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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. A collection of some of the best sleuths in the business. It includes creators such as Poe and Conan Doyle to Hammet, Christie, Chandler, Rendell and Rankin. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596044
ISBN
9781841596044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 AND WINNER OF THE 2016 DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE - A stark and unflinching novel by a spellbinding storyteller, about religion, love and violence in the modern world Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848666900
ISBN
9781848666900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The second collection of stories from Yiyun Li, author of the Guardian First Book Award-winning A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and The Vagrants. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007303106
ISBN
9780007303106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. It is 1920. Prohibition and bootlegging are in full swing. When Joseph Van Dorn is shot and nearly killed while in pursuit of a rum-running vessel, his friend and employee, Isaac Bell, swears to him that he will hunt down the lawbreakers. But Bell doesn't know what he is getting into. Series: Isaac Bell. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718178703
ISBN
9780718178703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. A wonderfully involving family story that begins in Liverpool at the beginning of the Second World War and spans forty turbulent years. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752858913
ISBN
9780752858913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172223
ISBN
9781590172223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. 'Beautifully observed and astute on tangled relationships. It deserves to be her breakthrough novel' Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755303120
ISBN
9780755303120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Clean copy with some light shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Mira
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First edition
SKU
KST0022082
ISBN
9780778304685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Wright, Jonathan. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Comma Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583256
ISBN
9781905583256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.44

Paperback. Beneath the Lion's Gaze opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother's prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539926
ISBN
9780099539926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children's home after a family tragedy drives her mother insane. But when the owner betrays her trust Adele has no choice but to run away. Alone and friendless, she heads for Sussex, to seek out the grandmother she has never known. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046075
ISBN
9780141046075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Fig Tree
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241977781
ISBN
9780241977781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. When he lands in Harare North, our unnamed protagonist carries nothing but a cardboard suitcase full of memories and a longing to be reunited with his childhood friend, Shingi. He ends up in Shingi's Brixton squat where the inhabitants function at various levels of desperation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526759
ISBN
9780099526759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Includes stories such as: Trust Me, I'm a Vet (Maz and Alex); Must Be Love (Maz and Alex); The Sweetest Thing; It's a Vet's Life (Maz and Alex); The Village Vet; Vets in Love Country; Loving The Three of Us (Digital short story, companion to Follow Me Home); and Follow Me Home. Series: Talyton St George. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099570943
ISBN
9780099570943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. In 1844, Flora embarked on a tour of France to campaign for workers' and women's rights. In 1891, her grandson set sail for Tahiti, determined to escape civilisation and seek out inspiration to paint his primitive masterpieces. Flora died before her grandson was born, but their travels and obsessions unravel side by side in this absorbing novel. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571220380
ISBN
9780571220380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. This fantastic debut novel by Barbara Nadel is compellingly atmospheric and has been highly praised: 'Exciting, accomplished and original' Literary Review Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 30. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747262176
ISBN
9780747262176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Leather / fine binding. Series: Leather-Bound Classics. Num Pages: 1392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DDS; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 237 x 74. Weight in Grams: 1924.
Publisher
Canterbury Classics
Publication date
2014
Edition
Lea
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626860988
ISBN
9781626860988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.85

Paperback. Heads will roll as two friends with a shocking secret are reunited in Versailles. Translator(s): Boyce, Emily. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908313720
ISBN
9781908313720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. A baker's dozen of cases, each putting Albert Campion through his paces. In this miscellany of villainy, our unconventional sleuth must contend with misbehaving debutantes, sinister smuggling rings, a Dowager Countess who's not all that she seems. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593553
ISBN
9780099593553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Translator(s): Healy, George R. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
273
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204904
ISBN
9780872204904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.31

Paperback. Morpho Eugenia and The Conjugal Angel are two fascinating novellas and, like A. S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel, Possession, they are set in the mid-nineteenth century, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099224310
ISBN
9780099224310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Winner of the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Sceptre
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340739754
ISBN
9780340739754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2006 Modern Library Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345484406
ISBN
9780345484406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.09

Paperback. Lydia is killed in a car accident, but she returns to her bereft sister as a benign ghost who, nonetheless, comes to haunt the lives of those around her in unexpected ways: Jonathan Goldman, whose flat Lydia is running from when she is knocked down, and his daughter Stella, who discovers her father's affair with the gladiatorial Sonia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224. 272 pages. Lydia is killed in a car accident, but she returns to her bereft sister as a benign ghost who, nonetheless, comes to haunt the lives of those around her in unexpected ways: Jonathan Goldman, whose flat Lydia is running from when she is knocked down, and his daughter Stella, who discovers her father's affair with the gladiatorial Sonia. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight: 186.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747594727
ISBN
9780747594727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.10

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