Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. WINNER OF THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2014 Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753829288
- ISBN
- 9780753829288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
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Paperback. Talks about the life of the Sufi Poet Rumi. Based on original sources in both Farsi and English, this novel helps you discover the key moments that shaped his genius. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552432
- ISBN
- 9780742552432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.36
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Paperback. Imbued with a comic nostalgia and overlaid with Dovlatov's characteristically dark-edged humour and wry power of observation, The Suitcase is a profoundly human, delightfully ironic novel from one of the finest satirists of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Bouis, Antonina W. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492791
- ISBN
- 9781847492791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.63
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Paperback. Funny without knowing it and naive without being innocent, Zoe is pretty much left alone to get on with growing up. Yet the most relevant events of her youth are invariably caused by other people. This novel is about adolescence and lack of innocence. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BT; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747562740
- ISBN
- 9780747562740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
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Paperback. Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099581888
- ISBN
- 9780099581888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. Billy Fisher, a Yorkshire teenager unable to stop lying - especially to his three girlfriends. Trapped by his boring job and working-class parents, Billy finds that his only happiness lies in grand plans for his future and fantastical day-dreams of the fictional country Ambrosia. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Viking
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241973646
- ISBN
- 9780241973646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
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Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life 'Among the best writers in the Middle East today .. Al Aswany has his own magic' Guardian Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857862204
- ISBN
- 9780857862204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 14.77
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Paperback. For readers of The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly and The Guest Cat comes this passionate, bittersweet love story that will move readers old and young Translator(s): Hawke, Liedewy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786070531
- ISBN
- 9781786070531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.79
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€ 9.79
Paperback. A saga of life on a modern executive housing estate, seething with the fears, snobberies, frustrations and lusts of well-heeled young couples trundling uneasily towards middle age. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 17. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749325206
- ISBN
- 9780749325206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
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€ 16.69
Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories, in which an excellent host finds himself turned out of home by his own guests; a woman spends her wedding day frantically searching for her husband-to-be; and a small farming village comes together for a terrible annual ritual. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191430
- ISBN
- 9780141191430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
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Paperback. The American poet John Shade is dead; murdered. His last poem, Pale Fire, is put into a book, together with a preface, a lengthy commentary and notes by Shade's editor, Charles Kinbote. Known on campus as the 'Great Beaver', Kinbote is haughty, inquisitive, intolerant, but is he also mad, bad - and even dangerous? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185262
- ISBN
- 9780141185262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
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Paperback. A bold and dazzling new story from the controversial creator of A Million Little Pieces. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848540477
- ISBN
- 9781848540477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
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Paperback. Enthralling, moving, darkly funny and humane, Anthem is a triumphant account of ordinary people and a dispute over a group of small, barren islands at the bottom of the world. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprints
- SKU
- KNW0008650
- ISBN
- 9780330487467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
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Paperback. Summer is not complete without a new novel from number one bestselling author Santa Montefiore Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471135903
- ISBN
- 9781471135903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
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Paperback. A story about love and the choices we make. How bad choices can lead to good things, and how life is never what you expect it to be. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Paperback Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471142468
- ISBN
- 9781471142468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.33
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Paperback. Adrian Mole is middle-aged but still scribbling. Working as a bookseller and living in Leicester's Rat Wharf; finding time to write letters of advice to Tim Henman and Tony Blair; locked in mortal combat with a vicious swan called Gielgud; measuring his expanding bald spot; and trying to win-over the voluptuous Daisy.. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241960165
- ISBN
- 9780241960165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
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Paperback. This story, set around the sole survivor of a plane crash, follows the lives of the people around him in the aftermath, the effect disaster has on them and the way in which they all struggle to re-establish themselves. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266. Some shelfwear. Remains good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 358
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KST0020718
- ISBN
- 9781862072510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Gill Gamesh, John Baal, Rupert Mundys: If you've never heard of them, it's because of the Communist plot, and the capitalist scandal, that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory. This novel turns baseball's status as national passtime and myth into an occasion for unfettered picturesque heroism and perfidy, and ebullient wordplay. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099889403
- ISBN
- 9780099889403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
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Paperback. A title that tells the story of two men, the charming Hartmann and the troubled Fibich, best friends ever since they came to England as German refugees, and how they respond to their shared history in different ways. Series: Penguin Decades. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141048291
- ISBN
- 9780141048291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. A happiness drug is found to be intolerable to society. This book describes the process by which its disseminators are hounded to death. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762798
- ISBN
- 9781905762798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.22
€ 11.22
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KNW0010704
- ISBN
- 9780349116167
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KNH0012800
- ISBN
- 9780349116167
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Divided into four narratives, echoing the four texts of Confucianism and the four Gospels of the New Testament, this book tells the story of one of China's most controversial periods. It also shows us the power of camaraderie, love and faith against oppression and the darkest possible odds. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099569497
- ISBN
- 9780099569497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. A wonderful and heart-warming novel about female friendship, set on a beautiful Greek island, from the author of The Vintage Teacup Club and The Seafront Tea Rooms. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751552249
- ISBN
- 9780751552249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.21
€ 11.99
€ 10.21