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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Lisbon, late-1940s. The inhabitants of an old apartment block are struggling to make ends meet. There's the elderly shoemaker and his wife who take in a solitary young lodger; the woman who sells herself; the cultivated family come down in the world, who live only for each other and for music; and the typist whose boss can't keep his eyes off her. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581826
ISBN
9780099581826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590175811
ISBN
9781590175811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. *'This is one of Bainbridge's best books. The close observation and hilarity are underlain by a sense of tragedy as deep as any in fiction' THE TIMES Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349116150
ISBN
9780349116150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks writes novels that real women want to read. With her trademark tell-it-like-it-is style, she gets right to the heart of the dilemmas people face in their lives and takes her stories to unexpected places. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755394296
ISBN
9780755394296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. By the author of "A White Merc with Fins", this is the sharp and comic story of a modern man in all kinds of trouble. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 225. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0201270
ISBN
9780099759713
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. In slightly worn dust jacket, remains in good to very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Number of pages
432
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KLJ0003766
ISBN
9780842332262
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Charts the course of the author's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press; to the origins of his debut novel, "The Carpet People"; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful "Discworld" series. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 200 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552163330
ISBN
9780552163330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Vienna 1865: Dr Ignaz Semmelweis has been hounded into a lunatic asylum, ridiculed for his claim that doctors' unwashed hands are the root cause of childbed fever. London in 2009: Michael Stone's novel about Semmelweis has been published, after years of rejection. While Michael absorbs his success, his mother is dying and asks to see him again. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571245185
ISBN
9780571245185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170700
ISBN
9781590170700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Kate is bored of being overlooked by her grown-up children and, escaping on an Aegean cruise, ends up in Keritha - a mysterious Greek island all but forgotten by the modern world. There she encounters her childhood friends, the Challoners, returned to the island of their birth to claim their heritage. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595496
ISBN
9780099595496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. Michon's exquisite short narratives transport us to the heart of the Middle Ages as witnesses to the double-edged power of belief Translator(s): Jefferson, Ann. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179064
ISBN
9780300179064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062369611
ISBN
9780062369611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. From the author of 'Freedom', a richly realistic and darkly hilarious masterpiece about a family breakdown in an age of easy fixes. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 468.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007232444
ISBN
9780007232444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.36

Paperback. When everything you've ever wanted is in the past, how do you live in the present? Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780744186
ISBN
9781780744186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Laurie Graham's brilliant satire explores the comic possibilities of culture clash and the unexpected friendship of two women whose lives are poles apart. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849161824
ISBN
9781849161824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. At last, the secret thoughts of Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy, romantic hero to millions of would-be Elizabeth Bennets, are revealed in this utterly convincing and captivating novel of love and pride, passion and prejudice. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753822661
ISBN
9780753822661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A murdered woman watches from the heavens as her traumatised daughter adjusts to her new family. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781781859599
ISBN
9781781859599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KEX0220075
ISBN
9780863221804
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180. Keywords: Subjects - Fiction - General
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KHS0057497
ISBN
9780863221804
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel of prejudice, community and what it means to be a man in the American South. It explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" and Toni Morrison's "Beloved". It is the story of a young black man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687860
ISBN
9781846687860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.69

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