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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A novel that tells the story of an American company, which starts as a small family soap and candle-making firm in the early 1800s, and of a contemporary woman, living in the company town, who diagnosed and then finally dies of cancer, a cancer that is almost certainly caused by exposure to chemical wastes from the company's factories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002082
- ISBN
- 9780099284468
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Janek Janowiec is awaiting trial. In his cramped attic apartment in Krakow, he has decided to set straight the record of his life, and yet he is wracked by the guilt and knowledge of a number of terrible secrets. What happened to his friend, the charismatic revolutionary leader, Fredzio? What exactly did his father do in the war? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 189. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002085
- ISBN
- 9780747553083
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. From the author of "Bilton", this is a funny, macabre thriller about jealousy, drugs, media-friendly Yorkshiremen, salmon fishing, modernist chair design and gruesome death (both accidental and premeditated), all set against a backdrop of beautiful Georgian architecture and the English countryside. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002089
- ISBN
- 9780571212293
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. When Roz Rosenzweig, self-described spitfire and loud n' proud New York Jew, meets Edwin Anderson at a party in the 1970s in her friend's Manhatten apartment, she has trouble believing that the earnest Nebraskan is for real. But Roz is quickly attracted to Edwin and is more happy than stunned when their improbable courtship results in marriage. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002118
- ISBN
- 9780099422723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. David Foster Wallace's fiercely original, bracingly funny first novel, reissued to coincide with his new short story collection. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002125
- ISBN
- 9780349109237
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A collection of short stories about the downside of civilization where the reader will encounter long marriages, the polite English countryside, missed opportunities and a child's view of the adult world. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002128
- ISBN
- 9780860686125
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1ill.1M. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KKD0002783
- ISBN
- 9780486284958
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A Lindbergh defeats Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 presidential election, fear invades every Jewish household in America. Lindbergh publicly blamed the Jews for pushing America towards a pointless war with Nazi Germany. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KKD0002897
- ISBN
- 9780099478560
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. When Mabelline visits her pen pal Rosa, she quickly takes Rosa and her son Carlos to her heart, but she knows right away there is something different about the boy. When tragedy occurs, Mabelline becomes responsible for Carlos as he struggles to fit into a world based on rules he doesn't understand, and finds himself in serious trouble. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YF; YX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002905
- ISBN
- 9781843102564
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. For readers of Melissa Bank or Jhumpa Lahiri: witty, seductive stories of expatriate women, their loves and losses. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002932
- ISBN
- 9780007135042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. From the very beginning, Oliver Walzer is a natural - at ping-pong. Without even a bat, he can chop, flick, half-volley like a champion. This is a story of one man's coming of age in the Manchester of the 1950s. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 36. Weight in Grams: 525. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KKD0002984
- ISBN
- 9780224051576
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. * *'Brilliant .. do not miss this novel' * DAILY TELEGRAPH * *'A moving, microcosmic portrait of an era's bitter end' THE TIMES Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KKD0003099
- ISBN
- 9780349108704
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The narrator meets Helen, a tiny, blonde, serious girl when they are both looking after children during a summer holiday in Normandy. Helen's adventures in search of a morally satisfying life lead her into situations that are neither satisfying nor moral. Series: A chronicle of modern twilight. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003342
- ISBN
- 9780099286028
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. 'A beautiful mad romp of a novel .. Prepare to be dazzled' (Daily Mail) Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003432
- ISBN
- 9780340632437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Ged, Moby and Ratter are blaggers, old-fashioned highwaymen. But crime is out of control in Liverpool, as violent gangs fight it out for control of the drug trade. Blaggers are a dying breed.. Ged is planning a big job that will last them through the winter, and all they have to do is stay out of trouble until then. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 229. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0000763
- ISBN
- 9780099422235
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Includes stories that examine the moments where lives split like a stone, where people are healed or broken by a word or the touch of a hand. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 178. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0000642
- ISBN
- 9780099453116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The rules of engagement.. When Cristiano Marchetti proposes to former mistress Alice Piper, the deal has an expiry date. He has six months to fulfil the conditions of his grandmother's will. But the hotelier has another agenda..exacting revenge on Alice for daring to walk away seven years before! Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 100. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Mills & Boon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0000690
- ISBN
- 9780263924060
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A story full of myth, mystery and great imaginative power about a young woman who, searching for her lost baby son like Mother Courage, appears in different guises across different centuries and cultures. She is the eternal refugee but ultimately, the survivor. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0000912
- ISBN
- 9780099284659
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Gaby Harvey's uncle is a media baron who is keen on setting up a privatized media faculty at the university where she works as a researcher. His choice of professor is Piers Gaveston, a narcissistic type whom Gaby finds both repulsive and attractive. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 450. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0000950
- ISBN
- 9780571210558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. Weight in Grams: 211. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Attic Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0000982
- ISBN
- 9781855941809
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99