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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Written in 1966, 'Tarantula' is a collection of poems and prose that evokes the turbulence of the times in which it was written, and gives a unique insight into Dylan's creative evolution. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780007215041
ISBN
9780007215041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Hemingway must take on his new role of leader and, of equal importance, assist his wife Mary to pursue the great lion she is determined to kill before Christmas. This work details the African landscape, the thrill of the hunt, and the heartfelt relationships with his African neighbours. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 21. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099282129
ISBN
9780099282129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 5.70

paperback. Ten years on from "Trainspotting", Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099422464
ISBN
9780099422464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.00

Paperback. The characters in this collection by the author of "Trainspotting" are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Stereotypes are at once celebrated and destroyed, as the protagonists find themselves on unfamiliar ground. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
9780099435013
ISBN
9780099435013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Roy Strang is engaged in a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. His mission is to eradicate the evil marabou stork before it drives away the flamingo from picturesque Lake Torto. Part of the 1995 Scottish Book Fortnight promotion. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
9780099435112
ISBN
9780099435112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn in the secluded village of Headington, near Oxford. The coroner's office provides the corpses he needs - but they have often died by violent means and are damaged and putrifying. Victor moves his coils and jars and electrical fluids to a deserted pottery manufactury in Limehouse. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099524137
ISBN
9780099524137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 6.44

Paperback. An absorbing story of family life in its infinite variety, exploring the complex bonds between parent and child. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 22. Weight in Grams: 187.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340826270
ISBN
9780340826270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
1026
Condition
New
SKU
V9780394716787
ISBN
9780394716787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.09

Paperback. 'As dramatic and colourful as the land itself' Gold Coast Bulletin Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 40. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747257660
ISBN
9780747257660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Luke Sutherland's extraordinary modern-day myth Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747569053
ISBN
9780747569053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.16

Paperback. * A definitive collection of 101 short pieces from 1900 to 2000 this is an invaluable volume of women's writing this century Editor(s): Smith, Ali; Boddy, Kasia; Wood, Sarah. Num Pages: 528 pages, Integrated: 10, Int. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860498428
ISBN
9781860498428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A historical tale marking a new turn in Doyle's writing. Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. He eventually becomes a Fenian, a rebel, a republican legend - one of Michael Collins's boys, an assassin on a stolen bike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 250. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KKD0009745
ISBN
9780099284482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. When Gabby first met Elliott she knew he was the man for her. In twenty years of marriage she has never doubted her love for him - even when he refused to give her the one thing she still wants most of all. But now their two daughters are growing up Gabby feels that time and her youth are slipping away. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0009945
ISBN
9780718157586
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Sunday Times bestseller Cathy Kelly returns with a funny, emotional, heart-warming new novel. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 350. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0009946
ISBN
9781409153610
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The unmissable new action-thriller from one of the biggest names in British fiction - the No 1 bestselling author of The Ghosts of Sleath, Haunted, The Magic Cottage and The Rats. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harpercollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KKD0009974
ISBN
9780006476009
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Nora Roberts - the World's Greatest Storyteller Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 394. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Piatkus
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0009996
ISBN
9780749929688
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A collection of Vargas Llosa's short fiction whose domain is the Peru of male youth and machismo, where life's dramas play themselves out on the soccer field, on the dance floor and on street corners. The author has published many novels, including "The Storyteller". Translator(s): Kolovakos, Gregory; Christ, Ronald J. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 133. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0010097
ISBN
9780571162123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 1936: London is abuzz with gossip about the affair between Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson. But the king is not the only member of the aristocracy with a hard decision to make. Owen Montignac, the handsome and charismatic descendent of a wealthy land-owning family, is anxiously awaiting the reading of his late uncle's will. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552777407
ISBN
9780552777407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Uma, the plain, spinster daughter of a close-knit Indian family, is trapped at home, smothered by her overbearing parents and their traditions, unlike her ambitious younger sister Aruna, who brings off a 'good' marriage, and brother Arun, the disappointing son and heir who is studying in America. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on edges and ffep and minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0008702
ISBN
9780099289630
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. After Rufus Scott, an embittered and unemployed black jazz-musician commits suicide, his sister Ida and old friend Vivaldo become lovers. Yet their feelings for each other are complicated by Rufus's friends, especially the homosexual actor Eric Jones who has been Vivaldo's lover. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141186375
ISBN
9780141186375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.45

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