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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr Palomar's observations render the world afresh. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099430872
ISBN
9780099430872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. This year's Big American Novel is a high-concept epic that races through one family's experience of the twentieth century Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847672322
ISBN
9781847672322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. From the writer of The Crying Game, Mistaken is part thriller, part gothic tragedy, part comedy of manners, brilliantly evoking the divided Dublin of the 1960s and the trauma of adolescence Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KOC0018155
ISBN
9781848544192
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Rabih Alameddine follows his international bestseller The Hakawati with an enchanting story of the life of a book-loving, obsessive, seventy-two-year-old, blue-haired 'unnecessary woman', living in Beirut. This is a novel to savour. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472119209
ISBN
9781472119209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. This stunning, literary commercial novel in the vein of Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep is a New York Times bestseller and a stand-out debut launch for Tinder Press Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755395194
ISBN
9780755395194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A profound and moving and often humorous novel that evokes a colonial man's experience in the post-colonial world. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330522922
ISBN
9780330522922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. On to the shores of Texas a raging sea coughs up two castaways: Jim and Natty, shipwrecked on their way home from Treasure Island. The Nightingale sunk, their silver gone, captured, weak and afraid, the pair steal a treasure they should have left well alone. The adventure of the New World lies in wait.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 200 x 35. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099583783
ISBN
9780099583783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. The second volume of short stories by Stanley Donwood, Radiohead's artist. Donwood writing is an existentialist commentary on society wrapped in dark humour. This first edition designed by Dowood is a strictly limited run of 1,000 copies. Num Pages: 144 pages, Black and white lino cuts. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Tangent Books
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906477554
ISBN
9781906477554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Alan Harrison is mourning the death of his wife. A trip to Sweden is in the offing - but will it help him get over it? Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785355318
ISBN
9781785355318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Modern Library Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812970159
ISBN
9780812970159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408889398
ISBN
9781408889398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Taliesin Jones is a boy on the brink of adulthood, faced for the first time with life's biggest questions. Taliesin's life is falling apart: his mother has run off with her hairdresser, his father's temper is out of control and his brother has been ominously mute for weeks. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241972144
ISBN
9780241972144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849161831
ISBN
9781849161831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. A bold psychological debut from a captivating voice. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330544481
ISBN
9780330544481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.42

Paperback. From the author of Reconstructing Ameliacomes a gripping crime novel about a community struggling with the consequences of a devastating discovery Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KAK0001402
ISBN
9781471111334
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349010021
ISBN
9780349010021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A young girl's mutilated body is discovered in a sealed room. Her remains are carefully arranged, in what seems to have been a cruel and macabre ritual, which appears to have taken place over 60 years ago. For newly appointed Edinburgh Detective Inspector Tony McLean this baffling cold case ought to be a low priority. Series: Inspector Mclean. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405913140
ISBN
9781405913140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908699244
ISBN
9781908699244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. This warm and lyrical semi-autobiographical first novel by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen charts the coming of age of Lawrence Breavman, the only son of a Jewish Montreal family. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 116 x 25. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007318391
ISBN
9780007318391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. Four friends, and a shared passion for Downton Abbey that will change their lives. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KAK0006500
ISBN
9781409147855
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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