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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The peace of the idyllic Scilly Isles is shattered, and now Detective Superintendent Wycliffe must solve a brutal crime. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409171867
ISBN
9781409171867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Camus meets Orhan Pamuk, via Freud, in this existentialist novel by the father of Turkish modernism. Translator(s): Stark, Fredd. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872867116
ISBN
9780872867116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408843161
ISBN
9781408843161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Greg is a fading middle-aged actor whose family life has long since become stale; Sally is a struggling young playwright. When they're thrown together to do a West End play, they plunge into a reckless affair that seems to offer an escape into fantasy. This novel features a portrait of modern illusions about love. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 36. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222643
ISBN
9780571222643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.19

paperback. Offers an introduction to contemporary fiction from Chinese, the world's most spoken language. This title features the eight short stories, with parallel translations, offering students at various levels the opportunity to enjoy a range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer to a dictionary. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 202 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Parallel Text ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143118350
ISBN
9780143118350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.17

Paperback. Sweeping and heartrending - the perfect summer read for fans of Victoria Hislop and Kate Morton. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007575350
ISBN
9780007575350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.37

Paperback. The third highly acclaimed novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, and winner of the Edgar award. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409109501
ISBN
9781409109501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Titus, now almost twenty, as he escapes from the Castle, and becomes lost in a sandstorm. Helped by the owner of a travelling zoo and his ex-lover Juno, Titus ends up stranded in a bustling city. And now Titus, the deserter, the traitor, longs for his home, and looks for it all the time to prove, if only to himself, that Gormenghast is truly real. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749394875
ISBN
9780749394875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509815654
ISBN
9781509815654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Hardcover. A riveting novel about the aftermath of a brutal murder of three teenage girls, written in incantatory prose 'that's as fine as any being written by an American author today' (Ben Fountain) Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 354. Fine in fine dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KRA0011302
ISBN
9780007580934
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A riveting novel about the aftermath of a brutal murder of three teenage girls, written in incantatory prose 'that's as fine as any being written by an American author today' (Ben Fountain) Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 354. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KTG0003583
ISBN
9780007580934
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 106 x 17. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553278644
ISBN
9780553278644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.26

Hardcover. When Jimmy falls for a girl in London and vows to reform himself as a result, the quest for love leads him to his Aunt Nesta's house in New York, where his escapades involve impersonating himself and attempting to kidnap Nesta's odious son Ogden - with the boy demanding a cut of the ransom money. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591353
ISBN
9781841591353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Only fools let a little thing like marriage get in the way of their careers. Especially someone else's.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849836173
ISBN
9781849836173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Cath is scatty, messy and guarded. While Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy and desperate for a man of his own. They are total opposites - but equally unlucky in love. And they've stuck together through thick and thin. Because that's what best friends do. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 280. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0023858
ISBN
9780140276527
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Contains short stories, featuring men, who are bullfighters and boxers, hired hands and hard drinkers, gangsters and gunmen. Each of their stories deals with masculine toughness unsoftened by woman's hand. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099909309
ISBN
9780099909309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Hardcover. A poignant follow-up to The Future Homemakers of America - warm-hearted and sparklingly witty women's fiction for fans of The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Fannie Flagg and Anne Tyler Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784297916
ISBN
9781784297916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.89

Paperback. Nice copy in good condition. Some shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Thus.
SKU
KST0026549
ISBN
9780330439336
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Whilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W Campbell Jr sets down his memoirs on an old German typewriter. He has used such a typewriter before, when he worked as a Nazi propagandist under Goebbels. Though that was before he agreed to become a spy for US military. Is Howard guilty? Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099819301
ISBN
9780099819301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.50

Paperback. First published in 1968 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Public Image couldn't be more relevant for today's celebrity-obsessed culture. This is Spark at her wittiest, wickedest best. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089673
ISBN
9781844089673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Meet Maggie Fortenberry. Her life seems pretty much perfect - she's beautiful, charming and successful, just as you'd expect of a former Miss Alabama. But in fact, Maggie is perfectly miserable. By now she should have been living in an elegant house with an adoring husband and 2.5 children. Instead, she makes a living selling that dream to others. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555483
ISBN
9780099555483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. A novel that offers an adventure story about a young boy forced to square fantasy against reality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 376. 256 pages. A novel that offers an adventure story about a young boy forced to square fantasy against reality. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 192 x 135 x 28. Weight: 376.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843548263
ISBN
9781843548263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. An introduction to the residents of Firozsha Baag, an apartment complex in Bombay. We enter the daily routine and rhythm of their lives, and by the time we reach the final story we are as familiar with the people as we are with our own neighbours. The crowded, throbbing life of India is brilliantly captured in this series of stories. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230563
ISBN
9780571230563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405926393
ISBN
9781405926393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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