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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Love, food and Italy - a delicious novel from the author of THE FOOD OF LOVE COOKERY SCHOOL. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409147794
ISBN
9781409147794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A special twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Katherine Dunn's extraordinary cult classic, with a new introduction by the author. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349100869
ISBN
9780349100869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

paperback. After a chance encounter on a train the English teacher William Bradshaw starts a close friendship with the mildly sinister Arthur Norris. Norris is a man of contradictions; lavish but heavily in debt, excessively polite but sexually deviant. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099771418
ISBN
9780099771418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

paperback. An Irish Times bestseller, Bright Lights and Promises is a mesmerising novel that deals with family relationships in touching detail. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 261. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0248368
ISBN
9780755326389
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 9.58

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099579649
ISBN
9780099579649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.75

Hardcover. When the tanker is refused entry to the Bay of San Francisco, Harold Snow and the rest of the crew embark on a scattershot voyage that will take the disintegrating hulk from South America to Africa. Along the way, they encounter hurricanes, crooked customs officials and tropical ports seething with vice and revolution. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton London
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KNW0007685
ISBN
9780241142660
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Hilarious and heart-warming, this is the wonderful new novel from bestselling author Fiona Walker Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 286 x 42. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751556148
ISBN
9780751556148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782271215
ISBN
9781782271215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.49

Paperback. From the slums of Haiti to a golf course in Myanmar, and from the Colombian jungle to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, this title stories describe a world in political and social upheaval, and the lives caught in the balance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857867117
ISBN
9780857867117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. A retelling of the Gospel following the life of Christ from his conception to his crucifixion. A naive Jesus is the son not of God, but of Joseph. In the desert it is not Satan, but God that Christ tussles with, an autocrat with whom he has an unbalanced and unsettled relationship. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Harvill Pr
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860466847
ISBN
9781860466847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Number of pages
320
Publisher
Hodder Headline Ireland Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KHN0000885
ISBN
9780340976821
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 7.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812967388
ISBN
9780812967388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. Robin knew Paul wasn't perfect. But he said they were so lucky to have found each other, and she believed it was true. In the heady strangeness of Morocco, he is everything she wants him to be - passionate, talented, knowledgeable. She is convinced that it is here she will finally become pregnant. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780099585183
ISBN
9780099585183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback.
Publisher
Headline
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780755397570
ISBN
9780755397570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. 'The Namesake' is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006551805
ISBN
9780006551805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Michel is ten years old, living in Pointe Noire, Congo, in the 1970s. His mother sells peanuts at the market, his father works at the Victory Palace Hotel, and brings home books left behind by the white guests. Planes cross the sky overhead, and Michel and his friend Lounes dream about the countries where they'll land. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846685842
ISBN
9781846685842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.68

Paperback. The explosive new thriller by the New York Timesbestseller, Lisa Unger. 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
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471150470
ISBN
9781471150470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. The great masterpiece of the living Dutch novelist most often tipped as a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature - a classic tale of the European settlers' experience in the Far East worthy of the great Victorians. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271717
ISBN
9781846271717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. In the small Bosnian town of Visegrad the stone bridge of the novel's title, built in the sixteenth century on the instruction of a grand vezir, bears witness to three centuries of conflict. This title chronicles the lives of Catholics, Moselms and Orthodox Christians that unable to reconcile their disparate loyalties. Translator(s): Edwards, Lovette F. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860460586
ISBN
9781860460586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is a note. At home, his family slowly begins to unravel. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554486
ISBN
9780099554486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. * A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080687
ISBN
9781844080687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. On the outbreak of war, Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the deadly trenches of northern France. Volunteering to help battlefield wounded, Belle is posted to France as a Red Cross ambulance driver. There, a tragic accident brings her face to face with Etienne - a man from her past she's never quite forgotten. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950371
ISBN
9780241950371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. This work features stories such as "Rashomon", "In a Bamboo Grove", "The Nose", "O-Gin", "Loyalty", "Death Register", "The Life of a Stupid Man" and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Penguin Classics Deluxe ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039846
ISBN
9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. A dark story of loss, friendship, love and the lengths we'll go to cope, from the winner of the 2016 Luke Bitmead Bursary. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079252
ISBN
9781785079252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

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