Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Tells the story of Prince Fracassus, heir presumptive to the Duchy of Origen, famed for its golden-gated skyscrapers and casinos, who passes his boyhood watching reality shows on TV, imagining himself to be the Roman Emperor Nero, and fantasizing about hookers. He is idle, boastful, thin-skinned and egotistic; has no manners, and no curiosity. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781787330207
- ISBN
- 9781787330207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.54
€ 24.99
€ 21.54
Paperback. The international bestseller, Himmler's Cook is an utterly charming and beguiling tale of a woman who witnessed the very worst of the 20th century but never lost her passion for love, life, good people and fine food. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 211 x 29. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782394129
- ISBN
- 9781782394129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston includes Sherston's Progress and both Memoirs, Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571099139
- ISBN
- 9780571099139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.41
€ 25.99
€ 17.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596. 432 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 26. Weight: 596.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780800732400
- ISBN
- 9780800732400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.73
€ 23.73
Paperback. First published in 1947, this subtle novel presents a memorable portrait of the aftermath of war, its effect upon a marriage and a gradual but significant change in the nature of English middle-class life. It is 1946 and Laura and Stephen Marshall are reunited after years of separation. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860685876
- ISBN
- 9780860685876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. Series: Sonchai Jitpleecheep. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472151445
- ISBN
- 9781472151445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. An irresistible novel about a country house hotel where anything can happen - including romantic surprises - from the bestselling author of THREE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT YOU and TAKE A CHANCE ON ME Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755332601
- ISBN
- 9780755332601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Hardcover. A novel constructed around the last great poem of a fictional American poet, John Shade, and an account of his death. The poem appears in full and the narrative develops through the lengthy, and increasingly eccentric, notes by his posthumous editor. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150674
- ISBN
- 9781857150674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.75
€ 19.99
€ 14.75
Paperback. For the third time, Granta has selected 20 writers under 40 whose writing represents the best promise or achievement in British fiction. The collection includes stories by Sarah Waters, Rachel Cusk, Robert McLiam Wilson, Rachel Seiffert, Philip Hensher, A. L. Kennedy and Toby Litt. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32photos. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780903141581
- ISBN
- 9780903141581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.71
€ 17.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408840801
- ISBN
- 9781408840801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. When you're the next big thing in Silicon Valley, the whole world is watching.. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782392637
- ISBN
- 9781782392637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. **A gritty and emotional family drama, from the Sunday Times bestseller. Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn.** Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847562470
- ISBN
- 9781847562470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Paperback. A savagely funny and perceptive novel about a washed-up writer and the havoc he has wrought, comparable in its piercing wit to the Melrose novels by Edward St Aubyn. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349005089
- ISBN
- 9780349005089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Paperback. If everyone else was fighting dirty, could you rise above it? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 184. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRF0030979
- ISBN
- 9780747256069
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A relaxing holiday in Cornwall soon turns into Detective Wycliffe's next investigation. Series: The Cornish Detective. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409174677
- ISBN
- 9781409174677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Joe Trace - in his fifties, door-to-door salesman of beauty products, erstwhile devoted husband - shoots to death his lover of three months, impetuous, eighteen-year-old Dorcas. At the funeral, his determined, hard-working wife, Violet - who is given to stumbling into dark mental cracks - tries with a knife to disfigure the corpse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099750918
- ISBN
- 9780099750918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. 'I am Akram Khan, formerly Sergeant Khan of the Yeoman's Guard, and I am submitting. I am saving my pleasures for when I am dead.' So begins the story of a young man's journey to radicalisation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782397328
- ISBN
- 9781782397328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.82
€ 11.99
€ 9.82
Paperback. Septembers, Chris Prendergast's first novel, is a simmering tale of burning monuments, bad decisions and growing anger. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907773785
- ISBN
- 9781907773785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. Dimension: 111 x 184 x 9. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141049267
- ISBN
- 9780141049267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.75
€ 11.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Here are the collected stories of English novelist Elizabeth Taylor, including some only recently discovered. From the awkward passions of lonely holiday-makers to the fresh-faced anticipation of three school friends preparing for their first dance, she wryly captures the ordinary excetionalness of life. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 46. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088409
- ISBN
- 9781844088409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
€ 19.99
€ 14.87
Paperback. A powerful testament to the human spirit, STORM BAY looks back to the early days of Van Dieman's Land and the thousands of prisoners who suffered to create a great State and earn the respect of a nation Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 177 x 42. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755303762
- ISBN
- 9780755303762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Novelists have noticed that contemporary reality keeps outdoing their imaginations. Yet there is still the obligation to attempt a reading of the present and the very near future. This work serves as an example of how the novel, or more particularly the comic novel, can respond to this transformation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099267591
- ISBN
- 9780099267591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Greg wakes up in a remote war zone, sole survivor of an air crash caused by a suicide bomber. Aman faces the disappearance of his wife and children in a family blood feud. Samira is forced to cope with the complexities of life as an asylum-seeker in the UK. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955795
- ISBN
- 9781904955795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.01
€ 14.01
Paperback. If you think Brazilian is a nationality, that PJ's are pyjamas and that Beyond is somewhere far away, then you have never met a Bergdorf Blonde. Plum Syke's heroine is British but has moved to America, working for a glossy magazine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KIN0007745
- ISBN
- 9780141013947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99