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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A gloriously rich and blackly funny French bestseller about Rose, a 105-year-old chef who has experienced life at its fullest.. and at its most deadly. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 257 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782394143
ISBN
9781782394143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.82

Paperback. Told from three different viewpoints and written in extraordinary prose, this title presents an exploration of family love, truth and lies, and how strange and frightening it can feel for a child to discover the adult world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571240524
ISBN
9780571240524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. 'This is a brilliant debut and I look forward to reading more of Jack Lark' Bernard Cornwell Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472200303
ISBN
9781472200303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286226
ISBN
9780099286226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.11

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
€ 10.95

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

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
€ 15.26

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
€ 22.67

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

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
€ 10.91

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

Paperback. .
Publisher
Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904445043
ISBN
9781904445043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.27

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
€ 10.57

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
€ 11.77

Hardback. A portrait not only of old soldiers, but of old age in general. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 115 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747518341
ISBN
9780747518341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

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
€ 10.66

Paperback. All by writers who spent their formative years in South Africa, this diverse range of short stories spans from the end of World War II when the National Party was on the upsurge, to the early 1990s when the legal framework of apartheid was abolished, the ANC was legalized and Mandela was released. Editor(s): Hirson, Denis; Trump, Martin. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 256 pages. Editor(s): Hirson, Denis; Trump, Martin. All by writers who spent their formative years in South Africa, this diverse range of short stories spans from the end of World War II when the National Party was on the upsurge, to the early 1990s when the legal framework of apartheid was abolished, the ANC was legalized and Mandela was released. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight: 212.
Publisher
Heinemann
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435906726
ISBN
9780435906726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.09

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
€ 10.87

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
€ 10.95

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
€ 10.97

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
€ 10.65

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

€ 21.99
€ 16.27

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
€ 10.97

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
€ 10.19

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