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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. A world away from Abike's mansion, in the city's slums, lives a seventeen-year-old hawker struggling to make sense of the world. When Abike buys ice cream from him one day, they strike up an unlikely and tentative romance, defying the prejudices of Nigerian society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571268917
- ISBN
- 9780571268917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. Joyce Stevenson is thirteen when her widowed mother takes them to live with Aunt Vera, a formidable teacher neglected by her unfaithful husband. Joyce watches the two sisters - her aunt's unbending dedication to the life of the mind, her mother worn down by housework - and thinks that each of them is powerless in her own way. Num Pages: 432 pages, 22 cm. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099462002
- ISBN
- 9780099462002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. In a sixth-floor South Bank warehouse, home of the family firm Hughes and Hughes, a troubled young man known as 'Ghost' attends to stocks of hardware while he quietly observes a variety of characters. Two particular individuals draw his attention as they struggle to dominate the firm. Editor(s): Calder, Liz. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747542391
- ISBN
- 9780747542391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.58
€ 9.99
€ 8.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559435
- ISBN
- 9781875559435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.17
€ 18.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. 1830. A young woman marries a minister and accompanies him to the remote island of St Kilda in the hope of converting the islanders to Christianity. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857382337
- ISBN
- 9780857382337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. From the author of the cult hit The Long Firm, a mind-bending, thrilling journey into 20th-century history and outer space. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340922736
- ISBN
- 9780340922736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. A student in 1950s South Africa has long been plotting an escape from his country. Studying mathematics, reading poetry, saving money, he tries to ensure that when he arrives in the real world, he will be prepared to experience life to its full intensity. Arriving at last in London, however, he finds neither poetry nor romance. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099433620
- ISBN
- 9780099433620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Eleanor Lee has lived a fiercely independent existence for over ninety years, but now it's time to tidy her life away - books, photographs, paintings, letters - a lifetime of possessions all neatly boxed up for the last time. But amongst them there are some things that must be kept hidden. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405919838
- ISBN
- 9781405919838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. Carey and Randall are in early 80s LA. A young Chinese girl with silver hair is the Empty One that seems to run things there, and her ex-lover, an Empty One named Zang, has turned against them and may or may not be on Carey's side. Series: The Unnoticeables. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783298013
- ISBN
- 9781783298013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.15
€ 10.99
€ 9.15
Paperback. It is Christmas, 1940, and Kate is making her debut in New York society. Joe, the brilliant protege of Charles Lindbergh, seems just out of her reach. Unwilling to wait any longer, Kate moves on with her life. But when a chance encounter brings them together again, the time has come to make a choice, one that will have profound consequences. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 106 x 33. Weight in Grams: 266. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KTJ0006818
- ISBN
- 9780552148511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Sunday Times No. 1 paperback bestseller. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324. Good copy with some shelf and reading wear. Some wear to the cover.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KTG0010684
- ISBN
- 9780007240463
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. It is Christmas, 1940, and Kate is making her debut in New York society. Joe, the brilliant protege of Charles Lindbergh, seems just out of her reach. Unwilling to wait any longer, Kate moves on with her life. But when a chance encounter brings them together again, the time has come to make a choice, one that will have profound consequences. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 106 x 33. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0226886
- ISBN
- 9780552148511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
The Last Hangman is a powerful, sparsely written novel that explores, in brutal detail and measured prose, the life of a man who killed for a living. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 283. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KSG0015732
- ISBN
- 9780857897497
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062474070
- ISBN
- 9780062474070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. An award-winning Barcelona novel with Bolano-esque humor: including lovers, a Mexican maid, Marilyn (a cat), and Bret Easton Ellis (a dog). Translator(s): Perry, Frank. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- And Other Stories United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276643
- ISBN
- 9781908276643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.70
€ 13.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. Ranulph Fiennes' bestselling novel The Feather Men now filmed as Killer Elite. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444707922
- ISBN
- 9781444707922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. Seven-year-old Che was abandoned by his radical Harvard-student parents during the upheaval of the 1960s, and since then has been raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. He yearns to see or hear news of his famous outlaw parents, but his grandmother refuses to tell him anything. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KSG0010419
- ISBN
- 9780571231546
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.82
€ 4.82
Paperback. Seven-year-old Che was abandoned by his radical Harvard-student parents during the upheaval of the 1960s, and since then has been raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. He yearns to see or hear news of his famous outlaw parents, but his grandmother refuses to tell him anything. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236. T
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTJ0004092
- ISBN
- 9780571231546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.82
€ 4.82
Paperback. Part of the twelve-novel sequence, "A Dance to the Music of Time". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099472469
- ISBN
- 9780099472469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 112 x 25. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Empire
- Number of pages
- 345
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901746723
- ISBN
- 9781901746723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23