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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Families have secrets they hide even from themselves.. It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though David's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Down's syndrome. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0007055
ISBN
9780141030142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. One cold January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they discover a savagely murdered man lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet and deserted. Going from house to house, they uncover a crime unprecedented in Swedish history. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 396. Good clean copy showing minor age and wear. Ownership details to half title
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000100
ISBN
9780099532040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. A young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Just after graduating college, Tristan Campbell receives a letter delivered by special courier to his apartment in San Francisco. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 828. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
William Heinemann London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000177
ISBN
9780434022335
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138. . Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, and light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fleet London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000261
ISBN
9780708898550
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

board_book. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 368. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, with light wear to dust jacket
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000354
ISBN
9780241290088
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home - a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse - but not with John. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy's womb. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy showing light age and wear, with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000452
ISBN
9781911214335
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. The first adult novel by J.K. Rowling. When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 810. Good clean copy showing light age and wear. Light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000492
ISBN
9781408704202
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Ariza's impassioned advances and married Dr Juvenal Urbino instead. During that half-century, Flornetino has fallen into the arms of many delighted women, but has loved none but Fermina. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000556
ISBN
9780241968567
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Henry is returning to Ireland for the first time since his escape in 1922. With him are the stars of Ford's latest film, John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and the famous director himself, who has tried to suck the soul out of Henry and turn it into Hollywood gold-dust. Ten years later Henry is in Dublin, working in Ratheen as a school caretaker. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000656
ISBN
9780099546894
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, and light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd New York
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000762
ISBN
9780714528243
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. I was strong and he was not so it was me went to war to defend the Republic. I stepped across the border out of Indiana into Ohio. Twenty dollars, two salt-pork sandwiches, and I took jerky, biscuits, six old apples, fresh underthings and a blanket too. There was a conflagration to come; I wanted to lend it my spark. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 388. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Chatto & Windus London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000816
ISBN
9780701188795
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. Describes how in 1949, as a young reporter, the author witnessed the opening of several tombs as an old convent made way for a new hotel. One of the tombs contained a skeleton of a young girl with reddish hair that measured 22 metres, 11 centimetres long. This novel talks about her legend as a popular saint. Num Pages: 5 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145. Weight in Grams: 379. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000898
ISBN
9780224040259
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. The unforgettable and achingly tender new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138. . Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Tinder Press London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000905
ISBN
9780755390953
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. A cast of striking characters play out their personal dramas amid the clashing politics, passionate ideals and stirring languages of the early 1960s. Their crises mirror those of the vivid and disturbing age in which they live. A sequel to "Virgin in the Garden" and "Still Life". Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1036. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Chatto & Windus London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000995
ISBN
9780701137182
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. It is October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-south-east. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing is as magical as exact knowledge. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMO0001014
ISBN
9780099542193
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.15

hardcover. Margie Krebsbach dreams up the idea of a trip to Rome, hoping to get her husband Carl to make love to her - he's been sleeping across the hall and she has no idea why. She finds a patriotic purpose for the journey. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520. Good clean copy, with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001059
ISBN
9780571252404
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. In the morning, they gave Reacher a medal. And in the afternoon, they sent him back to school. It's just a voice plucked from the air: 'The American wants a hundred million dollars'. For what? Who from? Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 284 x 37. Weight in Grams: 658. Ownership details to title page. Good clean copy with light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bantam Press London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001132
ISBN
9780593073902
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. A novel about childhood damage and the redemptive power of art from an author twice listed for the Women's Prize and the Giller Prize Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 38. Weight in Grams: 658. Good clean copy with light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
riverrun London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001138
ISBN
9781849163354
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001244
ISBN
9781444792034
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262. Signed by the author. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001305
ISBN
9780755375141
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. America, 1959. With two young children she adores, loving parents back in London, and an admired husband, Charlie, working at the British embassy in Washington, the world seems an effervescent place of parties, jazz and family happiness to Mary van der Linden. But the Eisenhower years are ending.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001449
ISBN
9780099275831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. For the last twenty years Sir James Monmouth has been a gentleman adventurer, journeying all over the globe in the footsteps of his hero, the great pioneering traveller Conrad Vane. One rainy winter night, Sir James returns to London. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001460
ISBN
9780701187866
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. The dazzling new novel, evoking the strange and thrilling world of the Victorian carnival, from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Jamrach's Menagerie Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 222 x 36. Weight in Grams: 518. Lacking dust jacket. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001500
ISBN
9781782116547
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. The year is 1972, the Cold War is far from over and Serena Frome, in her final year at Cambridge, is being groomed for MI5. Sent on Operation Sweet Tooth - a highly secret undercover mission - she meets Tom Haley, a young writer. First she loves his stories, then she begins to love the man. Can she maintain the fiction of her undercover life? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 358. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001585
ISBN
9780099578789
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

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