Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. Having spent some time in Rome, Antonio returns to his native town with the reputation of being a playboy and with a long list of amorous adventures behind him. To please his father, Antonio agrees to marry the beautiful Barbara. A year after their marriage however - scandal erupts. Barbara is still a virgin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141189062
- ISBN
- 9780141189062
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.29
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paperback. On a train journey from Paris to Madrid a young opera singer becomes fascinated by those in his compartment: a middle-aged businessman, his alluring wife and their male travelling companion. Soon his life of constant travel, luxury hotels, rehearsal and performance will become entangled with these three people. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141389257
- ISBN
- 9780141389257
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Condition: New
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paperback. Young, impoverished and ambitious, science student Mr Lewisham is locked in a struggle to further himself through academic achievement. But when his former sweetheart, Ethel Henderson, re-enters his life his strictly regimented existence is thrown into chaos by the resurgence of old passion. Editor(s): James, Simon. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141441054
- ISBN
- 9780141441054
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Condition: New
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paperback. South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780876851890
- ISBN
- 9780876851890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 9.35
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€ 9.35
paperback. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0237743
- ISBN
- 9780751538458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 21 x 154 x 235. Weight in Grams: 382. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KIN0007833
- ISBN
- 9780340924471
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 154. Weight in Grams: 444. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0011933
- ISBN
- 9780340953150
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Jemima Jones is overweight. About seven stone overweight. Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the Kilburn Herald by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented, but better paid), her only consolation is food. What with that and her passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben, she knows her life needs changing. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 32. Weight in Grams: 324. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTG0003226
- ISBN
- 9780140276909
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Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Digital
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428541
- ISBN
- 9780099428541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.25
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Paperback. Haunting and gracefully written tale of love, loss and betrayal. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTM0005679
- ISBN
- 9780349110851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The much-anticipated first novel from the Guardian First Book Award-winning Chinese writer. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000381
- ISBN
- 9780007196654
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Chosen by Le Monde and by readers of Elle as their Novel of the Year - a beautiful, resonant novel set on Normandy's coastline. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: 416 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- MACLEHOSE PRESS
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000382
- ISBN
- 9781906694715
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback / so. Harrison's latest highly acclaimed volume of novellas is a sparkling and exuberant collection about love, the senses, and family, no matter how untraditional. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000430
- ISBN
- 9780802142559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
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Paperback. In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman - will change his life forever. Translator(s): Born, Anne. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000468
- ISBN
- 9780099506133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
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paperback. A beautiful story of an American couple and their adopted son, and how a very innocent knowledge and fascination of 'things that glow' leads to a loss of faith and their lives being ripped apart. Num Pages: 400 pages, Step back cover. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Simon & Schuster Pbk ed.
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743258098
- ISBN
- 9780743258098
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.05
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Paperback. It's the end of an intensely hot summer in Vancouver, and Razor's complex and misunderstood best friend Chris has just driven a stolen police car through a road block and over a cliff to his death. Fireball takes us back to the start of that relentless summer, and unravels the events leading to Chris's death. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906998103
- ISBN
- 9781906998103
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
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Paperback. Could people we meet have pre-destined roles in our lives? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Roundfire Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785351976
- ISBN
- 9781785351976
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Condition: New
€ 12.18
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Paperback. During one sleepless night, the night of All Saints Day before the dawn of the Day of the Dead, the protagonist of this powerful novella wrestles with a cast of inner demons. Num Pages: 81 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Perfect Edge
- Number of pages
- 81
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782791935
- ISBN
- 9781782791935
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Condition: New
€ 9.16
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paperback. A tense and beautifully woven story about the complexity of family relationships and the hope of redemption. Series: Tales from Goswell. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Lion Fiction
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782642121
- ISBN
- 9781782642121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.64
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paperback. Girls, memory, parenting, millennial fear - all served Coupland-style. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551270
- ISBN
- 9780006551270
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.44
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Paperback. The second novel by an award-winning Caribbean novelist, playwright and poet. It deals with the impingements of modern life on a remote village in the interior of Trinidad which wants a school and a schoolmaster. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571196760
- ISBN
- 9780571196760
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
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paperback. On the 20th anniversary of SOPHIE'S WORLD - the world's bestselling book of 1995 - a striking new edition with a fresh jacket look and a foreword by the author. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W&N
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781474602280
- ISBN
- 9781474602280
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.64
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paperback. The final volume in the extraordinary speculative fiction trilogy - a decade in the making - from one of the greatest writers in the English language today. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844087877
- ISBN
- 9781844087877
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 9.99
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Paperback. Joe Rose's calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Joe, something passes between them that it will test to the limits Joe's scientific rationalism, threaten the love of his wife and drive him to the brink of murder and madness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099276586
- ISBN
- 9780099276586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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€ 10.87