poetry nor romance. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099433620
ISBN
9780099433620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. From the author of the cult hit The Long Firm, a mind-bending, thrilling journey into 20th-century history and outer space. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340922736
ISBN
9780340922736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. 1830. A young woman marries a minister and accompanies him to the remote island of St Kilda in the hope of converting the islanders to Christianity. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857382337
ISBN
9780857382337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559435
ISBN
9781875559435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.00

Paperback. In a sixth-floor South Bank warehouse, home of the family firm Hughes and Hughes, a troubled young man known as 'Ghost' attends to stocks of hardware while he quietly observes a variety of characters. Two particular individuals draw his attention as they struggle to dominate the firm. Editor(s): Calder, Liz. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747542391
ISBN
9780747542391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.47

Paperback. Joyce Stevenson is thirteen when her widowed mother takes them to live with Aunt Vera, a formidable teacher neglected by her unfaithful husband. Joyce watches the two sisters - her aunt's unbending dedication to the life of the mind, her mother worn down by housework - and thinks that each of them is powerless in her own way. Num Pages: 432 pages, 22 cm. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099462002
ISBN
9780099462002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. A world away from Abike's mansion, in the city's slums, lives a seventeen-year-old hawker struggling to make sense of the world. When Abike buys ice cream from him one day, they strike up an unlikely and tentative romance, defying the prejudices of Nigerian society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571268917
ISBN
9780571268917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. From the lauded, bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447272366
ISBN
9781447272366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

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