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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Owls Do Cry is the first novel of New Zealand's most acclaimed classic writer, Janet Frame. Hailed as a masterpiece on first publication in 1957, it is comparable to Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006673
ISBN
9780349006673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass returns with her first novel. The Girl in the Mirror is a moving and gripping story of a young woman who tries to piece together her past and uncovers a dreadful family secret that has been buried and forgotten. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007299270
ISBN
9780007299270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Hardcover. Takes you to a world where bicycles listen to conversations, inventors search for methods of 'diluting' water, and characters play truant while novelists sleep; a world where spiteful fairies wreak havoc and heroes from legend blunder into suburban sitting-rooms. Num Pages: 778 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 45. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Combined volume
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593098
ISBN
9781841593098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. Iain Banks's classic novel reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139210
ISBN
9780349139210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Translator(s): Claeson, Eva. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530611
ISBN
9780714530611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. In THE SIXTH LAMENTATION, William Brodrick introduced Father Anselm, the barrister turned monk who found himself plunged into the tangled history of occupied Paris. Now Father Anselm is brought back to his own past, and someone else's secrets. Series: Father Anselm Novels. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121123
ISBN
9780349121123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Presents the story of a girl, Minou. A year ago, her mother walked out into the rain and never came back. It's a story about a magician and a priest and a dog called No Name. It's about a father's endless hunt for the truth. It's about a dead boy who listens, and Minou's search for her mother's voice. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572473
ISBN
9780099572473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.72

Paperback. Tracks the disillusionments and epiphanies of young punks living on the outskirts of Gainesville, FL. This title explores the boundaries (if there are any) between religion and politics, faith and fanaticism, and what happens when those boundaries break down. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061881824
ISBN
9780061881824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.66

Paperback. * This collection of short stories enabled du Maurier's devoted readership to see her, for the first time, in a very different guise -- as an exponent of the sinister and macabre. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080878
ISBN
9781844080878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. A ruthless and unflinching examination of American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007414987
ISBN
9780007414987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. What is a woman's price? A brilliant new novel about love, jealousy and loss by the internationally bestselling author of THE PILOT'S WIFE. Num Pages: 336 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KRF0038355
ISBN
9780349115580
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. What is a woman's price? A brilliant new novel about love, jealousy and loss by the internationally bestselling author of THE PILOT'S WIFE. Num Pages: 336 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266. Well read copy, with some shelfwear and minor soiling. Remains good overall
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KST0017107
ISBN
9780349115580
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Social mores come under bestselling author Philippa Gregory's acute scrutiny in this reissue of a long-unavailable novel of betrayal, revenge and liberation.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006514657
ISBN
9780006514657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. A major novel from the internationally bestselling author of 'The Joy Luck Club', 'The Kitchen God's Wife' and 'The Hundred Secret Senses'. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KAK0002866
ISBN
9780006550433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Bjorn Hansen, a respectable town treasurer, has just turned fifty and is horrified by the thought that chance has ruled his life. Eighteen years ago he left his wife and their two-year-old son for his mistress, who persuaded him to start afresh in a small, provincial town and to dabble in amateur dramatics. Translator(s): Lyngstad, Sverre. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784704988
ISBN
9781784704988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Escape to the country in this hugely entertaining new summer novel from the bestselling and much-loved author Fiona Walker Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751547993
ISBN
9780751547993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Series: Empress of Bright Moon Duology. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 38. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781492613565
ISBN
9781492613565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.53

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Illustrator(s): Holwill, Naomi. Num Pages: 192 pages, Line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA; FYB; YFB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 176 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841957296
ISBN
9781841957296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. Lucas Corso, a gin-swilling book hunter and an expert in Napoleonic war games, is hired to authenticate an Alexandre Dumas manuscript. At the same time a Spanish bookseller asks him to investigate two other editions of the book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448594
ISBN
9780099448594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A fashion model with everything is disfigured in a road "accident" and goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being a monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. She then has to learn that reinventing herself means erasing her past and making up something better. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285441
ISBN
9780099285441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

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