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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Driven to desperation by the hand the world has dealt him, a man attempts to buy a gun to end his life. But a computer malfunction causes a delay with the gun license: a life-saving event that sees the man questioning why he should die when there are so many others he believes should go before him. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195681
ISBN
9780141195681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. When the Second World War erupts, a remarkable woman finds happiness where she least expects it Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 35. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747248552
ISBN
9780747248552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 213 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551525815
ISBN
9781551525815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.32

Paperback. In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his soul for immortality. This book tells the story of his tortured wanderings through the centuries. Editor(s): Sage, Victor. Num Pages: 704 pages, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Penguin Classics England
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447613
ISBN
9780140447613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A forbidden love, a life-long secret, and one chance to make the right decision. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0014706
ISBN
9780007245840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. This collection brings together past and present, probing many and varied lives. The title story examines Jane Austen's love life, while others introduce a trio of Kensington widows, mean-spirited and middle-aged; a stranger, awaited with dread; and the mercurial changes in young love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349114088
ISBN
9780349114088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rossdale Print Productions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
3rd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993277627
ISBN
9780993277627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback. Alice Thompson's new novel is a Gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness. Violet is obsessed with the books of fairy tales her husband acquires, but her growing delusions see her confined in an asylum. As she recovers and is realead a terrifying series of events is unleashed. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784630430
ISBN
9781784630430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. A fantastically atmospheric, sexually charged novel by the acclaimed author of The Cutting Room. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848546509
ISBN
9781848546509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: his wife is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KEX0302721
ISBN
9780099549024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother's midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, this book demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist. It resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099387817
ISBN
9780099387817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.37

Hardback. Before Everything is an ode to friendship for readers of Anne Tyler and Ann Patchett, full of dry humour, quiet wisdom and huge empathy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473651821
ISBN
9781473651821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. The further adventures of Marie Sharp, groovy granny and diarist extraordinaire Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069317
ISBN
9781782069317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A deeply intelligent and page-turning novel that explores the difficulties of guilt and forgiveness in an impossible friendship between a Nazi and a Jew Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782393139
ISBN
9781782393139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. More than 2500 authors entered the Bristol Short Story Prize 2014/15. These are the 20 shortlisted stories published in the eighth volume of the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 291 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Tangent Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910089231
ISBN
9781910089231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
AuthorHouse Milton Keynes
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781438901909
ISBN
9781438901909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 6.15

Paperback. * A brilliant new novel from the author of Singling out the Couples, State of Happiness and Parallel Lies Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082131
ISBN
9781844082131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. By Debbie Macomber Including: A Ceder Cove Christmas Mother-to-be Mary Jo Wyse arrives in Cedar Cove on Christmas Eve, pregnant and alone. However, the people of Cedar Cove are happy to lend a hand. There's more than enough hope and love to go round this Christmas! Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First edition
Publisher
Mira Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KEX0237694
ISBN
9780778303947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Saved from a delinquent childhood by education, cheated out of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, Hilary Burde cherishes his obsessive guilt and ekes out a living in a dull civil service job. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429128
ISBN
9780099429128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A joyful and life-affirming novel from this multi-million copy international best-selling author. Join her, be fearless. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782117476
ISBN
9781782117476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756147
ISBN
9781876756147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.94

Paperback. A collection of stories that offer revelatory glimpses into everyday lives - from an unwelcome act of kindness at a bus stop, an evening walk across a London bridge, a welcome but uncomfortable summer break to a brutal lesson in trust. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Combined volume
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540397
ISBN
9780099540397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. A special edition of The Summer We All Ran Away as part of The Legend Press Collection, celebrating 10 years of publishing. Series: The Legend Press Collection. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079818
ISBN
9781785079818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.91

Paperback.
Publisher
FLAT Rock Publishing United States
Number of pages
586
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974637020
ISBN
9780974637020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.21

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