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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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
€ 22.99

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
€ 11.00

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. 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
€ 10.71

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
J'ai lu France
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9782290343715
ISBN
9782290343715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.37

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
€ 10.73

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

€ 17.25

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
€ 11.00

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
€ 11.02

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
€ 11.04

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
€ 10.77

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

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

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
€ 11.04

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
€ 10.23

Paperback. .
Publisher
Langton & Wood
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955506741
ISBN
9780955506741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. A party of English people board the Euphrosyne bound for South America. Among them is Rachel Vinrace, young, innocent and wholly ignorant of the world of politics and society. She is a free spirit, half-caught, momentarily and passionately, by Terence Hewet, an aspiring writer. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099982906
ISBN
9780099982906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749396046
ISBN
9780749396046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Pamphlet. Series: Keshiki. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 4. .
Publisher
UEA Publishing Project
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911343035
ISBN
9781911343035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.15

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