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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It is Christmas, 1940, and Kate is making her debut in New York society. Joe, the brilliant protege of Charles Lindbergh, seems just out of her reach. Unwilling to wait any longer, Kate moves on with her life. But when a chance encounter brings them together again, the time has come to make a choice, one that will have profound consequences. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 106 x 33. Weight in Grams: 266. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Thus
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KTJ0006818
ISBN
9780552148511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: A Morning Glory Novel. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 283 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503936201
ISBN
9781503936201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. It is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the shadow of the volcano, ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate, ugly pariah dogs roam the streets and Geoffrey Firmin - ex-consul, ex-husband, an alcoholic and a ruined man - is living out the last day of his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182254
ISBN
9780141182254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Carey and Randall are in early 80s LA. A young Chinese girl with silver hair is the Empty One that seems to run things there, and her ex-lover, an Empty One named Zang, has turned against them and may or may not be on Carey's side. Series: The Unnoticeables. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783298013
ISBN
9781783298013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.96

Paperback. Eleanor Lee has lived a fiercely independent existence for over ninety years, but now it's time to tidy her life away - books, photographs, paintings, letters - a lifetime of possessions all neatly boxed up for the last time. But amongst them there are some things that must be kept hidden. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405919838
ISBN
9781405919838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.21

Paperback. A student in 1950s South Africa has long been plotting an escape from his country. Studying mathematics, reading poetry, saving money, he tries to ensure that when he arrives in the real world, he will be prepared to experience life to its full intensity. Arriving at last in London, however, he finds neither poetry nor romance. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099433620
ISBN
9780099433620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. From the author of the cult hit The Long Firm, a mind-bending, thrilling journey into 20th-century history and outer space. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340922736
ISBN
9780340922736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. 1830. A young woman marries a minister and accompanies him to the remote island of St Kilda in the hope of converting the islanders to Christianity. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857382337
ISBN
9780857382337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559435
ISBN
9781875559435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. In a sixth-floor South Bank warehouse, home of the family firm Hughes and Hughes, a troubled young man known as 'Ghost' attends to stocks of hardware while he quietly observes a variety of characters. Two particular individuals draw his attention as they struggle to dominate the firm. Editor(s): Calder, Liz. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747542391
ISBN
9780747542391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.43

Paperback. Joyce Stevenson is thirteen when her widowed mother takes them to live with Aunt Vera, a formidable teacher neglected by her unfaithful husband. Joyce watches the two sisters - her aunt's unbending dedication to the life of the mind, her mother worn down by housework - and thinks that each of them is powerless in her own way. Num Pages: 432 pages, 22 cm. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099462002
ISBN
9780099462002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. A world away from Abike's mansion, in the city's slums, lives a seventeen-year-old hawker struggling to make sense of the world. When Abike buys ice cream from him one day, they strike up an unlikely and tentative romance, defying the prejudices of Nigerian society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571268917
ISBN
9780571268917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. From the lauded, bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447272366
ISBN
9781447272366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. The third book in John Lawton's Inspector Troy series, selected by Time magazine as one of 'Six Detective Series to Savour' alongside Michael Connelly and Donna Leon. Series: Inspector Troy. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 438. 480 pages. 1963: A Tory government beset by a defection, sexual scandal, cover-up and a ministerial resignation - Frederick Troy, now Britain's most senior police detective, unravels a trail that leads to death at the very heart of the Establishment and a failing administration. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 202 x 138 x 34. Weight: 448.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855890
ISBN
9781611855890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503952768
ISBN
9781503952768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.56

Paperback. New York Times bestselling author Jackie Collins blazed onto bestseller lists nationwide with L.A.Connections Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849836432
ISBN
9781849836432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. Takes the reader into the bohemian drawing rooms of pre-World War I London and Paris, a milieu populated by such thinly disguised versions of Ezra Pound, Richard Aldington, May Sinclair, Brigit Patmore, and Margaret Cravens. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312420
ISBN
9780822312420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 402. Clean copy, Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KST0016010
ISBN
9780340961698
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Coloured sheets of paper fall from the sky. This is their first indication that something serious has happened. Each sheet bears a message: you have three hours to evacuate, bring only one suitcase.. For a child piano prodigy, a dissident factory worker, a broken-hearted surgeon and unknowing others, this disaster will change their lives forever. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241964675
ISBN
9780241964675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. An accessible, beautifully crafted and topical novel about PTSI and the unseen effects of global conflict on ordinary lives Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471132599
ISBN
9781471132599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.04

Paperback. For fans of Ali Smith and A.M. Homes comes this captivating debut from Mexico's most exciting rising star Translator(s): Hughes, Sophie. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780748924
ISBN
9781780748924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0007680
ISBN
9781843914198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KTG0007676
ISBN
9781843914198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Longlisted for the 2017 Dylan Thomas Prize Pigeon is a journey through the uneasy half-forgotten memories of childhood, a story about wishful-thinking and the power of language. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910901236
ISBN
9781910901236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

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