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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts. His adolescent daughter spends his money with a skill that amazes him so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's tempted. In return all he has to do is file a few reports. But when his fake reports start coming true things suddenly get more complicated. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099286080
- ISBN
- 9780099286080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.45
€ 10.45
paperback. Max likes to make noise, get dirty, ride his bike without a helmet and howl like a wolf. In any other age he would have just been considered a boy. These days he is considered wilful and deranged. After a row with his mother, Max runs away. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141037134
- ISBN
- 9780141037134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. *A witty, perceptive novel on the unusual theme of adoption. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean copy in good condition.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLJ0001765
- ISBN
- 9780349110837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 35. Weight in Grams: 364. 2014 REPRINT
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340822784
- ISBN
- 9780340822784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.58
€ 13.00
€ 12.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Fleet
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708898406
- ISBN
- 9780708898406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A dark story of loss, friendship, love and the lengths we'll go to cope, from the winner of the 2016 Luke Bitmead Bursary. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Legend Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785079252
- ISBN
- 9781785079252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
paperback. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. This work features stories such as "Rashomon", "In a Bamboo Grove", "The Nose", "O-Gin", "Loyalty", "Death Register", "The Life of a Stupid Man" and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Penguin Classics Deluxe ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039846
- ISBN
- 9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. On the outbreak of war, Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the deadly trenches of northern France. Volunteering to help battlefield wounded, Belle is posted to France as a Red Cross ambulance driver. There, a tragic accident brings her face to face with Etienne - a man from her past she's never quite forgotten. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241950371
- ISBN
- 9780241950371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. * A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080687
- ISBN
- 9781844080687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is a note. At home, his family slowly begins to unravel. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554486
- ISBN
- 9780099554486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. In the small Bosnian town of Visegrad the stone bridge of the novel's title, built in the sixteenth century on the instruction of a grand vezir, bears witness to three centuries of conflict. This title chronicles the lives of Catholics, Moselms and Orthodox Christians that unable to reconcile their disparate loyalties. Translator(s): Edwards, Lovette F. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860460586
- ISBN
- 9781860460586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. The great masterpiece of the living Dutch novelist most often tipped as a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature - a classic tale of the European settlers' experience in the Far East worthy of the great Victorians. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846271717
- ISBN
- 9781846271717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. The explosive new thriller by the New York Timesbestseller, Lisa Unger. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471150470
- ISBN
- 9781471150470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
Paperback. Michel is ten years old, living in Pointe Noire, Congo, in the 1970s. His mother sells peanuts at the market, his father works at the Victory Palace Hotel, and brings home books left behind by the white guests. Planes cross the sky overhead, and Michel and his friend Lounes dream about the countries where they'll land. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846685842
- ISBN
- 9781846685842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.68
€ 13.00
€ 11.68
Paperback. 'The Namesake' is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551805
- ISBN
- 9780006551805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.94
€ 13.99
€ 9.94
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Headline
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780755397570
- ISBN
- 9780755397570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 5.70
€ 10.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Robin knew Paul wasn't perfect. But he said they were so lucky to have found each other, and she believed it was true. In the heady strangeness of Morocco, he is everything she wants him to be - passionate, talented, knowledgeable. She is convinced that it is here she will finally become pregnant. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099585183
- ISBN
- 9780099585183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.70
€ 11.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812967388
- ISBN
- 9780812967388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Number of pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Hodder Headline Ireland Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KHN0000885
- ISBN
- 9780340976821
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 7.99€ 4.99
€ 7.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A retelling of the Gospel following the life of Christ from his conception to his crucifixion. A naive Jesus is the son not of God, but of Joseph. In the desert it is not Satan, but God that Christ tussles with, an autocrat with whom he has an unbalanced and unsettled relationship. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Harvill Pr
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860466847
- ISBN
- 9781860466847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. From the slums of Haiti to a golf course in Myanmar, and from the Colombian jungle to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, this title stories describe a world in political and social upheaval, and the lives caught in the balance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857867117
- ISBN
- 9780857867117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782271215
- ISBN
- 9781782271215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.49
€ 13.00
€ 11.49
Paperback. Hilarious and heart-warming, this is the wonderful new novel from bestselling author Fiona Walker Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 286 x 42. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751556148
- ISBN
- 9780751556148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Hardcover. When the tanker is refused entry to the Bay of San Francisco, Harold Snow and the rest of the crew embark on a scattershot voyage that will take the disintegrating hulk from South America to Africa. Along the way, they encounter hurricanes, crooked customs officials and tropical ports seething with vice and revolution. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KNW0007685
- ISBN
- 9780241142660
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99