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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. This is the story of a woman who refuses to mourn her husband's death. The village knew she was an unhappy wife, but she is still expected to weep and speak the praises of her husband. Her story reveals the value of friendship between women, based on liking rather than traditional beliefs. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 192 pages. This is the story of a woman who refuses to mourn her husband's death. The village knew she was an unhappy wife, but she is still expected to weep and speak the praises of her husband. Her story reveals the value of friendship between women, based on liking rather than traditional beliefs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight: 162.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435912086
- ISBN
- 9780435912086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.25
€ 17.25
Paperback. Catherine Havisham was born into privilege. Handsome, imperious, she is the daughter of a wealthy brewer, and lives in luxury in Satis House. But she is never far from the smell of hops and the arresting letters on the brewhouse wall - Havisham. A reminder of all she owes to the family name and the family business. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 122 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571288304
- ISBN
- 9780571288304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.24
€ 10.99
€ 9.24
Paperback. * The third in the Sunday Philosophy Club series, starring amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349118055
- ISBN
- 9780349118055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241979488
- ISBN
- 9780241979488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.85
€ 20.99
€ 16.85
Paperback. Drawing from sources as varied as Mark Twain, the Patty Hearst story, Melville's "Ishmael", detective fiction, Hollywood and the porn industry, his own experiences as a father and a teacher on Yuork Indian reservations, the author tells the Biblical story of Abraham & Isaac through the distorted lens of popular culture. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 114 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Counterpoint New York
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228208
- ISBN
- 9781932360462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Melbourne, the late 1940s. A young conservative Australian poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach his country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submits for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571216208
- ISBN
- 9780571216208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.26
€ 10.99
€ 9.26
Paperback. Bestselling author Clare Dowling's latest novel is warm, hilarious and utterly unputdownable Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458. 8vo. Good clean copy of the large format paperback edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KEX0260027
- ISBN
- 9780755392681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A secret code only visible in certain lights: the accumulation of a lifetime gather there. In places the palimpsest is so heavily worked that the letters feel like braille. I like to keep my body rolled away from prying eyes, never unfold too much, tell the whole story. I didn't know that Louise would have reading hands. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099598275
- ISBN
- 9780099598275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Yvonne Carmichael has worked hard to achieve the life she always wanted: a high-flying career in genetics, a good relationship with her husband and their two grown-up children. Then one day she meets a stranger at the Houses of Parliament and, in the dark, secret corners of London, begins an impulsive and passionate affair with him. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 202 x 29. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571278640
- ISBN
- 9780571278640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. As delightfully wry and witty as his bestselling debut, 'The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared', this is a tale of how one woman's attempt to change her future ended up changing everything. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007557905
- ISBN
- 9780007557905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
Hardback. Takes you through depression, divinity, alcohol, and desire, visiting along the way famous blue figures, including Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Yves Klein, Leonard Cohen, and Andy Warhol. In this book, the narrator sets out to construct a sort of 'pillow book' about her lifelong obsession with the colour blue. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 130. .
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911214526
- ISBN
- 9781911214526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardcover. Who is A. N. Dyer? For fans of 'The Art of Fielding' and 'Wonder Boys' - this is the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 51. Weight in Grams: 802. Fine copy in dust wrapper. DW and page edges showing minor shelfwear, remains in very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KSG0009200
- ISBN
- 9780007552795
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 150 x 191 x 27. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411426962
- ISBN
- 9781411426962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. In this incisive collection of stories, Bret Easton Ellis returns to the moral badlands of 1980s Los Angeles. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Picador Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330536325
- ISBN
- 9780330536325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. Ninth novel by No 1 international bestselling author Anita Shreve, who has been acclaimed by THE TIMES as 'exceptionally fine..an amazingly evocative writer'. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. In good condition. A well read copy
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRS0010839
- ISBN
- 9780349115177
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Ninth novel by No 1 international bestselling author Anita Shreve, who has been acclaimed by THE TIMES as 'exceptionally fine..an amazingly evocative writer'. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246. Good, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KSG0006546
- ISBN
- 9780349115177
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprinted
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764228896
- ISBN
- 9780764228896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 118 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (J) Children / Juvenile; (L) ELT / TEFL; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Dgs
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375823770
- ISBN
- 9780375823770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.23
€ 9.99
€ 9.23
Paperback. * From the highly acclaimed poet and novelist, winner of fiction prizes and wonderful reviews, comes Michele Roberts's latest short stories, available in paperback Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083893
- ISBN
- 9781844083893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. An enchanting story of village life from the bestselling author of the FAIRACRE series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752884271
- ISBN
- 9780752884271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. On a sultry summer night in 1915, Jay Follet leaves his house in Knoxville, Tennessee, to tend to his father, who he believes is dying. The summons turns out to be a false alarm, but on his way back to his family, Jay has a car accident and is killed instantly. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187969
- ISBN
- 9780141187969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardcover. Pongo Twistleton and Freddie Widgeon may be small of brain and short of cash but they are always good for ingenious adventures, especially when it comes to falling in love with the wrong girl or cooking up hopeless schemes to make money. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591186
- ISBN
- 9781841591186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. A bestselling title in Heinemann's long-established 'African Writers Series', this novel is now being published with a new introduction as part of the new series 'African Writers Series Classics'. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 106. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics. 120 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 7. Weight: 104.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435913588
- ISBN
- 9780435913588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.23
€ 17.23
Paperback. In the tunnels beneath New York a young man is missing. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847671523
- ISBN
- 9781847671523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.49
€ 13.00
€ 11.49