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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. On a street in a town in the North of England, ordinary people are going through the motions of their everyday existence. A young man is in love with a neighbour who does not even know his name. An old couple make their way up to the nearby bus stop. But then a terrible event shatters the quiet of the early summer evening. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0216124
- ISBN
- 9780747561576
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. In this first of six novels, Tremblay fictionalizes the lives of his beloved characters, dramatized so brilliantly in his plays. Translator(s): Fischman, Sheila. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Talonbooks Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889221901
- ISBN
- 9780889221901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.85
€ 20.99
€ 19.85
Paperback. Ben is, at last, leaving home. At twenty-two, he's the youngest of the family. His mother, is distraught. His father, is rather hoping to get his wife back. His brother, is struggling in a relationship. And his sister, is wrestling with debt and the end of a turbulent love affair. This book talks about the Boyd family and the empty nest. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Black Swan, London
- Edition
- 1st Black Swan Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTM0000646
- ISBN
- 9780552773119
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The New York Times bestselling author is out with his first novel, which gives an extraordinary peek at how dedicated surgeons deal with their mistakes on the job in a story as fast-paced as an episode of ER or Grey's Anatomy Num Pages: 304 pages, USA. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780446583848
- ISBN
- 9780446583848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.55
€ 16.99
€ 14.55
Paperback. A moving story that redefines the meaning of family, friendship, and success among a group of first-generation Indian immigrants. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393345483
- ISBN
- 9780393345483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.14
€ 17.99
€ 16.14
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manor House Publishing Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978107000
- ISBN
- 9780978107000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.90
€ 26.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. As the newly-built foundries of South Wales enter their first decline, a travelling harpist from the rural north arrives in town to find his friends caught in a fiercly-fought industrial dispute, a dispute which quickly spirals out of control. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908069733
- ISBN
- 9781908069733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.35
€ 12.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. Attempts to reconcile himself to the end of his affair with the dark, passionate Justine Hosnani - setting alight a beguiling exploration of sexual and political intrigue that the author himself described as 'an investigation of modern love'. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 124 x 50. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571283934
- ISBN
- 9780571283934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. All The Places We Lived is a collection of disparate, yet inextricably connected stories that are bound by the common threads that exist amongst young people in and out of love with each other and life in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910409657
- ISBN
- 9781910409657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
Paperback. A vivid recreation of the interwar period, this fictionalised memoir is a touching and very true depiction of boyhood and how our early experiences affect us. Translator(s): Evans, Julian. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910477342
- ISBN
- 9781910477342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 9.35
€ 15.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564781673
- ISBN
- 9781564781673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.76
€ 15.76
Paperback. Helen Moran's adoptive brother is dead. Helen's adoptive family is estranged. She alone is qualified to launch a serious investigation into her adoptive brother's suicide and the toxic fumes radiating out of the house. Sorry to Disrupt the Peace is a dark comedy about suicide. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8038753
- ISBN
- 9781911508007
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Second in a sexy werewolf urban fantasy couplet from bestselling author, Keri Arthur Series: Ripple Creek Werewolf Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 21. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Piatkus
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749908768
- ISBN
- 9780749908768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.67
€ 9.99
€ 8.67
hardcover. This novel is an amusing, ironic tale of a contemporary Arab village elder, the family and political turmoil that engulf him, and his nightly discussions with an angel who helps him understand how our modern, fractious world got this way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bridgeworks United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593514
- ISBN
- 9781882593514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.65
€ 25.99
€ 23.65
Hardback. A collection of dark, funny short stories: Miranda July channelling Beyonce.. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 282 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338. Fine clean copy in good dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0003736
- ISBN
- 9781471153792
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Broken Ground is remarkable for its prophetic vision of the hollow securities promised by incarceration and of the effects of "privatization" as an armature of American imperialism-in both the domestic and international realms. Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990484
- ISBN
- 9780295990484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.53
€ 26.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. For Maxine Williams, being married to Blake was an amazing adventure. Brilliant, charismatic, and wholly unpredictable, as an entrepreneur he had made millions and grabbed headlines. Then, everything changes, Maxine finds a new love just as a tragedy transforms Blake from carefree playboy to compassionate, responsible grown-up. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0006290
- ISBN
- 9780552154758
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Todd Gray, an accountant, and his wife Mary, a nurse, live on a ranch in northern Idaho that was established several years before, as a safe haven for a select group of friends, most of whom live in Chicago. When the stock market collapses and hyperinflation sets in, civilization falls apart practically overnight. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ulysses Press United States
- Edition
- 4th Expanded
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569755990
- ISBN
- 9781569755990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.54
€ 16.99
€ 16.54
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bywater Books United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612940397
- ISBN
- 9781612940397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220380
- ISBN
- 9780863222580
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Yuri Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds, and in love with the tender and beautiful nurse Lara. Translator(s): Volokhonsky, Larissa; Pevear, Richard. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099541240
- ISBN
- 9780099541240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. At twenty-seven, Libby thinks there's a lot to be said for a rich husband. So when Nick comes along - lovely, funny, handsome Nick, who has no money whatsoever, lives in a grotty bedsit and thinks the perfect night out consists of the pub and his mates - she decides he's only good for a fling. No strings attached. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 306. Good, clean copy showing minor shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0005498
- ISBN
- 9780140276510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812979732
- ISBN
- 9780812979732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.26
€ 16.99
€ 15.26
Paperback. Written by one of the all-time greats of Scottish literature, this work is a trilogy of novels: "Sunset Song" (1932), "Cloud Howe" (1933) and "Grey Granite" (1934). At each book's core is the heroine Chris Guthrie, as she grows from a child into adulthood through the Great War to the development of communism in the 1920s. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Polygon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0008456
- ISBN
- 9781904598824
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95