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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. In 1940, every draft of every film script had to be approved by the Ministry of Information. Cast and crew were waiting to be called up at any moment, travel was restricted and filming was interrupted by regular bombing raids. And so it is that we find a disparate group of characters whose paths would never have crossed in peacetime. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 53. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552774710
- ISBN
- 9780552774710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.65
€ 11.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. Anthony Patch and Gloria Gibson are the golden children of the Jazz Age. They marry and embark on a life of glittering parties, lavish expenditure and scandalous revelry. When the money dries up their marriage founders. In this wistful novel Fitzgerald portrays the decline of youthful promise with devastating clarity. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099541493
- ISBN
- 9780099541493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. A God whose powers are reduced to petty acts of destruction attempts to reclaim his lost seat in the heavens. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865181
- ISBN
- 9780872865181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.59
€ 15.99
€ 14.59
Paperback. The blazingly inventive, fictional autobiography of Mark Leyner, one of America's "rare, true original voices." (Gary Shteyngart) Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316323277
- ISBN
- 9780316323277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.62
€ 23.99
€ 16.62
Paperback. Thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 306. Some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTK0095830
- ISBN
- 9780099507383
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594932120
- ISBN
- 9781594932120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.92
€ 16.99
€ 15.92
Paperback. Clutching his vodka and his memories, he seeks refuge on an island in the Cyclades. There by chance he meets a young woman who reactivates love's vocabulary. His survival instinct faintly reappears through the distorting mirror of alcohol. Yet the craving is an irresistible, clever adversary that shows no mercy. Translator(s): Connolly, David. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900850216
- ISBN
- 9781900850216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875650395
- ISBN
- 9780875650395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.00
€ 14.00
Paperback. A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, offering a unique perspective on the Vietnam war. Destined to become a modern classic Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472151360
- ISBN
- 9781472151360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.41
€ 14.99
€ 12.41
Paperback. "Like No Country for Old Men and Snow Falling on Cedars, an atmospheric psychological thriller in which a young cop involved in a hit-and-run death becomes the focal point for a community's grief and determination to place blame"-- Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 25. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062391261
- ISBN
- 9780062391261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.28
€ 17.99
€ 15.28
Paperback. Pathetic, contrite and hapless, Benjamin is nonetheless the scapegoat at The Store: there is nothing for which he cannot be blamed. While his blunders remain minor, most of his unwitting victims can find it in their hearts to forgive him, but when violent explosions begin to follow him around, he inevitably becomes the prime suspect. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846559075
- ISBN
- 9781846559075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759564
- ISBN
- 9781894759564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Six years later, the author has returned with a bracing new collection of short stories that will do for the center of the country what Cheever did for the suburbs of New York. This title explores the complexities of human interactions and imbues them with an honest naturalism that is sure to endear him to readers - in the Midwest and beyond. Series: Switchgrass. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806938
- ISBN
- 9780875806938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
Hardcover. Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss. They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids' pets, their football teams and - this being Ireland in 2011-12 - about the euro, the crash, the presidential election, the Queen's visit. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224097819
- ISBN
- 9780224097819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.07
€ 13.99
€ 11.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 183 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905847716
- ISBN
- 9781905847716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.31
€ 10.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The Women's Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002011
- ISBN
- 9780704343092
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Depicts life in Baghdad as only an insider can - very accurately and very beautifully Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 37. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- V9781870015851
- ISBN
- 9781870015851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Santa Fe Writer's Project United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939650054
- ISBN
- 9781939650054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.21
€ 15.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. As World War Two breaks over Europe, Eve Anders is already a veteran from the Spanish Civil War. But now she's called to a very different kind of action: to come home to train for the newly-formed SOE. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperCollins London
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0198173
- ISBN
- 9780006510444
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 129 x 177 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628970166
- ISBN
- 9781628970166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.93
€ 15.99
€ 13.93
Paperback. Salley Vicker's sensational debut novel, 'Miss Garnet's Angel' is a voyage of discovery; a novel about Venice but also the rich story of the explosive possibilities of change in all of us at any time. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006514213
- ISBN
- 9780006514213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Chronicles the stormy relationship of two characters as they grapple with career choices, Vietnam, and the Women's Movement during a remarkable period in American history. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of New Orleans Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780972814324
- ISBN
- 9780972814324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.74
€ 17.74
Paperback. A chilling novel of childhood secrets, first love - and a brutal murder. Perfect for the BROADCHURCH audience. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 124 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409127963
- ISBN
- 9781409127963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. When an English priest takes over a small Scottish parish, not everyone is ready to accept him. He makes friends with two local youths, Mark and Lisa, and clashes with a world he can barely understand. The town seems to grow darker each night. Fate comes calling, and before the summer is out his quiet life is the focus of public hysteria. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571216048
- ISBN
- 9780571216048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78