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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Michele is a successful business woman with a troubled private life. When she moves her elderly mother, Clara, into the basement, her husband slams the door and disappears into the night. Eventually, Clara - the controlling matriarch - finds a way to release her daughter. But can Michele release herself? Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773792
ISBN
9781907773792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Combines science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099842606
ISBN
9780099842606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardback. .
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First World Publication
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727887337
ISBN
9780727887337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in one of the most acclaimed novels of 2014 Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088829
ISBN
9781844088829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. This second novel from Wm Paul Young, author of international bestseller THE SHACK, is an inspiring and provocative story of a man who only realises how bad his life has been when it's too late - yet is miraculously given a chance to put things right. Will he take it? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444745993
ISBN
9781444745993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Into the insular town of 1930s Ferrara, a new doctor arrives. Fadigati is hopeful and modern, and more than anything wants to fit into his new home. But his fresh, appealing appearance soon crumbles when the townsfolk discover his homosexuality, and the young man he pays to be his lover humiliates him publicly. Translator(s): McKendrick, Jamie. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192154
ISBN
9780141192154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783782673
ISBN
9781783782673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Walking the streets of our cities are the Others. These men and women have access to the Twilight, a shadowy parallel world of magical power that exists alongside our own. Each has sworn allegiance to one side: the Light, or the Darkness. Series: Night Watch. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099580140
ISBN
9780099580140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. IN A SUMMER SEASON is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be the thing it is: beautiful, often funny, and sometimes tragic. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083206
ISBN
9781844083206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The clock is ticking for Musa; he has 30 days to escape from an arranged marriage.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Halban Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559169
ISBN
9781905559169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of his dead father. He is shocked to find there the mistress's rival and successor, Mrs Ota, and that the ceremony has been awkwardly arranged for him to meet his potential future bride. But he is most shocked to be drawn into a relationship with Mrs Ota. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192604
ISBN
9780141192604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Offers an exercise in the bizarre leaving you disoriented and on edge. From the first page, the author turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, "there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed'" setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
1
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105596
ISBN
9780143105596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. It has been a most uncommon life, but the one constant during each stage of his journey are the voices which accompany him, voices which for other members of his family, including Brynja, have been far less benign. Now Alfred's final duty is to make sure that Julia understands so that Brynja does not become yet another family tragedy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785300820
ISBN
9781785300820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Ezekiel Farragut is a college professor, a drug-addict and a murderer. Locked in Falconer State Penitentiary, he struggles through tormenting visits from his wife, the burden of memory and guilt, and the brutal monotony of his surroundings to retain his humanity, finding the possibility of redemption through an affair with a fellow prisoner. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099583134
ISBN
9780099583134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. An unnamed author waits in a bar in Tel Aviv on a stifling hot night. He is there to give a reading of his work but as he sits, bored, he begins to conjure up the life stories of the people he meets. Later, when the reading is done he asks a woman for a drink. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099521020
ISBN
9780099521020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806491
ISBN
9781609806491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.78

Paperback. Nan, a widow whose family has flown the nest, is an independent, free-spirited woman who couldn't care less what people think about her living alone in her beloved beach house. But when she discovers that money is running out and she might lose her home, she knows it's time for a drastic change. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318. Clean copy
Edition
First Printing
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0219495
ISBN
9780141022031
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Wasn't that sex that happened between the talking-and-going-out-to-dinner bit and the sobbing-and-eating-too-many-biscuits bit? Still, Bella was sure she could handle some. She must be practically a virgin again by now, all sealed over like pierced ears if you don't wear earrings for too long. But the 'L' word? She never wanted to hear it again. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KTM0006231
ISBN
9780552998536
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Tasmina Perry does what she does best in this irresistibly intriguing, sophisticated and heartrending read, transporting the reader to Paris, London and St Petersburg and sweeping them up in a story of romance, mystery and secrets. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472208422
ISBN
9781472208422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Katharine Hilbery is beautiful and privileged, but uncertain of her future. She must choose between becoming engaged to the oddly prosaic poet William Rodney, and her dangerous attraction to the passionate Ralph Denham. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140185683
ISBN
9780140185683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. More than two decades after moving to Saudi Arabia from America and marrying Abdullah Baylani, Rosalie learns that her husband has married a second wife. The discovery plunges the powerful family into chaos as Rosalie grapples with leaving Saudi Arabia, her life and her family behind. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571282180
ISBN
9780571282180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.19

Paperback. Tara Fraser has a secret. Desperate to escape herself and her past, she changes her name, packs up her London home and moves to a town in the North of England where she knows no one. But one of her new neighbours, Nancy, is intrigued by her. And as hard as Tara tries to distance herself, she starts to drop her guard. Then a letter arrives.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784702304
ISBN
9781784702304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. One day in September, a decade ago, all eyes were turned in the same direction. Editor(s): Freeman, John. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Granta Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905881352
ISBN
9781905881352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609452742
ISBN
9781609452742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.22

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