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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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
€ 9.87

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
€ 10.30

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

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
€ 11.02

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
€ 11.01

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
€ 9.95

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
€ 10.09

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
€ 10.82

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
€ 14.96

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
€ 11.09

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
€ 11.08

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

€ 14.13

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

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. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Minor creasing on cover, pages are in good condition
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KAK0000049
ISBN
9780141013947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555971
ISBN
9780099555971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. From the international bestseller Nicholas Sparks Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751540888
ISBN
9780751540888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Lionel Asbo - a very violent but not very successful criminal - has always looked out for his nephew, Desmond Pepperdine. He gives him fatherly advice and introduces him to the joys of Internet porn. Des, on the other hand, desires nothing more than books, a girl to love and to steer clear Uncle Li's psychotic pitbulls, Joe and Jeff. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099565680
ISBN
9780099565680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Re-issue
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0216064
ISBN
9780747536932
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. When archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother could detect lead her to believe that something more sinister took place. Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542049
ISBN
9780099542049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.36

Paperback. Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. For the young Karl Ove, new houses, classes and friends are met with manic excitement and creeping dread. Adults occupy godlike positions of power, benevolent in the case of his doting mother, tyrannical in the case of his cruel father. In this book, the author shares about his childhood. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Series: Knausgaard. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps (colour). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581499
ISBN
9780099581499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Life in general is getting in the way of Pam, Maggie, Ellie and Toni losing weight. And the men aren't helping either. There's an ex-husband who suddenly wants his children; a rich, powerful playboy who has everything. No doubt about it, drastic action is needed. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRF0008951
ISBN
9780553816846
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 171 x 38. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786037261
ISBN
9780786037261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.62

Paperback. Set in a small town on Cape Cod in 1950, this tells of the relationship between Peggy Cort, a 28-year-old librarian, and James Carlson Sweatt, an "over-tall" 11-year-old. They are odd candidates for friendship, but they still find their lives entwined in ways that neither one could have predicted. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099739913
ISBN
9780099739913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Featuring characters, who in their different ways, square up to death and rage against the dying light, this book is written by the winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554998
ISBN
9780099554998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

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