Modern Fiction (post 1945)

When Dr Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons during an archaeological dig in southern France, she unearths a link with a horrific and brutal past. But it's not just the sight...

Author: Terrence McnallyBinding: PaperbackPublished: DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE INC., 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling dramatic collection presents two powerful one-act plays...

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From Eric Carle, the New York Times bestselling author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Grouchy Ladybug , comes a reassuring tale of a mother's love for her child....

Alone in his New York loft our hero, the private detective Kinky Friedman, reflects on friendship and why his friends are out of town. The phone rings. It's Kinky's old...

One of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published, Ishmael has earned a passionate following among readers and critics alike. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features...

This novel begins in the 1960s in a small Wisconsin town, when a young boy, Mac, finds out that his beautiful handicapped older sister, Madeline, is in fact his father...

New Year's Day, 1965. The body of Father George Sedgewick is discovered on a snow-covered runway of Logan Airport, brutally murdered. No leads. Missing: four thousand hosts, consecrated by Pope...

Meet George Mahoney, designer of refrigerators and a real middle-of-the-road kind of guy. Even his wife describes him as "passive-passive." What changes all this is the arrival of a new...

When he was nine, and his mother had her first deadly dance with cancer, Harry became a thief. Someone had to find food and pay the mortgage even if his...

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When a plot of land is being developed in Vermont against the will of a local Native American tribe, strange things begin to happen - and Ross Wakeman, a paranormal...

Estate agent Frankie Blue is known on his home turf - White City, Shepherd's Bush - as "Frank theFib." He's a liar - but one who always tries to tell...

When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero's doorstep prophesizing a plague of rabies in their Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his...

When Santosh Wagh isn't struggling out of a bottle of whisky he's head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world's finest PI agency. In a city of over...

From acclaimed author of The Third Daughter comes an epic historical novel of ingenuity and courage, of love and loss, spanning postwar France when Israeli agents roamed the countryside to...

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THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER An Observer Best Debut Novelist of 2025 'One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today' SALLY ROONEY 'One of my favourite books...

'Playful, moving and wholly remarkable' Guardian 'A small miracle' New Statesman 'Mastery of craft, resonance and deep feeling on every page' Telegraph An introspective young boy, Joseph Coppock squints at...

Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, 'The Hours' is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work...

The eagerly awaited new novel by the author of LADY OF HAY and HOUSE OF ECHOES is the story of a woman trapped in the wrong time. Abandoned by her...

When Joss, an adopted child, discovers that her real mother has left the beautiful family home, Belheddon Hall, to her, she is thrilled, until she discovers that the Hall is...

Author: Lu HsunBinding: PaperbackPublished: Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1978Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn cover with faded spine. This collection, Selected...

Author: Elizabeth JolleyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis collection presents two compelling narratives from a master...

Author: D. H. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamlyn, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis collection, Selected Novels & Stories, presents a compelling array of D.H. Lawrence's most significant literary contributions....

Author: William S. BurroughsBinding: HardbackPublished: GROVE PRESS, INC. NEW YORK, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Foxing on top of block,...

Author: Vance PalmerBinding: HardbackPublished: F. W. CHESHIRE, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some foxing on bindingThis compelling work of Australian literature, The World Of Men, chronicles the...

Author: Monica DickensBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann London, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded dust jacket, yellowed at top of block slightlyThis novel presents a compelling...

For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing , this "marvelous debut" (Alice McDermott, National Book Award-winning author of The Ninth Hour ) follows a Washington, DC, artist as she faces...

What if you had real magic within you . . . ? The utterly spellbinding new novel from the celebrated author of THE GIFTS 1896. As a group of illusionists...

The scintillating new novel from the author of The End of Mr Y 'Like a darker, funnier The White Lotus , The Sleepwalkers is horrifying in the best possible way....

Another storm is on the horizon for the Reynolds women. And the only way out is to go through it. Good things never happen in November-at least not for the...

Blistering and unignorable, the hottest literary debut of 2021 - a fearlessly truthful examination of race, class, wealth and power in modern Britain Come of age in the credit crunch....

The feminist cult classic about a smart, sensitive, yet deeply troubled young woman fighting to live on her own terms Ellen is a single artist living alone on New York's...

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