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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. 1950s and 60s West London is the setting for this fantastic new saga by Pamela Evans. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755374861
ISBN
9780755374861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. In September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokaster, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the events of the previous night, rumours circulate of a childhood friendship between a local dignitary and the invading Nazi Colonel. Translator(s): Hodgson, John. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857860125
ISBN
9780857860125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Abigail Tarttelin 'is a natural storyteller' (Matt Haig, METRO), and she has written 'a poignant, brave and important book' (S.J. Watson) about a young boy coming to terms with being intersex. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224596
ISBN
9781780224596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. The first collection of short stories published by Peter Carey, whose other books include "Bliss", "Illywhacker" and "Oscar and Lucinda", which was awarded the 1988 Booker Prize. The stories, set in an ominous near-future that has a feel of contemporary life, are by turn bizarre and funny. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571144389
ISBN
9780571144389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty, a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream. Editor(s): Cunnell, Howard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189215
ISBN
9780141189215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

paperback. Mary Panton walls up her desires in a beautiful villa high up in the hills above Florence, as she calmly contemplates her disastrous marriage. But a single act of compassion begins a nightmare of violence that shatters her serenity. She turns for help to the notorious Rowley Flint. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478324
ISBN
9780099478324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Juno Marlowe has just waved off to war the two young men she has loved for the best part of her life when the air raid sirens begin to wail out across London. She is rescued from this nightmare by a gaunt stranger called Evelyn, frail and older than his years. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513056
ISBN
9780099513056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The survivor of multiple marriages, career comebacks and cosmetic surgeries, Miss Kathie lives the way legends should. But danger lurks when gentleman caller Webster Carlton Westward III arrives and worms his way into Miss Kathie's heart and boudoir. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526988
ISBN
9780099526988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

paperback. .
Publisher
The Quince Tree Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900847967
ISBN
9780900847967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.20

Paperback. By the same authors as "French Leave" and "An Enthusiast" this book is a collection of stories first published at the turn of the century and were considered some of the funniest prose in the English language. They have more recently inspired the television series of the same name. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349101460
ISBN
9780349101460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.51

Paperback. A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey to discover the real Arcadia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784082574
ISBN
9781784082574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy, recently widowed, is a cook and food journalist; Joanna, a successful business woman, never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads and they quickly form a bond. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KTG0014153
ISBN
9781849160131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy, recently widowed, is a cook and food journalist; Joanna, a successful business woman, never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads and they quickly form a bond. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KIN0032455
ISBN
9781849160131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Moving between Italy and England, the lives of four people intertwine across half a century: a dying painter considers the sacrifices and losses that have made him an enigma; a blind girl tries to make sense of a world she can no longer see; a landscape artist finds himself trapped in dangerous terrain, and more. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315635
ISBN
9780571315635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Nete Rosen thought she'd put her traumatic youth behind her. Her caring foster parents and loving husband helped her start again. However, when a man from her past reappears one night, Nete's new life could be shattered. But she won't be drawn back into that nightmare - she won't be a victim again.. 2010. Series: Department Q. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405909785
ISBN
9781405909785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Series: Stewart Hoag Mysteries. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062412843
ISBN
9780062412843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.35

Paperback. Set on the eve of the Sino-Japanese war, this work recounts the exuberant misadventures of the hapless hero Fang Hung-chien, who after aimlessly studying in Europe at his family's expense returns to Shanghai armed with a bogus degree from a fake university. On the liner back, Fang's life becomes deeply entangled with those of two Chinese beauties. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187860
ISBN
9780141187860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. . Very good copy in bright and clean dustwrapper. First edition.

Includes neat newsclippings on the author.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
SKU
KEX0303152
ISBN
9780241257685
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Exchanging Buckingham Palace for a two-bedroomed semi in Hell Close, caviar for boiled eggs, servants for a social worker named Trish, the Queen and her family learn what it means to be poor among the great unwashed. But is their breeding sufficient to allow them to rise above their circumstance or deep down are they just like everyone else? Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958377
ISBN
9780241958377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'It is the saddest night, for I am leaving and not coming back.' Jay is leaving his partner and their two sons. As the long night before his departure unfolds, in an unforgettable, and often pitiless, reflection on their time together he analyses the joys and agonies of trying to make a life with another person. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571333554
ISBN
9780571333554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Agatha Heterodyne returns to her ancestral home, the warped little town of Mechanicsburg, to convince the artificial intelligence that animates her family's castle that she is, in fact, the new Heterodyne. But things get complicated when an imposter claiming to be the legitimate heir appears. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 41. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781166512
ISBN
9781781166512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.16

Paperback. Adam Lambsbreath dresses up as Father Christmas in two of Judith's red shawls. There are unsuitable presents, unpleasant insertions into the pudding and some good Starkadder table talk over. Aunt Ada Doom orders Amos to carve the turkey, adding: "Ay, would it were a vulture, 'twere more fitting". Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528678
ISBN
9780099528678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Memories of an Irish lad in wartime Liverpool Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KLN0014208
ISBN
9780755336791
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Memories of an Irish lad in wartime Liverpool Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRA0004817
ISBN
9780755336791
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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