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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241972700
ISBN
9780241972700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Clever, stylish, and absorbing, this book tells a tale of murder and twisted eroticism controlled by a disgusted loathing of humanity. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241973615
ISBN
9780241973615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241973622
ISBN
9780241973622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives - our own personal libraries - make of us? What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us? This is about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, and more. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241974599
ISBN
9780241974599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241978535
ISBN
9780241978535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241979044
ISBN
9780241979044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241979471
ISBN
9780241979471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.38

Paperback. Brooding hero Jake Lovell, under whose magic hands even the most difficult horse or woman is charmed, is driven by his loathing of the dashing darling of the show ring, Rupert Campbell-Black. Having pinched each other's horses and drunk their way around the capitals of Europe, the feud between the two men finally erupts. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552172424
ISBN
9780552172424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 5.47

Paperback. Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed after a car accident, thinking it's 2004 and she's a twenty-five-year old with crooked teeth and a disastrous love life. But, to her disbelief, she learns it's actually 2007 - and she's married! To a good-looking millionaire! How on earth did she land the dream life? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552772761
ISBN
9780552772761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. When her cold and indifferent husband vanishes, so does Lois' old life. Now she is ready to take her chances again. There's only one fly in the ointment: Janie-Gay, ex-partner of the son Lois lost to drugs, and spiteful mother of the small, neglected child she can't get out of her mind. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552774673
ISBN
9780552774673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.45

Paperback. Best friends tell you everything; about their kitchen renovation; about their little girl's schooling. Best friends don't tell lies. They don't take up residence on your couch for weeks. They don't call lawyers. Best friends don't keep secrets about their past. They don't put you in danger. Best friends don't always stay best friends. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552779371
ISBN
9780552779371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his gentle, oppressed wife and two daughters to live cloistered lives behind the house's latticed windows, while his three very different sons live in fear of his harsh will. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552995801
ISBN
9780552995801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Follows the Al Jawad family into the awakening world of the 1920's and the sometimes violent clash between Islamic ideals, personal dreams and modern realities. Having given up his vices after his son's death, ageing patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad pursues an arousing lute-player - only to find she has married his eldest son. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552995818
ISBN
9780552995818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. San Francisco, 1976. A naive young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, pot-growing landladies, cut throat debutantes, and Jockey Shorts dance contests. The saga that ensues is manic, romantic, tawdry, touching, and outrageous - unmistakably the handiwork of Armistead Maupin. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552998765
ISBN
9780552998765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.47

Paperback. Acclaimed as one of America's most successful playwrights, the author also published four volumes of short stories. In this title, these volumes are combined with a wealth of unpublished and uncollected work, ranging from his first his story published in "Weird Tales" when he was seventeen, to his later frank homosexual fantasies. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780749395810
ISBN
9780749395810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet weekly to play mahjong and tell stories of what they left behind in China. United in loss and new hope for their daughters' futures, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780749399573
ISBN
9780749399573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Annie has a secret. But if she's not going to tell, we won't either. It's a heart-breaking secret she wishes she didn't have - yet Annie isn't broken, not quite yet. Especially now there's someone out there who seems determined to fix her. Kate has run away. But she's not going to tell us why - that would defeat the point of running, wouldn't it? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9781405911603
ISBN
9781405911603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. They say trouble always comes in threes. And for sisters Lyn, Cat and Gemma Kettle, the year they turn thirty-three is no exception. Through everything, the bonds of the sisters are strong enough to withstand whatever life throws at them. That is until the night of their thirty-fourth birthday dinner.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
9781405918497
ISBN
9781405918497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Katie Brenner has the perfect life: a flat in London, a glamorous job, and a super-cool Instagram feed. OK, so the truth is that she rents a tiny room with no space for a wardrobe, has a hideous commute to a lowly admin job, and the life she shares on Instagram isn't really hers. But one day her dreams are bound to come true, aren't they? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784160425
ISBN
9781784160425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Ten-year-old Elena lives in Florence with her cold and distant perfumier grandmother. Only when enveloped in aromas does Elena feel at home, and she has nurtured a unique gift: the ability to decipher the ingredients of a perfume, and experience the feelings it evokes. Years later, Elena's talent leads her to the cobbled streets of Paris. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 29. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784160500
ISBN
9781784160500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Ben Chambers wakes up to find an unfamiliar object - rusty and lost - sitting underneath the willow tree in his garden. Refusing to throw it on the skip as his wife Amy advises, he takes it home. Ben does not want children, or even a job, and now he has found yet another reason to stay in his study and ignore everyone around him. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784160524
ISBN
9781784160524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. It is 1919 and the end of the war has not brought peace for Emeline Vane. Lost in grief, she is suddenly alone at the heart of a depleted family. She can no longer cope. And just as everything seems to be slipping beyond her control, in a moment of desperation, she boards a train and runs away. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 241.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784160739
ISBN
9781784160739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Taking you on a trip to the shopping malls and theme parks and enviromental hazards that lie just around the chronological corner, this book introduces you to a gang of misfits and losers struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781784871291
ISBN
9781784871291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Hardcover. Pongo Twistleton is in a state of financial embarrassment, again. Uncle Fred, meanwhile, has been asked by Lord Emsworth to foil a plot to steal the Empress, his prize pig. Along with Polly Pott (daughter of old Mustard), they form a deputation to Blandings Castle, bent on doing a "bit of good". Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781841591308
ISBN
9781841591308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.54

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