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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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

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

€ 4.99

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.67

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.34

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.28

paperback. Explored from varying points of view - the mother receiving the order to evacuate; the daughter on the long train journey; the son in the desert encampment; the family's return home; and the bitter release of their father after four years in captivity, this book tells of an incarceration that can alter their lives for ever. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780241963449
ISBN
9780241963449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.64

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 9.99

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
€ 11.05

Paperback. Stephen Fry's breathtakingly outrageous debut novel, by turns eccentric, shocking, brilliantly comic and achingly romantic. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099457053
ISBN
9780099457053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143127611
ISBN
9780143127611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.97

Publisher
United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780425253366
ISBN
9780425253366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.02

paperback. Num Pages: 627 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nightboat Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
627
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976718536
ISBN
9780976718536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.72

Hardcover. Emma Donoghue's gripping novel in a beautiful new hardback edition as part of the VMC set for adult and young adult readers. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
432
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
9781844088201
ISBN
9781844088201
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 14.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Faber Faber Inc
Edition
Main
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571152391
ISBN
9780571152391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.99

paperback. Pauline McLynn, who shot to fame playing Mrs Doyle in Father Ted, introduces us to an irresistible female private investigator, Leo Street, in her first crime caper. 'A breezy, humorous debut..fast-moving, entertaining' Sunday Tribune Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 25. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Headline
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0012043
ISBN
9780747263975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 9.58

Paperback. Sheridan discovers a secret that could transform her life - but revealing it could hurt those she loves. What would YOU do? A fabulously addictive novel from the bestselling author of THE MISSING WIFE and IF YOU WERE ME. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0007679
ISBN
9780755378418
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

paperback. Drenched by rain, the town has been decaying ever since the banana company left. Its people are sullen and bitter, so when the doctor - a foreigner who ended up the most hated man in town - dies, there is no one to mourn him. But also living in the town is the Colonel, who is bound to honour a promise made many years ago. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968765
ISBN
9780241968765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 9.99

Paperback. The third in Jasper Fforde's phenomenally successful Thursday Next series: into the Bookworld! Series: Thursday Next. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hodder
Condition
New
SKU
9780340825938
ISBN
9780340825938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.16

Paperback. Set in 1795, "Water Music" is the rambunctious account of two men's wild adventures through the gutters of London and the Scottish Highlands to their unlikely meeting in darkest Africa. Boyle's other works include "The Tortilla Curtain". Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781862071551
ISBN
9781862071551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.95

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