Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Melbourne, the late 1940s. A young conservative Australian poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach his country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submits for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571216208
- ISBN
- 9780571216208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.16
€ 10.99
€ 9.16
Paperback. Drawing from sources as varied as Mark Twain, the Patty Hearst story, Melville's "Ishmael", detective fiction, Hollywood and the porn industry, his own experiences as a father and a teacher on Yuork Indian reservations, the author tells the Biblical story of Abraham & Isaac through the distorted lens of popular culture. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 114 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Counterpoint New York
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228208
- ISBN
- 9781932360462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241979488
- ISBN
- 9780241979488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.73
€ 20.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. * The third in the Sunday Philosophy Club series, starring amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349118055
- ISBN
- 9780349118055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. Catherine Havisham was born into privilege. Handsome, imperious, she is the daughter of a wealthy brewer, and lives in luxury in Satis House. But she is never far from the smell of hops and the arresting letters on the brewhouse wall - Havisham. A reminder of all she owes to the family name and the family business. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 122 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571288304
- ISBN
- 9780571288304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.16
€ 10.99
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Paperback. This is the story of a woman who refuses to mourn her husband's death. The village knew she was an unhappy wife, but she is still expected to weep and speak the praises of her husband. Her story reveals the value of friendship between women, based on liking rather than traditional beliefs. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 192 pages. This is the story of a woman who refuses to mourn her husband's death. The village knew she was an unhappy wife, but she is still expected to weep and speak the praises of her husband. Her story reveals the value of friendship between women, based on liking rather than traditional beliefs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight: 162.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435912086
- ISBN
- 9780435912086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.09
€ 17.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509816569
- ISBN
- 9781509816569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.26
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€ 9.26
Paperback. A compelling historical novel set in south London 1912 - based on a true story Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349007830
- ISBN
- 9780349007830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. NEVER SAY DIE Twenty years after her father's plane crashed in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Willy Jane Maitland was finally tracking his last moves. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 327. NEVER SAY DIE Twenty years after her father's plane crashed in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Willy Jane Maitland was finally tracking his last moves. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 327. Good, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KSG0005979
- ISBN
- 9781848452770
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Translator(s): Kessler, Michal. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Penlight Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780983868538
- ISBN
- 9780983868538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.81
€ 19.99
€ 19.81
Paperback. A teenage son shoots himself under his parents' bed. They sleep that night unaware he is lying dead beneath them. A stranger turns up at a man's door to persude him that they must get rid of his ageing mother in order to sell the house. An old man grumbles to his daughter about the unexplained digging and banging he hears under the house at night. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099541363
- ISBN
- 9780099541363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008196240
- ISBN
- 9780008196240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Paperback. Series: Hidden Faces Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310251033
- ISBN
- 9780310251033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.54
€ 16.54
Paperback. New from the author of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: it's a match made in hell. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 276 x 31. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0013851
- ISBN
- 9780007569243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * 'Fag Lit' comes out of the closet: the ONLY contemporary, commercial gay novel on the market! * 'Witty, intelligent and very, very funny .. it deserves a wide readership' TIME OUT Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349114798
- ISBN
- 9780349114798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
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€ 11.74
Paperback. When Pius Fernandes, a retired schoolteacher living in modern day Dar es Salaam, discovers a diary of a British colonial administrator from 1913, he is drawn into a provocative account of the Asian community of East Africa, and the liaisons, feelings and secrets of its people, over the course of a century. Num Pages: 384 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841956862
- ISBN
- 9781841956862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.42
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Paperback. When drugged-up Time Traveller and '80s musical burnout Rock Section and his fellow English hooligans get kidnapped during Italia '90, there are ruinous implications. But now Rock has returned to Sardinia one final time to settle some scores and uncover the truth. Series: Gnostic Hooligan Road Novel. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 34. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270361
- ISBN
- 9780571270361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.44
€ 19.99
€ 14.44
Paperback. Containing obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 332. 384 pages, illustrations. Containing obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight: 330.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492128
- ISBN
- 9781847492128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Paperback. Clean copy in good to very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Dorchester Publishing Company
- Number of pages
- 353
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KLJ0002665
- ISBN
- 9780843946017
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents Hemingway stories, in which men and women of passion live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. They range from the haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro, to brutal America with its deceptive calm, and war-ravaged Europe. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099908807
- ISBN
- 9780099908807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Paperback. The third - and final - book in the Lindchester Chronicles series of novels, set in the contemporary Anglican church. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Marylebone House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910674215
- ISBN
- 9781910674215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.42
€ 14.99
€ 12.42
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Fanfare Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993183706
- ISBN
- 9780993183706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.20
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€ 13.20
Paperback. Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 63. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099284765
- ISBN
- 9780099284765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
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€ 10.98
Paperback. Some would call Joseph a wizard, or magician, though a Renaissance magus might be nearer the mark. In Venice in 1982, though, no magical operation can take place without an acquaintance with his special field. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747548263
- ISBN
- 9780747548263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.51
€ 9.99
€ 8.51