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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Offers a series of ten novels, all telling separate stories but at the same time linked together by the characters they have in common: schoolboys and businessmen, writers and soldiers, prostitutes and patient wives, actresses and models. This title includes: "The Rich Pay Late", "Friends in Low Places", "The Sabre Squadron", and "Fielding Gray". Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561323
ISBN
9780099561323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the life and labours of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the country's last emperor Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471151873
ISBN
9781471151873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Translator(s): Croft, Jennifer. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558614307
ISBN
9781558614307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. A novel that tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 202 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571311538
ISBN
9780571311538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. An emotional novel about friendship and loss from the bestselling author of One Moment, One Morning and The Two Week Wait. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
KRA0009169
ISBN
9781447264354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. An emotional novel about friendship and loss from the bestselling author of One Moment, One Morning and The Two Week Wait. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0002291
ISBN
9781447264354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An emotional novel about friendship and loss from the bestselling author of One Moment, One Morning and The Two Week Wait. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0008051
ISBN
9781447264354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Detective fiction from a moving, nostalgic and truly authentic new voice Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. Detective fiction from a moving, nostalgic and truly authentic new voice. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight: 238.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847673053
ISBN
9781847673053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.46

Mixed media product. A specially designed collector's hardback set of KNOTS AND CROSSES, BLACK AND BLUE and EXIT MUSIC with exclusive extra material only available in this box set. Series: A Rebus Novel. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Box Har/Cr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409169017
ISBN
9781409169017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 50.42

Paperback. Lem Gulliver (25, maths teacher), can't seem to leave home. He can't understand how the people around him manage the plot of a grown-up life - careers, mortgages, marriages, homes, friends. With no girlfriend, no place of his own, no ambition and no prospects, the only real direction in his life seem to be the tracks of the Victoria line. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099464532
ISBN
9780099464532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Fifteen year old Doria is in the misnamed Paradise Estate on the outskirts of Paris. Her father has gone off back to Morocco to find a wife who can give him a boy. This novel tells the story of Doria who is both clued up and innocent, acutely aware of what's in store for her and powerless to change it. She is funny, clever and tragically trapped. Translator(s): Ardizzone, Sarah. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Definitions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862301580
ISBN
9781862301580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. UNFORGETTABLE is the fourth book in the totally outrageous IT GIRL series about GOSSIP GIRL favourite Jenny Humphrey Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0011494
ISBN
9780755346684
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. UNFORGETTABLE is the fourth book in the totally outrageous IT GIRL series about GOSSIP GIRL favourite Jenny Humphrey Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0002486
ISBN
9780755346684
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Meet the little boy who believes in miracles. Meet the mother who loves to bring babies home from the newborn aisle of her supermarket. Meet the husband who carves a longed-for baby out of ice as a gift for his wife. Meet the widow who is reminded of romance whilst standing at the kitchen sink. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Windmill Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099510628
ISBN
9780099510628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Victor Crabbe is a well meaning, ineffectual English man in the tropics, keen to teach the Malays what the West can do for them. Through Crabbe's rise and fall and a series of characters, this title lays bare racial and social prejudices of post-war Malaya during the upheaval of Independence. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749395926
ISBN
9780749395926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. * The bestselling novel behind the blockbuster motion picture, The Lucky One, starring Zac Efron * An epic love story from the bestselling author of The Notebook Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751543438
ISBN
9780751543438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. It's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife. But, Frank's behaviour is so odd that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous desires. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138. 192 pages. It's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife. But, Frank's behaviour is so odd that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous desires. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight: 138. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph.
Publisher
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747578888
ISBN
9780747578888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. From the critically acclaimed author Jacqueline Yallop comes a deep, beautiful novel of a young girl who finds that there are two edges to love: that which damages, and that which sets you free. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857891051
ISBN
9780857891051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. An astonishing discovery is made in the remote African republic of Zangaro, one which could change the course of a nation's history forever. But such a discovery cannot be kept secret for long and Sir James Manson will stop at nothing to protect this find. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559856
ISBN
9780099559856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The bestselling cult comedy from Mil Millington published alongside his new novel, Love and Other Near Death Experiences Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820735
ISBN
9780753820735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Features the adventures of two young Hungarian basketball players through the turbulent years between the end of World War II and the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956. This work tells the story of the two improbably heroes, Pataki and Gyuri, who travel the length and breadth of Hungary in a epic quest for food, lodging, and female companionship. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099438052
ISBN
9780099438052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Includes stories that discuss con men and tricksters and 'innocent' deceivers, about fate, luck, and coincidence, have delighted generations of readers. Set in New York and the West, in Central America and the South, this title demonstrates the author's speech and place, and highlights his appreciation of life's quirks. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140186888
ISBN
9780140186888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. A love story with missing persons. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007322114
ISBN
9780007322114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062391452
ISBN
9780062391452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.61

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