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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. In Hanky Park, near Salford, Harry and Sally Hardcastle grow up in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty, exploited by bookies and pawnbroker, bullied by petty officials and living in fear of the dole queue and the Means Test. His love affair with a local girl ends in a shotgun marriage, and, disowned by his family, he is tempted by crime. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099224815
- ISBN
- 9780099224815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General" At seventeen Grace Adams is attacked. A young woman with secrets too horrible to tell, with hurts so deep they may never heal, Grace will not tell the truth about the attack. But with happiness finally within her grasp, Grace is at her most vulnerable - in danger of losing everything to an enemy from her past, an enemy bent on malice. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 238
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Corgi Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KHS0057856
- ISBN
- 9780552141314
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The new bestseller from the author of The Knitting Circle: "Is there anyone who can write about the connections between ordinary people as well as Ann Hood does?"-Jodi Picoult Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393339765
- ISBN
- 9780393339765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.48
€ 16.99
€ 15.48
Hardcover. Raymond Chandler turned to writing at the age of forty-five, he began by publishing in pulp magazines such as Black Mask before later writing his famous novels. In these stories Chandler honed his art and developed his uniquely vivid underworld, peopled with good cops and bad cops. This book focuses on his life and work. Num Pages: 1336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152579
- ISBN
- 9781857152579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.90
€ 33.99
€ 22.90
Paperback. 'I am dazzled by The Bachelors. It is the cleverest and most elegant of all Spark's clever and elegant books' Evelyn Waugh Now available in print and eBook as a gorgeous canon Series: Canons. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main - Canons ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782117551
- ISBN
- 9781782117551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.74
€ 12.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. 'A wonderfully evocative picture of wartime Paris and the moral maze of resistance' Mail on Sunday Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- W&N London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753826379
- ISBN
- 9780753826379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. The Mix family are a dysfunctional bunch who feature in their father's comic strip. When he dies, the kids get the inheritance except the 5th child, a struggling artist. He has to draw the strip to get anything in a loser-lose-all, winner-take-all bid. Num Pages: 301 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 301
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KLN0014991
- ISBN
- 9781862073166
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Draws us into a land deprived of choice, a country under a reign of terror. This title reveals a world where fear is an instrument of power, but the individual survives despite the odds. Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 175.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841959788
- ISBN
- 9781841959788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Riches, secrets and a devastating betrayal - the irresistible novel from No. 1 bestselling author, Penny Vincenzi. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755332656
- ISBN
- 9780755332656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.85
€ 14.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. A beautifully written debut novel set aboard the liner St Louis as it travels from Hamburg to Cuba - supposedly taking Jewish families to a safe new home .. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471161599
- ISBN
- 9781471161599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
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Paperback. Everything will change .. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447255208
- ISBN
- 9781447255208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
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€ 10.98
Paperback. Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but behind closed doors things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592532
- ISBN
- 9780099592532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. A gripping novel that explores the shifting sands of moral values - is murder still murder when committed in a lawless place? Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349006277
- ISBN
- 9780349006277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. An immensely powerful first novel set in Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II, its ambition and achievement reminiscent of Rachel Seiffert's The Dark Room, Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin, Bernhard Schlink's The Reader and Helen Dunmore's The Siege. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782391050
- ISBN
- 9781782391050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
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€ 10.74
Hardback. A funny, moving and brilliantly characterised novel about what happens when the metropolitan dream goes sour. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408709290
- ISBN
- 9781408709290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. The latest in CWA Gold dagger winner William Brodrick's much loved Father Anselm series - and Anselm faces the most difficult and troubling case of his life. Series: Father Anselm Novels. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349000398
- ISBN
- 9780349000398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders ..until he meets Donald Shimoda - former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar.. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099427865
- ISBN
- 9780099427865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Langton & Wood
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955506741
- ISBN
- 9780955506741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.69
€ 11.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. A party of English people board the Euphrosyne bound for South America. Among them is Rachel Vinrace, young, innocent and wholly ignorant of the world of politics and society. She is a free spirit, half-caught, momentarily and passionately, by Terence Hewet, an aspiring writer. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099982906
- ISBN
- 9780099982906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749396046
- ISBN
- 9780749396046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Set in a rural mining village in South Wales in the years leading up to the Second World War, this book recreates a magical but alive world that will resonate with our memories, real and imagined, of childhood. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762514
- ISBN
- 9781905762514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Paperback. Exposing and exploring the sinuous undercurrents of violence, anguish and love, this title examines the nature of the individual, both in isolation and society, as characters define and deny their chosen identities. It reveals the subversive liberation of impotence, and, the humour of discomfort as human beings chafe together. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099457114
- ISBN
- 9780099457114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. For a group of four New York friends, the past ten years have been defined by marriage and motherhood. Now at forty, with their kids growing up, Amy, Jill, Roberta and Karen wake up to a life and a future that is not what they intended. Illicit affairs, money problems, issues with children and husbands all rear their heads. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Riverhead Trade Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523482
- ISBN
- 9780099523482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. Tim Blackburn's wife died in a ball of flame in the Channel, victim of a mystery bomber. His son had died years earlier in Northern Ireland, killed in a terrorist attack. And his daughter Nicole had vanished in the North Pacific after joining an outlawed organisation called Genesis dedicated to saving the planet, by violence if necessary. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955611
- ISBN
- 9780241955611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81