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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A dazzling new anthology of the very best very short fiction from around the world. Editor(s): Thomas, James; Shapard, Robert; Merrill, Christopher. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393346077
ISBN
9780393346077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Katie Wallace had her heart broken once - never again. So she decides to become a Love Trainer, a unique service provider who can answer the following questions: should I call him even though he hasn't called me? When he turns up in the middle of the night drunk and wanting a shag, should I say yes? Can you train men to be better boyfriends? Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 342. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRF0038162
ISBN
9780141010458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447241652
ISBN
9781447241652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. A brilliant, funny and poignant novel from the bestselling Irish author. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KAK0006470
ISBN
9780755341535
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A brilliant, funny and poignant novel from the bestselling Irish author. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 300. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRF0023156
ISBN
9780755341535
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of short stories from an award-winning writer. The characters in these stories are driven by paranoia and doubts, as well as hopes and fears of things only half-glimpsed. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KST0006822
ISBN
9781841958088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155738
ISBN
9781903155738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. Each story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling - about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. This book includes stories which are all about human beings. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472711
ISBN
9780099472711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Reserved Mr Malik. You wouldn't notice him in a Nairobi street - except, perhaps, to comment on his carefully sculpted comb-over - but beneath his unprepossessing exterior lie a warm heart and a secret passion. Not even his closest friends know it, but Mr Malik is head-over-heels in love with leader of local Tuesday-morning bird walk, Rose Mbikwa. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955284
ISBN
9780241955284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks' studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling, underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark on the world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141019475
ISBN
9780141019475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. By the Orange Prize-shortlisted Jill Dawson, a riveting novel that folds a brilliant portrait of Patricia Highsmith into a tale of duplicity, madness and murder - 'a creepy cracker' Mail on Sunday Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444731132
ISBN
9781444731132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 46. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Galileo Multimedia Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903385555
ISBN
9781903385555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. 1903, and Captain Lalande Biran, overseeing a garrison on the banks of the Congo, has an ambition: to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafes of Paris. His glamorous wife Christine has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552253
ISBN
9780099552253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. The mesmerising new novel by Iceland's internationally renowned writer Sjon - 'the trickster that makes the world, and he is achingly brilliant' Junot Diaz, 'an extraordinary and original writer' A.S. Byatt. Translator(s): Cribb, Victoria. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 262 x 21. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473613157
ISBN
9781473613157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444792324
ISBN
9781444792324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. 'Hilariously surreal. It's a bit like the Coen Brothers directing an Alan Bennett play.. Fantastic' Daily Mirror Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 232. 320 pages. 'Hilariously surreal. It's a bit like the Coen Brothers directing an Alan Bennett play. Fantastic' Daily Mirror. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 146 x 197 x 27. Weight: 224.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408813768
ISBN
9781408813768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138. .
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785151149
ISBN
9781785151149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: 1DST; FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509838028
ISBN
9781509838028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A series of short stories, in which the author captures uneasy souls, shabby lives and innocent minds in the dark streets and homes of his native city. In doing so, he conjures uncertainties and desires, illumines moments of joy and sorrow otherwise lost in private memory, and pierces the many mysteries at the heart of things. Editor(s): Gabler, Hans Walter. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099573142
ISBN
9780099573142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Limited Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099496939
ISBN
9780099496939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Family secrets and lies in small-town America, from Man Booker and Orange Prize shortlisted author Esi Edugyan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846689390
ISBN
9781846689390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Two months after the suspicious and much-publicized death of his father, it is taking all of Adam Blaine's character to suture the deep wounds - both within his family and himself - torn open by the tragedy. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782064138
ISBN
9781782064138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Troubled Environmental Health Officer Danny Skinner is engaged on a quest to uncover what he refers to as 'the bedroom secrets of the master chefs'. He regards the unravelling of this classified information as the key to learning genetic facts about himself and the crippling compulsions that threaten to wreck his young life. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099483588
ISBN
9780099483588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Hardcover. A special limited edition of Ballard's cult, post-modern and shocking novel Editor(s): Beckett, Chris. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 201. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Special commemorative ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007378340
ISBN
9780007378340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.02

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