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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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
€ 13.09

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
€ 18.61

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
€ 10.79

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
€ 10.94

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
€ 11.78

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

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

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
€ 11.74

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
€ 10.95

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
€ 21.54

Paperback. This book is outrageously defamatory, scandalously exaggerated, disturbingly sensationalised, yet also hideously, addictively entertaining. I don't know whether to consult my lawyer, or my shrink. - Piers Morgan Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KSG0006127
ISBN
9781448209866
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Since her divorce a year ago, Kit Hargrove feels she has finally got her life back on track. Gone is the lonely Wall Street widow she used to be, and in her place is a happier, more fulfilled woman, with a new job she loves - working for uberfamous novelist Robert McClore - a small but cosy new home with her children. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
Number of pages
416
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038636
ISBN
9780141038636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. They were the best of friends and the most daunting of bachelors - Charlie Harrington, Adam Weiss, and Gray Hawk. Now, the three friends, spending their summer vacation cruising the Mediterranean, are about to have their bachelorhoods rocked. For, as the once-carefree trio is about to discover, love is the most unpredictable adventure of all. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 108 x 33. Weight in Grams: 276. Some age and shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Corgi
Edition
1st Corgi Edition
Publication date
2006
SKU
KNH0010400
ISBN
9780552151795
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. They were the best of friends and the most daunting of bachelors - Charlie Harrington, Adam Weiss, and Gray Hawk. Now, the three friends, spending their summer vacation cruising the Mediterranean, are about to have their bachelorhoods rocked. For, as the once-carefree trio is about to discover, love is the most unpredictable adventure of all. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 108 x 33. Weight in Grams: 276. Well read copy, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Corgi
Edition
1st Corgi Edition
Publication date
2006
SKU
KTJ0005539
ISBN
9780552151795
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Two couples' lives become scandalously entwined in this novel by bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand, the 'queen of the summer novel' (People). Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473611153
ISBN
9781473611153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Originally published in Turkish in 2008 by Kalem Agency. Translator(s): Ates, Stephanie. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Peter Owen Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0012781
ISBN
9780720613476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Half-brothers Michel and Bruno have a mother in common but little else. This is the story of two brothers, but the subject of the novel is in its dismantling of society and its assumptions, a dissection of modern lives and loves. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First UK Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283362
ISBN
9780099283362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Dover Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486415918
ISBN
9780486415918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.21

Paperback. Surgeons are meant to save lives, but Nancy is a special kind of surgeon. When she makes a mistake in the operating theatre she is summoned to explain herself to a tribunal and is forced to consider what it means to be a doctor who has killed as well as cured. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555056
ISBN
9780099555056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. Wilfred Davis, quiet, retired, respectable widower, is sitting and sobbing on a park bench. He has lost his daughter and any sense of purpose. A mysterious stranger passes him a handkerchief, and strikes up a conversation that leads to friendship and an unconventional new home for Wilfred. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870287
ISBN
9781784870287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. What happens when old spies come out to play one last game? In New York, a young Cuban called Tito is passing iPods to a mysterious old man. Such activities do not go unnoticed, however, in these early days of the War on Terror and across the city an ex-military man named Brown is tracking Tito's movements. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953549
ISBN
9780241953549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, this title follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189918
ISBN
9780141189918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City. In this aesthetically bankrupt world, Lily, seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings for endless admiration and wealth. But her quest comes to an end when she is accused of being the mistress of a wealthy man. Exiled from her world of artificial conventions, she finds life impossible. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140187298
ISBN
9780140187298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. For readers of Cormac McCarthy and T. C. Boyle comes this harrowing and hypnotic new novel about a community of eccentric outcasts living in the Utah desert Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780748207
ISBN
9781780748207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.50

Paperback. 'The Golden Child', Penelope Fitzgerald's first work of fiction, is a classically plotted British mystery centred around the arrival of the Golden Child at a London museum. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006546252
ISBN
9780006546252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

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