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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. When Esther's childhood bestfriend Isabella dies of cancer, she is devastated. Years later, she is brought together with Isabella's sister Sally, who cared for Isabella in her last days, and who subsequently nursed their mother through years of dementia. English professor Esther sees shy, innocent Sally emerge from a life of isolation and loneliness. But as Esther herself suffers blow after blow, and sees her carefully ordered life collapse around her, she is forced to contemplate the notion of friendship and trust. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760292423
ISBN
9781760292423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. Flynne Fisher lives in rural near-future America where jobs are scarce and veterans from the wars are finding it hard to recover. She scrapes a living doing some freelance online game-playing, participating in some pretty weird stuff. Wilf Netherton lives in London, seventy-some years later, on the far side of decades of slow-motion apocalypse. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241961001
ISBN
9780241961001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The extraordinary, highly acclaimed novel from a storytelling genius Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 512.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Headline
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755322817
ISBN
9780755322817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.47

Paperback.
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006550785
ISBN
9780006550785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. Victor, an 80-year-old multimillionaire, surveys his empire from the remoteness of his cloud-capped penthouse. Focusing on the one area of vitality and chaos that remains in the streets below him, he formulates a plan to leave a mark on the city - one as indelible and disruptive as the mark the city left on him. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330453332
ISBN
9780330453332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Sins of the past must be paid!b> Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 102. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
SKU
KIN0037100
ISBN
9780263916522
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. In "The Little Prince",a small boy leaves the tiny planet on which he lives alone, on a trip to Earth, where he is introduced to the vagaries of adult behaviour. "Letter to a Hostage" is an open letter to a Jewish intellectual in hiding in occupied France. Illustrator(s): Saint-Exupery, Antoine De. Translator(s): Cuffe, T.V.F. Series: Penguin Modern Classics Translated Texts S. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185620
ISBN
9780141185620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Franklin Hata, Korean by birth but raised in Japan, is an outsider in American society, but he embodies the values of the town he calls his own - he is polite and keeps himself to himself. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862074019
ISBN
9781862074019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Babs is getting married. And Natalie, 27, is panicking. What happens when your best friend pledges everlasting love to someone else? As the confetti flutters, Nat feels her good-girl veneer crack. She teeters into an alluringly unsuitable affair that spins her crazily out of control and into trouble - with her boss, Matt, and with Babs. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KAK0007776
ISBN
9780099410195
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * Second novel in he new London-based series from Alexander McCall Smith, comparable in warmth and humour to 44 Scotland Street Series: Corduroy Mansions. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123219
ISBN
9780349123219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. This is a book for anyone who has ever felt their life careering out of control. Clever, touching, disturbing, it will take you from laughter to tears and back again. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
SHORT BOOKS LTD
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906021351
ISBN
9781906021351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

Paperback. Reverend John Gore goes to the North-East after a decade, charged with the mission of 'planting' a new church in the deprived West End of town. But on his return to a Victorian city in the throes of 'regeneration', Gore finds his task complicated by run-ins with three impressive locals, all of whom he needs to successfully bring off his mission. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780571228065
ISBN
9780571228065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 6.07

Paperback. During the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, an Iraqi journalist is given a tour of a military prison. He is informed by the major in charge about what is expected of him: he is to write a fabricated report about a murder that has occurred in the camp, in order to demoralise the enemy soldiers. Translator(s): Weir, Martin E. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908323392
ISBN
9781908323392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Set in the seedy underworld of postwar Europe, this novel focuses on the sinister figure of Gregory Arkadin, a fabulously wealthy and influential financier who enlists the services of a small-time smuggler and rackateer, Van Stratten, for an extraordinary assignment. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Dey Street Books United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061689031
ISBN
9780061689031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375757648
ISBN
9780375757648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. Provides insight into one boy's experience of tough suburbia - graffiti, gangs, staying out of trouble. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192. Provides insight into one boy's experience of tough suburbia - graffiti, gangs, staying out of trouble. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication date
2005
SKU
KSG0006640
ISBN
9780747568995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. A brilliantly tense what-if thriller about the sabotage of the Ulster peace process. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 27. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752837024
ISBN
9780752837024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. 'Forget mere sex and the city.. Kissing in Manhattan features die-hard romantic strivers in a surreal turn-of-the-millennium New York ruled by the spirit of improbable happy endings' New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KRF0038019
ISBN
9780747265115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of this era-defining, record-breaking bestseller. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 281 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349008325
ISBN
9780349008325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Complicated, awkward, funny, cruel, heartbroken, mysterious, this is forms an idiosyncratic guide to female existence. It shows you how to deal with divorce, adultery, cancer, how to talk to your mother or become a writer, the author's way. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Faber Modern Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571322718
ISBN
9780571322718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

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