Modern Fiction (post 1945)

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How It All Began

How It All Began

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The wonderful new novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively The wonderful new novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively When . . . Charlotte is mugged and breaks her...
Darling: A razor-sharp, gloriously funny retelling of Nancy Mitford's

Darling: A razor-sharp, gloriously funny retelling of Nancy Mitford's

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A razor-sharp, gloriously funny retelling of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love Marooned in a sprawling farmhouse in Norfolk, teenage Linda Radlett feels herself destined for greater things. She longs...
The Proof of My Innocence

The Proof of My Innocence

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A blistering political critique wrapped up in a murder mystery - from the bestselling author of MIDDLE ENGLAND Post-university life doesn't suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with...
The Hollow Sea: The unforgettable and mesmerising debut inspired by

The Hollow Sea: The unforgettable and mesmerising debut inspired by

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A mesmerising literary debut interwoven with mythology and legend, from an award-winning new talent When Scottie realises she will never become a mother, she leaves her life behind and flees...
Right After the Weather

Right After the Weather

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From The New York Times bestselling author of Carry the One, a new novel exploring the consequences of a terrible crime Cate is a stage designer in Chicago, caught up...
Jonah

Jonah

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All the Birds, Singing

All the Birds, Singing

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Winner of the 2014 Miles Franklin Award Winner of the 2014 Miles Franklin Award Who or what is watching Jake Whyte from the woods? Jake Whyte is the sole resident...
The Chemistry of Tears

The Chemistry of Tears

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In The Chemistry of Tears Peter Carey delivers a heartbreakingly beautiful and archly inventive story of love, loss and the birth of the machine age. When her lover dies suddenly,...
My Little Boat

My Little Boat

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Nareen is out of sync with her world in Rahimgani, where her mother, a progressive poet and a feminist, gave her in marriage. She had hoped to spare her daughter...
Making The Minister Smile

Making The Minister Smile

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Meet Chris StarkaEURO*six-feet-four weighing a healthy 300 poundsaEURO*a former player of American football who as he himself is the first to accept think pretty good but don't talk that great...
The New Machiavelli

The New Machiavelli

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Rediscover H.G. Wells - what does he mean to you? A successful author and Liberal MP with a loving and benevolent wife, Richard Remington appears to be a man to...
Jerusalem the Golden

Jerusalem the Golden

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Brought up in a stifling, emotionless home in the north of England, Clara finds freedom when she wins a scholarship and travels to London. There, she meets Clelia and the...
Moon Tiger

Moon Tiger

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First time in Modern Classics Claudia Hampton, a beautiful, famous writer, lies dying in hospital. But, as the nurses tend to her with quiet condescension, she is plotting her greatest...
The Chrysalids

The Chrysalids

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"In a decade marked, much like our own, by simple fears, John Wyndham refused to make simple metaphors". -M John Harrison. A world paralyzed by genetic mutation- Wyndham takes the...
Invisible Man

Invisible Man

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The 'invisible man' is the unnamed narrator of Ralph Ellison's blistering, impassioned novel of black lives in 1940s America. Defeated and embittered by a country which treats him as non-being,...
Paradise News

Paradise News

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Agnostic theologian Bernard Walsh has a professional interest in heaven. But, when he travels to Hawaii with his father, Jack, it is not in quest of a vacation paradise; it...
Jericho

Jericho

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Providence

Providence

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Blue Heaven

Blue Heaven

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Georgy Girl

Georgy Girl

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"Hey there, Georgy Girl ..." She is young, gregarious and fun. She is also large, self-confessedly ugly and desperate for love. Loyal to her selfish, beautiful flat mate Meredith, Georgy...
The Millstone

The Millstone

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It is the Swinging Sixties, and Rosamund Stacey is young and inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way. She conceals her ignorance beneath a show...
The Football Factory

The Football Factory

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'The best book I've read about football and working-class culture in Britain in the nineties. Buy, steal or borrow a copy now' Irvine Welsh The Football Factory centres on Tom...
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death

The Woman in Black: Angel of Death

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The fully authorised chilling sequel to Susan Hill's bestselling ghost-story, The Woman in Black, released in 2012 as a film featuring Daniel Radcliffe. This is the book the follow-up film...
The Road Home: Vintage 21 edition

The Road Home: Vintage 21 edition

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On the coach, Lev chose a seat near the back and he sat huddled against the window, staring out at the land he was leaving ...' Lev is on his...
Heading Out to Wonderful

Heading Out to Wonderful

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The searing new novel from million copy bestseller Robert Goolrick. A heart-stopping tale of obsession and forbidden love. For fans of The Help, Tigers in Red Weather and The Great...
The Echo Man: (Byrne & Balzano 5)

The Echo Man: (Byrne & Balzano 5)

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He's coming to get you. The fifth thriller in the compelling Byrne and Balzano series from the Sunday Times bestseller. It is fall in Philadelphia and the mutilated body of...
The Dogs and the Wolves

The Dogs and the Wolves

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A wonderful, panoramic novel and an achingly poignant love story from the bestselling author of Suite Fran aise. From the author of the bestselling Suite Fran aise. Ada grows up...
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married

Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married

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What happens when a psychic tells Lucy that she'll be married within the year? Her flatmates panic! What is going to happen to their blissful existence of eating take-away, drinking...
Earthly Possessions

Earthly Possessions

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A striking and joyous new look for the novels of one of the greatest storytellers of our time 'A skilful novel by a writer in full flight from the obvious'...
When the Devil Holds the Candle

When the Devil Holds the Candle

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Pulling a handbag from a pushchair handle, two teenage trouble-makers, Zipp and Andreas, unwittingly commit murder when the baby inside is thrown to the ground. Unaware of what has happened,...