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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are hauled from their home by Soviet guards, thrown into cattle cars and sent away. They are being deported to Siberia. An unimaginable and harrowing journey has begun. Lina doesn't know if she'll ever see her father or her friends again. But she refuses to give up hope. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670920853
ISBN
9780670920853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Paperback. A darkly satirical portrayal of the outbreak of Ebola in 1970's Congo and Sudan. Humorous and tragic in turns, the narrative weaves its way from the graveyards of Kinshasa to the factories, brothels and ex-pat communities of southern Sudan, as the disease selects its victims from amongst the novel's vibrant and eccentric characters. Translator(s): Bredin, Charis; Danby, Emily. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 274 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Darf Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772743
ISBN
9781850772743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. Charly Metcalfe is officially a WAG, having bagged premiership footballer Joel Baldy to be her boyfriend - and she has the lifestyle to go along with the title. But behind closed doors, life as a footballer's other half isn't as perfect as it seems. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 26. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy.Trade paperback
Publisher
Ebury Press (Fiction) London
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0219308
ISBN
9780091923242
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139. .
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551526751
ISBN
9781551526751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.70

Paperback. Translator(s): Laird, Sally. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172742
ISBN
9781590172742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Desmond and Deirdre Doyle will have been married for 25 years in October. It falls to the Doyles' eldest daughter, Anna, to decide how to commemorate her parents' Silver Wedding. No use in asking her sister or brother. But it is unthinkable not to have a party, even though for the Doyles, family occasions are more difficult than for most. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284. Good copy with some shelf wear
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRA0003352
ISBN
9780099498629
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Stunning fiction in the vein of Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood from debut author Jess Richards. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444737851
ISBN
9781444737851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. A tale of political paranoia, dangerous liaisons and defiant compassion, The Quiet Twin is an unforgettable journey into a cityscape of totalitarian dread and deception Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 202 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264. 384 pages. A tale of political paranoia, dangerous liaisons and defiant compassion, The Quiet Twin is an unforgettable journey into a cityscape of totalitarian dread and deception. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 162 x 202 x 25. Weight: 264.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408821688
ISBN
9781408821688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Hardcover. On the surface a traditional Bildungsroman describing the narrator's journey of self-discovery, this huge and complex book is also a panoramic and richly comic portrait of France in the author's lifetime, and a profound meditation on the nature of art, love, time, memory and death. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence. Num Pages: 3152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 168 x 141. Weight in Grams: 3136.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152500
ISBN
9781857152500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.18
€ 71.73

Paperback. Dramatic and utterly compelling, this is a heartwarming story about despair and hope, passion and heartache, and the strength of true friendship, set in turn-of-the-century Victorian Newcastle Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747266181
ISBN
9780747266181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. A new, blackly comic novel of camouflage and mystery from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted Gerard Woodward Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 44. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330518659
ISBN
9780330518659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 61. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Granta
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783781485
ISBN
9781783781485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. Presents a coming-of-age story, that is based on a shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic house guest. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908323217
ISBN
9781908323217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. Smart, funny and romantic - curl up with the new novel from Ilana Fox. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KRA0010863
ISBN
9781409120803
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Coen Brothers meet Crime and Punishment - with a Mississippi twist 'hauntingly evocative' Guardian In a darkly comic debut novel by an independent bookseller, an idealistic young farmer moves his family to a Mississippi flood basin, suffers financial ruin - and becomes increasingly paranoid he's being framed for murder. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 41. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444782950
ISBN
9781444782950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A searing allegorical portrait of North African society, The Sacred Night uses Arabic fairy tales and surrealist elements to craft a stunning and disturbing vision of protest and rebellion against the strictures of hidebound traditions governing gender roles and sexuality. Translator(s): Sheridan, Alan. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801864414
ISBN
9780801864414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.67

Paperback. Translator(s): Tucker, Annie. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811223638
ISBN
9780811223638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Hardback. A new collection of meditation and stories from the Booker prize-winning author, Ben Okri. Illustrator(s): Clunie, Rosemary. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786694508
ISBN
9781786694508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. A sack of letters lost in a train crash nineteen years previously has mysteriously reappeared, and the inhabitants of a small town in Pakistan are waiting anxiously to see what long buried secrets will come to light. Could the letters have any bearing on Judge Anwar's murder? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571313303
ISBN
9780571313303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036601
ISBN
9780141036601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Momentum Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911475019
ISBN
9781911475019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. Both a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller and a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT was praised as one of the most striking and original novels of the year. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 92 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755379309
ISBN
9780755379309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KLN0013777
ISBN
9780340920176
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The voices of Jane's mum & dad ring in her ears. These days, they never stop fighting. She squeezes her eyes shut & wishes she could do the same with her ears. She resorts to the only thing she knows to help her cope. When her best friend Leah questions her about the criss-cross marks on her arms, Jane blames the cat. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRA0010127
ISBN
9780340920176
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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