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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KEX0200868
ISBN
9780349115900
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Raya, a mercurial Moscow blonde who speaks no English, and the affair she is embarking upon with Gordon Proctor-Gould, a British businessman who speaks no Russian. They need an interpreter; which is how Paul Manning is diverted from writing his thesis at Moscow University to become involved in all the deceptions of love and East-West relations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315888
ISBN
9780571315888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone. Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099579038
ISBN
9780099579038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Coach House Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552451007
ISBN
9781552451007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.06

paperback. The great maritime state of Orsenna has long been lulled by settled peace and prosperity. It is three hundred years since it was actively at war with its traditional enemy two days' sail across the water, the savage land of Farghestan - a slumbering but by no means extinct volcano. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846559297
ISBN
9781846559297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Hardcover. Starting with "Broomsticks and Other Tales" of 1925, with its twelve stories, this book continues with "The Lord Fish" of 1933 with seven stories. It includes three distinctive stories, 'Pigtails, Ltd', 'The Thief' and 'A Nose'. These stories are quirky, sometimes frightening, and often preoccupied with states of mind and personal identity. Editor(s): de la Mare, Giles. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357050
ISBN
9781900357050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.71

Paperback. Collector, adventurer and artist, Vivant Denon was a youthful courtier at Versailles; he lived through the French Revolution, and galloped across Egypt with Bonaparte. He found world fame without seeking it, risking his life and happiness in an endless quest, a love affair with art. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099492924
ISBN
9780099492924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom: separated from his wife and daughter, estranged from his father, and with no one to confide in even though he has 74 friends on Facebook. He's not even sure whether he's got a job until suddenly a strange business proposition comes his way which involves a long journey to the Shetland Isles. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967775
ISBN
9780241967775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Kemal's friend mysteriously disappears, leaving him a generous allowance and the use of his large house. He discovers that his new dwelling involves an inheritance of $1.3 million, and a Russian nobleman's missing son. Kemal embarks on a missing person case that will bring chaos and romance to his life. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590672
ISBN
9781846590672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.67

Paperback. Bella Wallis is a respectable society woman with a secret identity: she writes sensationalist novels exposing the scoundrels that litter high society. So when a crested cigar case is found near the body of a murdered prostitute, Bella and her friends are determined to trace the murderer and write a mystery that will avenge the poor girl's death. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539483
ISBN
9780099539483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Always intellectually playful, but also very moving and funny, the author explores the ways and whys of storytelling. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
Edition
1st Edition Thus.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038018
ISBN
9780141038018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A beautiful, haunting novel by the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781255278
ISBN
9781781255278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780263924862
ISBN
9780263924862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.24

Paperback. Two's company, but three's a calamity.. From the bestselling author of THE ONE YOU REALLY WANT and THREE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT YOU Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755332632
ISBN
9780755332632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. From the author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN, a dark tale about a failing politician and the search for two missing children. Includes Reading Group Notes. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780222240
ISBN
9781780222240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. It's 1968. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King are dead. The Mob, Howard Hughes and J Edgar Hoover are in a struggle for America's soul, drawing into their murderous conspiracies the dammed and the soon-to-be damned. Wayne Tedrow Jr: parricide, assassin, dope cooker, mouthpiece for all sides, loyal to none. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 43. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099537793
ISBN
9780099537793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. The spectre of another world war haunts journalist Walter Craig and disturbs the peace of his seaside holiday. But below the Cornish cliffs, hidden by churning seas, the enemy is very real indeed, and much closer than anyone could suspect. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577348
ISBN
9780099577348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171172
ISBN
9781590171172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. A group of people are about to meet for the first time at the Edinburgh Festival. The events of this long, hot summer will both throw them together and tear them apart .. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 298. Clean copy in good condition
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KST0026217
ISBN
9780751538571
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A gripping and suspenseful novel about secrets, betrayal and the power of the past. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089437
ISBN
9781844089437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

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