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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385520423
ISBN
9780385520423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.24

Paperback. Some time around his 50th birthday, Ambrose Zephyr fails his annual medical check-up. An illness of inexplicable origin with no known or foreseeable cure is diagnosed and it will kill him within a month. Give or take a day. In the time that remains, he decides to travel to all the places he ever wanted to visit, in strict alphabetical order. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271113
ISBN
9781846271113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.36

Paperback. The love affair between Maurice Bendix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478447
ISBN
9780099478447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A reissue in new packaging of one of Rosamunde Pilcher's classic stories. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444761719
ISBN
9781444761719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. This is no ordinary tale of innocence lost .. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447283706
ISBN
9781447283706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. .
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846275159
ISBN
9781846275159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New Amsterdam Books United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566638487
ISBN
9781566638487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.09

Paperback. Combining fact and fiction, epic and miniature, horror and comedy, this book tells stories about love and death, truth and lies, myth and reality range across many epochs and settings. Editor(s): Thompson, Mark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396989
ISBN
9780141396989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. When a young European traveller arrives at Sikri, the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar, the tale he spins brings the whole imperial capital to the brink of obsession. He calls himself 'Mogor dell'Amore', the Mughal of Love, and claims to be the son of a lost princess, whose name and has been erased from the country's history: Qara Koz. Series: Vintage Magic. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099421924
ISBN
9780099421924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Siri Hustvedt's mesmerising second novel, 'startlingly good, tautly written and very sexy' Marie Claire. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Sceptre United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340682364
ISBN
9780340682364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

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
€ 9.38

Paperback. Features stories of Russian life that are peopled by outsized characters including serfs, princes, Gypsy girls, horse dealers, nomadic Tartars and garrulous storytellers. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577362
ISBN
9780099577362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. At one level an escapist fantasy, at another a parable about the liberation of the spirit, this delicious confection will work its magic on all.' 'The Daily Telegraph Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002237
ISBN
9780860685173
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The children have flown, the parents are free. Life is suddenly about to get very interesting indeed .. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Edition
Digital original
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751543667
ISBN
9780751543667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.28

Paperback. A reissue in new packaging of one of Rosamunde Pilcher's classic stories. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444761726
ISBN
9781444761726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. From the young Pakistani immigrant who seeks some kind of permanence in a strange town to the Irish woman reluctantly returning to Dublin and discovering a city that refuses to acknowledge her long absence. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141041773
ISBN
9780141041773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. The heartbreaking new tale from the hugely popular author Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755385768
ISBN
9780755385768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Plume
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142181232
ISBN
9780142181232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. Like the other characters in Tracy Daugherty's masterful collection, he moves through spaces at once sacred and spoiled, within cities, deserts, and other strange environments, reckoning, taking soundings, trying to find firm footing in the world. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415802
ISBN
9781421415802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. In the glittering tradition of Edith Wharton, The Emperor's Children examines life in upper-crust Manhattan, and tells a compelling story of ambition, vanity and tragedy Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447289418
ISBN
9781447289418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. Through bustling, hustling city, its slum tenements and sumptuous villas, this book follows Zuleika the daughter of Sudanese immigrants. Married to a fat, rich absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day, Septimus Severus, Emperor himself, comes to town, bringing with him not just love - but danger.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140297812
ISBN
9780140297812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. In the glittering tradition of Edith Wharton, The Emperor's Children examines life in upper-crust Manhattan, and tells a compelling story of ambition, vanity and tragedy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KOC0016690
ISBN
9780330444484
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the glittering tradition of Edith Wharton, The Emperor's Children examines life in upper-crust Manhattan, and tells a compelling story of ambition, vanity and tragedy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KRF0037397
ISBN
9780330444484
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007459599
ISBN
9780007459599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.14

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