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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Dark family secrets and a passionate love affair, full of his trademark warmth, humanity and ingenuity, Iain Banks's classic novel is reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139142
ISBN
9780349139142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. Suttree contains a humour that is Faulknerian in its gentle wryness, and a freakish imaginative flair reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor' Times Literary Supplement Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330511230
ISBN
9780330511230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.32

Paperback. This is the summer that Lewis Little, precocious thirteen-year-old, is spending in Paris with his mother, Alice. Alice is translating the latest medieval romance by Valentina Gavrilovich, the bestselling and exotic Russian emigre. As Valentina slowly casts a spell over Lewis, he is driven on a terrifying quest. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749396992
ISBN
9780749396992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. The latest engrossing, utterly page-turning novel from the author of As Far As You Can Go Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRA0012083
ISBN
9780747592778
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A classic selection of the best of Stan Barstow's stories covering the last five decades of British life. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 44. Weight in Grams: 956.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
696
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908069672
ISBN
9781908069672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781101883075
ISBN
9781101883075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.53

Paperback. A masterly evocation of childhood and its influences on the adult mind, from the author of The Go-Between Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547803
ISBN
9781848547803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Burnt island is about a literary novelist, Max Long, who wins a fellowship to Burnt island to write his next novel. He ends up staying with the very successful novelist James Fairfax whose wife had gone missing under mysterious circumstances. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 213.
Publisher
Salt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773488
ISBN
9781907773488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. A dark, indelible epic about the other side of the American Dream Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330449212
ISBN
9780330449212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. 'Housekeeping' is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230082
ISBN
9780571230082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. This epic novel is an unforgettably powerful story of love, loss and the long shadow of war, perfect for readers of Santa Montefiore and Victoria Hislop. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471155581
ISBN
9781471155581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. An icon in the world of television news, Blaise McCarthy seems to have it all: beauty, intelligence and courage. But privately there is a story she has protected for years.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 257.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552165884
ISBN
9780552165884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Presents the story of a young woman's slowly evolving identity in the turbulent political environment of South Africa. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312. 384 pages. Presents the story of a young woman's slowly evolving identity in the turbulent political environment of South Africa. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight: 262.
Number of pages
384
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747549796
ISBN
9780747549796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.23

Paperback. This is the way the family got away. They packed everything they could fit into the car, placed the body of their dead brother in the toy box and put him in the boot. Then theyy left Minola and headed towards mid-America. This is the story seen through the eyes of the family's surviving children. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 160. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KTG0007336
ISBN
9781841152097
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sara B. is losing her cool. Not just in the momentary-meltdown kind of way-though there's that, too. At the helm of must-read Snap magazine, veteran style guru Sara B. has had the job-and joy-for the past fifteen years of eviscerating the city's fashion victims in her legendary DOs and DON'Ts photo spread. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396. Good copy
Publisher
MIRA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0241348
ISBN
9780778304333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sara B. is losing her cool. Not just in the momentary-meltdown kind of way-though there's that, too. At the helm of must-read Snap magazine, veteran style guru Sara B. has had the job-and joy-for the past fifteen years of eviscerating the city's fashion victims in her legendary DOs and DON'Ts photo spread. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
MIRA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KOC0015861
ISBN
9780778304333
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Why did Tsuneo's shy wife end up stone dead in a boutique in a louche Tokyo neighborhood? He discovers she's been having an affair, and, in a moment of panic, kills her lover. No apparent motive, no witnesses, a faltering investigation. But the pressure builds and Tsuneo starts making mistakes. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908524638
ISBN
9781908524638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. A tale told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Among the crew, however, is the treacherous Long John Silver who is determined to keep the treasure for himself. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: D; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780141192451
ISBN
9780141192451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. As the new school year begins, Jack Sheffield prepares for an eventful year than usual. A teacher is appointed, and before long tongues start to wag. Meanwhile, five-year old Madona Fazackerly makes her mark in an unexpected way, life changes dramatically for Ruby the caretaker and, in village Coffee Shop, Dorothy Humpleby plans a dirty weekend. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552167031
ISBN
9780552167031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Explores how the history we think we know is not a series of events but rather a constellation of countless individual lives. And although every story is unique, each is founded on the same human desire - to be remembered. Translator(s): Proctor, Minna. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959832
ISBN
9781841959832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. When Theo Griepenkerl happens upon the fifth Gospel in a war-torn Iraqi museum, he can't believe his luck. Driven by greed and a lust for fame, he capitalises on his find by publishing it. His book is a sensation. But he can hardly imagine the incendiary consequences his discovery will have for Christians, Arabs, and Amazon customers alike. Series: Myths. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
SKU
KTM0000676
ISBN
9781847672797
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. This novel portrays the experiences of ordinary soldiers fighting World War II. Using the points of view of a perceptive young Nazi, a jaded American film producer, and a shy Jewish boy just married to the love of his life, Irwin Shaw conveys the scope, confusion and complexity of war. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 704 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 42. Weight in Grams: 926.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226751290
ISBN
9780226751290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.84

Paperback. The triumphant conclusion to M.K. Hume's magnificent Twilight of the Celts trilogy that completes the epic series about the legend of King Arthur, sure to appeal to fans of Conn Iggulden and George R. R. Martin. Series: Twilight of the Celts. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 42. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472215734
ISBN
9781472215734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A dramatic family saga, filled to the brim with scandal and intrigue Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
336
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749957995
ISBN
9780749957995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

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