Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. A burlesque epic in the tradition of The Good Soldier Schweik, this title exposes the absurdity of war by applying its own demented logic to America's involvement in Korea. The 'catch' is that soldiers have to claim to be mad in order to get out of fighting - but being capable of making such a claim automatically proves them sane. Num Pages: 569 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 37. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 569
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152203
- ISBN
- 9781857152203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.75
€ 19.00
€ 15.75
Paperback.
- Publisher
- FABER MUSIC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571100934
- ISBN
- 9780571100934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.86
€ 11.99
€ 11.86
Hardback. Tom has always known exactly the person he is going to be. A successful footballer. A man others look up to. Now, though, the bright future he imagined for himself is threatened. The Premier League academy of his boyhood has let him go. At nineteen, Tom finds himself playing for a tiny club in a town he has never heard of. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910702666
- ISBN
- 9781910702666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 5.47
€ 19.99
€ 5.47
Paperback. An irresistible journey of love, intrigue and betrayal from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755358540
- ISBN
- 9780755358540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
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€ 14.01
€ 18.99
€ 14.01
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€ 8.39
€ 9.99
€ 8.39
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
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 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€ 9.15
€ 9.99
€ 9.15
Paperback. Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at 'Unit 701', China's secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the 'wind-listener', a blind surveillance officer who can hear sounds from miles away, the beautiful, unstable maths genius who meets a violent end, and, the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141391458
- ISBN
- 9780141391458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.63
€ 18.99
€ 17.63
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€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
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€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
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€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
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
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 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
€ 15.99€ 11.42
€ 15.99
€ 11.42
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€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77