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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. "Clochemerle" satirizes the titanic confrontation of secular and religious forces in a small wine-growing village in Beaujolais which begins when the mayor, wishing to leave behind a monument to his administration's achievements, proposes to build a public urinal in the town centre - right next to the church. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099453888
- ISBN
- 9780099453888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Caffeine Nights Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910720189
- ISBN
- 9781910720189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.69
€ 11.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- London Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956815583
- ISBN
- 9780956815583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Hardcover. Reprints two of Wodehouse's earliest books which take the form of story sequences linked by a central character, a technique he used many times thereafter. This title looks forward to Bertie Wooster and Ukridge, but also back to his Victorian models, in a fantastic tale of the little man struggling with fate. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591896
- ISBN
- 9781841591896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. A wonderfully atmospheric, touching and sumptuous novel about a young widow's search for happiness in a small Italian village. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Orion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752893228
- ISBN
- 9780752893228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Everyone in Callie's family is busy; her sister is a free-spirited Manhattan chef, her best friend Lila is coping with vitriol of her new man's ex-wife, and her parents have rich though separate lives. But when Callie discovers breast cancer she thought she'd beaten has returned, they all find that their lives shift to focus on caring for Callie. Num Pages: 416 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KTG0010618
- ISBN
- 9780141038643
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A novella in which a middle-aged man weds an unattractive widow in order to indulge his paedophilic obsession with her daughter. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191188
- ISBN
- 9780141191188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Paperback. When an SAS team is sent to train government troops in Karmanga, a poverty-stricken and war-torn republic in southern Africa, Geordie Sharp is caught up un the most dangerous and difficult assignment of his military career. When the SAS men see that the rebels are boosted by ex-US Navy SEAL mercenaries, they begin to sense a hidden agenda. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 114 x 33. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099460121
- ISBN
- 9780099460121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. A title that brings together eight stories: 'The Next Glade', 'Bind Your Hair' and 'The Stains' appeared together in The Wine-Dark Sea in 1988 while 'The Unsettled Dust', 'The House of the Russians', 'No Stronger Than a Flower', 'The Cicerones' and 'Ravissante' first appeared in Sub Rosa in 1968. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571311736
- ISBN
- 9780571311736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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€ 10.78
Paperback. An extraordinary tale of France's greatest chef, his loves and a country on the brink of war. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306. Good, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KSG0006146
- ISBN
- 9781846882470
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Bragg's acclaimed story of one family's experience of the social and cultural upheaval of England as it moves into the twentieth century Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340770900
- ISBN
- 9780340770900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.89
€ 13.00
€ 11.89
paperback. A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard, the acclaimed author of 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. This edition includes explanatory notes from the author. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007116867
- ISBN
- 9780007116867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
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Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78. In good condition. A well read copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KRS0010864
- ISBN
- 9781902602707
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KSH0000003
- ISBN
- 9781902602707
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. As a criminal pathologist, Dr Edward Jenner has seen many bad deaths in his day, but none as crazed as the ritual slayings perpetrated by Robert Farrar, The Inquisitor. He survived the final denouement of Farrar's killing spree, but not the fall-out from the authorities which saw his medical license suspended and him banished from New York. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRA0010720
- ISBN
- 9780099538646
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910263051
- ISBN
- 9781910263051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.29
€ 23.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. One of Michel Faber's best-loved novels, this is an utterly compulsive and mysterious masterpiece Series: Canons. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786890528
- ISBN
- 9781786890528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
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€ 10.74
Paperback. Translator(s): Davidson, Angus. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590171226
- ISBN
- 9781590171226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.33
€ 23.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. A heart-warming tale of loyalty, betrayal and family values in the village of Turnham Malpas. Num Pages: 256 pages, map (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409120995
- ISBN
- 9781409120995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. When the ghosts of the past come back to haunt us, can we ever forgive and forget? Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 32. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780873718
- ISBN
- 9781780873718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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€ 11.05
Paperback. Victor, a ghostwriter, is just about to have an affair with Marta, a married woman, when - in the bedroom, half-undressed - she drops dead in his arms. He panics and slips away. But Marta's family are all too aware that she was not alone when she died, and Dean, the widowed husband, is determined to find out who was sharing her bed that night. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141199986
- ISBN
- 9780141199986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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€ 11.08
Paperback. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782271635
- ISBN
- 9781782271635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.50
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Paperback. It's 1987, and Joseph Pullman and his parents have moved to Maritime, Massachusetts. He befriends Dean Gillespie, and the boys are occupied burying animal corpses at the Killing Tree. This summer the cicadas are due to come out of their seventeen-year hibernation, and when a second local boy disappears, the residents confront the Pullmans' house. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 225.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099472230
- ISBN
- 9780099472230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
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Paperback. Fixated on the crimes which have been committed against his people, but unable to live among them, Max moves away, and draws cartoon histories of Jewish suffering in which no one is much interested. He is drawn into the Holocaust obsessions from which he realises there can be, and should be, no release. This book is a comedy of cataclysm. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501367
- ISBN
- 9780099501367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84