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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the 'whisky priest', is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny, reluctant to abandon those who need him, and those he cares for. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286097
- ISBN
- 9780099286097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172339
- ISBN
- 9781590172339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.08
€ 18.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 123 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551096
- ISBN
- 9780006551096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.42
€ 9.99
€ 8.42
Paperback. Set at the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), suave master spy Sterling Archer deals with global espionage; a domineering, hypersexual, late middle-aged mother/boss, Malory Archer; his ex-girlfriend, Agent Lana Kane; her ISIS accountant boyfriend Cyril Figgis; and, a less-than-masculine code name: Duchess. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062066312
- ISBN
- 9780062066312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's uniquely imaginative and sensuous voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies. By the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749391621
- ISBN
- 9780749391621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784703608
- ISBN
- 9781784703608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. * Zora Neale Hurston's masterpiece is perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Virago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860685241
- ISBN
- 9780860685241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. "Five-year-old Pea (shortened from her French name, Pivoine) and her eerily precocious younger sister, Margot, are left to their own devices for most of one oppressively hot summer in the French countryside after their father is killed in a farm accident and their pregnant and deeply depressed mother takes to her bed."--Library Journal. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KHN0002077
- ISBN
- 9781408841846
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Pamphlet. Translator(s): Barton, Polly. Series: Keshiki. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 4. .
- Publisher
- UEA Publishing Project
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911343028
- ISBN
- 9781911343028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.14
€ 9.99
€ 9.14
Paperback. From the master of the historical spy thriller, a story set in the heart of the Polish resistance Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825563
- ISBN
- 9780753825563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 436
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845231453
- ISBN
- 9781845231453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.96
€ 19.99
€ 15.96
Paperback. The summer bestseller from the immensely popular Lindsey Kelk Series: Tess Brookes Series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007497980
- ISBN
- 9780007497980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
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€ 10.66
Paperback. The prequel to what will be the publishing event of the year: the final volume of Jean M. Auel's six-book series, The Land of Painted Caves Num Pages: 800 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 53. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444713145
- ISBN
- 9781444713145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
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€ 11.84
Paperback. ONE DOOMED PRIME MINISTER. TWO WOULD-BE SUCCESSORS. BUT WHO'S PULLING THE STRINGS? The second novel from Britain's foremost political commentator is a thrillingly intimate look at the inner workings of Whitehall, and who really controls party politics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007596492
- ISBN
- 9780007596492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.41
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€ 11.41
Paperback. Set in Anno Domini 1369, the much loved Queen Philippa lies dying at Windsor and the plague has returned to the city of York. With plague rife and the city's inhabitants besieging his wife, the Apothecary, for new cures, Owen Archer is unwilling to become involved. There is too little to link the victims to each other: the riddle seems unsolvable. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 23. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099416944
- ISBN
- 9780099416944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.81
€ 20.99
€ 16.81
Paperback. Beginning with the late nineteenth-century writings which first assimilated and reworked Western literary traditions, and coming right up to the younger generation dealing with the pitfalls and paradoxes of modern life, this anthology offers a stimulating survey of the development of the Japanese short story, the Japanese literary genre. Editor(s): Goossen, Theodore W. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 484
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199583195
- ISBN
- 9780199583195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.41
€ 16.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. From the author of the million copy bestselling The Devil Wears Prada. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262. 8vo Good copy .
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KEX0255162
- ISBN
- 9780007311002
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Sofia Khan. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Zaffre Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785760730
- ISBN
- 9781785760730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 89 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Publisher
- GILL & MAC MILLAN
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Irish language edn.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905494620
- ISBN
- 9781905494620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 6.50
€ 6.99
€ 6.50
Paperback. The third novel in The Horseman Riding By series that established Delderfield as one of the most popular and admired novelists of the 1960s Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340922934
- ISBN
- 9780340922934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardcover. 'My first mistake was to be heterosexual'. Such is one of the complaints in conversations between Henry Hart - who is a father of two young girls - and his friend, Darius Saddler - who is gay and unattached. This book relates the attempts of Hart and Saddler to knit their lives, and to extricate Hart from the problems he has brought upon himself. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846551499
- ISBN
- 9781846551499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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€ 13.47
Paperback. The author roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Kerouac records, in prose of pure poetry, life on the road. In this book, he reveals both the endless diversity of human life and his own high-spirited philosophy of self-fulfilment. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; FC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184906
- ISBN
- 9780141184906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Granta Books London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KRS0003805
- ISBN
- 9781862074095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KRS0003825
- ISBN
- 9781862074095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99