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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. On a hot May day in 1996 a car bomb detonates in a Delhi marketplace. Just a 'small' bomb, but it is fatal for two Khurana school boys. Their friend Mansoor survives the blast bearing the physical and psychological effects of the bomb. Yet Mansoor isn't the only one damaged by the bomb.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523284
ISBN
9780099523284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A new edition of the Booker Prize winner Penelope Fitzgerald's best-loved novel of romance in post-war Italy, with a new introduction by Julian Barnes. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006542377
ISBN
9780006542377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Momentum Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911475125
ISBN
9781911475125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Two boys, both sons of doctors, are sent to the top of a mountain for "re-education" in Mao's China; an education that involves carting buckets of excrement up and down precipitous paths. They discover instead the discreet charm of bourgeois literature and the local tailor's attractive daughter. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286431
ISBN
9780099286431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Struggling to keep a grip on reality after his wife's death, Bunny Munro does the only thing he can think of: with his young son in tow, he hits the road. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main - Canons ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782115335
ISBN
9781782115335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. 'The satirical English novel of the decade.' Observer Num Pages: 288 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340768358
ISBN
9780340768358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A dark urban fantasy thriller from one of the all-time masters of the genre Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Pan Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330492324
ISBN
9780330492324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. A divorced, single mum, Annie is about to tie the knot with David. But there's a long summer to get through first. A summer where's she's retreating to a lonely house in Cornwall, where's she's going to finish her book, spend time with her teenage daughter Flora and make any last-minute wedding plans. Annie should be so lucky. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958247
ISBN
9780241958247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Isak Dinesen was the pen-name of Karen Blixen, who was born in Rungsted, Denmark in 1885. After studying art, she married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke. Together they went to Kenya to manage a coffee plantation. After their divorce, she continued to run the plantation until a collapse in the coffee market forced her back to Denmark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185880
ISBN
9780141185880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Repack
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764204630
ISBN
9780764204630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.57

Paperback. Karoo is a professional fixer of other people's scripts and, by his own acknowledgement, he ruins them all. Calamity and comedy follows shambolic Saul Karoo as his life breaks down. He is a man prone to luck both good and bad, and when a young woman with a strange connection to his past shows up, the plot of his own life comes into sharp focus. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099777915
ISBN
9780099777915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The devilishly playful, intellectually inspiring, emotionally involving new novel from Siri Hustvedt, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444779660
ISBN
9781444779660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375759253
ISBN
9780375759253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 13.60

Paperback. A daring and original novel, this acerbic satire pulls no punches in its depiction of male chauvinism and religious bigotry, as told through the tragicomic tale of its young female protagonist, Hurma. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Darf Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772774
ISBN
9781850772774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.54

Paperback. From the bestselling author of 'Flowers in the Attic' comes the first book in the series centred around the Casteel family and its dark and mysterious past. Repackaged to attract a new generation of Andrews' fans Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 26. Weight in Grams: 240. Clean copy.Trade paperback
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Fontana Edition
SKU
KEX0219247
ISBN
9780006172055
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss and surrender. It follows a young Nigerian doctor as he wanders aimlessly along the streets of Manhattan. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571279432
ISBN
9780571279432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Ferociously readable and very, very funny, The Senility of Vladimir P is a vodka-soaked tragicomedy of bribes, backhanders and an elderly Vladimir Putin going catastrophically awry.. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782398097
ISBN
9781782398097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Five years ago, internist and emergency specialist Matt Rutledge returned to his West Virginia home to marry his high-school sweetheart and open a practice. He also had a score to settle. His father died whilst working for the local mining company, and Matt swore to expose their health and safety violations. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 284. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KRF0026501
ISBN
9780099462378
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Feel Good Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956336606
ISBN
9780956336606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Through his letters home and six short stories, Alun Lewis paints a vibrant picture of life in India as a British serviceman during World War II. Intimate, vivid, observational, and always filled with emotion, this is a rare literary example of one Welshman's experience of empire and war. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 201 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine in cloth covers. Lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing minor shelfwear, sunned to spine, otherwise a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Library of Wales Ed
SKU
KSG0010277
ISBN
9781902638874
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

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