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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of his dead father. He is shocked to find there the mistress's rival and successor, Mrs Ota, and that the ceremony has been awkwardly arranged for him to meet his potential future bride. But he is most shocked to be drawn into a relationship with Mrs Ota. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192604
ISBN
9780141192604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The clock is ticking for Musa; he has 30 days to escape from an arranged marriage.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Halban Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559169
ISBN
9781905559169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. IN A SUMMER SEASON is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be the thing it is: beautiful, often funny, and sometimes tragic. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083206
ISBN
9781844083206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Walking the streets of our cities are the Others. These men and women have access to the Twilight, a shadowy parallel world of magical power that exists alongside our own. Each has sworn allegiance to one side: the Light, or the Darkness. Series: Night Watch. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099580140
ISBN
9780099580140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783782673
ISBN
9781783782673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Into the insular town of 1930s Ferrara, a new doctor arrives. Fadigati is hopeful and modern, and more than anything wants to fit into his new home. But his fresh, appealing appearance soon crumbles when the townsfolk discover his homosexuality, and the young man he pays to be his lover humiliates him publicly. Translator(s): McKendrick, Jamie. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192154
ISBN
9780141192154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. This second novel from Wm Paul Young, author of international bestseller THE SHACK, is an inspiring and provocative story of a man who only realises how bad his life has been when it's too late - yet is miraculously given a chance to put things right. Will he take it? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444745993
ISBN
9781444745993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in one of the most acclaimed novels of 2014 Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088829
ISBN
9781844088829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardback. .
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First World Publication
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727887337
ISBN
9780727887337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Combines science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099842606
ISBN
9780099842606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Michele is a successful business woman with a troubled private life. When she moves her elderly mother, Clara, into the basement, her husband slams the door and disappears into the night. Eventually, Clara - the controlling matriarch - finds a way to release her daughter. But can Michele release herself? Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773792
ISBN
9781907773792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback.
Publisher
Scribner
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743220156
ISBN
9780743220156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. A darkly humorous novel set in a crumbling Black Sea resort, featuring a cast of characters who exist simultaneously as human beings (racketeers, mystics, drug addicts and prostitutes) and as insects. By the author of THE BLUE LANTERN and OMON RA. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571194056
ISBN
9780571194056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Following one Alex-Li Tandem - a twenty-something, Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and organised religion, this title takes in London and New York, love and death, fathers and sons, as Alex tries to discover how a piece of paper can bring him closer to his heart's desire. Illustrator(s): Mills, Roderick. Num Pages: 432 pages, line illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140276343
ISBN
9780140276343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Physically - challenged hero launches himself into the worlds of international travel, spiritual enlightenment and higher education, tackling friendships and sex and railing against institutional regulations and flights of stairs along way. This title continues the story of John Cromer one of the memorable characters in contemporary literature. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 47. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571245376
ISBN
9780571245376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Hardcover. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
325
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679417392
ISBN
9780679417392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.29

Paperback. Bobby hoped up in a Middlesbrough tower block - works on his canvases under the influence of pills-on-toast, acid-on-crackers and Francis Bacon. When Bent Lewis, a famous art dealer and mover-shaker from London appears, Bobby and friends are sent on an adventure of self-discovery, hedonism and violence involving a 2.5cm-head curved claw hammer. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
SKU
KEX0200930
ISBN
9780571242252
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
B&W Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902927855
ISBN
9781902927855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. A story to celebrate the life of a dog. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429043
ISBN
9780099429043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Victorian Whitby is the setting for Jessica Blair's latest saga, a tale of lost inheritances, family feuds and starcrossed lovers - in the jet-carving industry Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 109 x 27. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751545418
ISBN
9780751545418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The outstanding first book in the ever-popular Dave Robicheaux series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 113. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820339
ISBN
9780753820339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 177 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Melville House
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
58087th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974607801
ISBN
9780974607801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.34

Paperback. The War is just over. In Venice, a city affectionately described, the American Colonel, Richard Cantrell, falls in love with Renata, an Italian countess who has 'a profile that could break anyone's heart'. Cantrell is war-scarred and old enough to be Renata's father, but he is overwhelmed by the selflessness of the love she is offering. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Arrow Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099909606
ISBN
9780099909606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. In the Californian desert.. A four-year-old boy goes missing. A British rock star goes quietly mad. An alien-worshipping cult is born. An Iraqi teenager takes part in a war game. In a remote town, near a rock formation known as The Pinnacles, lives intertwine, stories echo, and the universal search for meaning and connection continues. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141020211
ISBN
9780141020211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

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