Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Author: Miss ReadBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis charming novel chronicles the tranquil life of a beloved village schoolmistress as she transitions into her golden years....

Author: Garson KaninBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie & Jenkins Ltd, 1978Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerOne Hell Of An Actor chronicles the tumultuous life and career of a legendary...

Author: Miles ReidBinding: HardbackPublished: Leo Cooper, London, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedLast on the List presents a gripping firsthand account of clandestine operations and survival behind enemy lines...

Author: Richard HughesBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in god condition. Light foxing on book block. Clean...

What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? And why did the soldier's family place a curse...

Author: Garson KaninBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, London, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSmash presents a sharp, insider chronicle of Broadway’s high-stakes theatrical world, blending fiction with the author’s firsthand...

When Rilke, a dissolute and promiscuous auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent, and highly disturbing, erotic photographs, he feels compelled to unearth more about the deceased owner who...

'A gracefully told and sharply observed debut' KILEY REID 'Such a sincere blast to read' KAVEH AKBAR The Tiny Things Are Heavier follows Sommy, a Nigerian woman who comes to...

This stunning debut has won major acclaim, winning the Guardian First Book Award and Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards ; it was shortlisted for the Dublin...

Author: J.B. PriestleyBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsTitle: The Good CompanionsAuthor: J.B. Priestley

Author: RitaBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson's Colonial Library, 1897Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerA spirited entry in the Victorian-era romantic drama...

WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS: N EWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2024 A WOMEN & HOME and NB. MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ' A perfect book...

Author: Elizabeth Von ArnimBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1911Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis comedic novel chronicles the misadventures of...

Author: Tom SawyerBinding: HardbackPublished: William Kimber, London, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: SignedIn this gripping and darkly humorous memoir, decorated RAF veteran Group Captain Tom Sawyer pulls no...

Author: Michael CroninBinding: HardbackPublished: Robert Hale, London , 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed boards in good condition. Worn Dj with some shelfwear. Clean and bright copy....

Author: Mervyn Wyke EvansBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThe Days Of May chronicles a pivotal period in history, presenting a vivid tableau of societal...

From bestselling author John Boyne comes a gripping and profound exploration of responsibility, guilt, blame, trauma, and our capacity for redemption. John Boyne's acclaimed quartet of Water, Earth, Fire and...

Author: Chester HimesBinding: HardbackPublished: Arthur Barker Limited, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis satirical novel, Pinktoes, chronicles the escapades of a vivacious Harlem madam...

'The stars shine brightest out of the deepest dark'. Hester is a young girl of dark beginnings and few words. She is kept at home by her painfully reclusive parents...

Author: Elizabeth HelyBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsDominant Third presents a gripping mystery that ensnares readers in a web of secrets and suspense....

Imagine having famous actors for parents. And grandparents. Imagine that while they bask in the limelight, you feel consigned to the role of second spear-carrier in the tired repertory production...

'Funny and clever, this is the next Devil Wears Prada ' Paige Toon Behind every successful man is a busy assistant and Tina's boss is very successful. But Tina is...

Author: Ernest RaymondBinding: HardbackPublished: CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD, 1929Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Marks and specks on...

SHAKEN AND STIRRED combines wonderful storytelling, Irish warmth, romance, drama and ambition with enormous universal appeal. It is the story of four characters who work in an advertising office in...

At the heart of Cynthia Thayer's debut novel, Strong for Potatoes , was the tender relationship between a girl and her grandfather, constantly evolving as their lives grew and changed....

Author: Margaret AtwoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books., 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tear to back of DJ and minor bumps to spine.This...

Author: Anais NinBinding: HardbackPublished: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers., 1986Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner sticker and name in FEP.An account of Anais Nin's sexual awakening,...

Hewn into the towering cliffs of central Greece, the Meteora monasteries are all but inacessible. The Holy Trinity is the most isolated, its sacred brotherhood the guardians of a long-forgotten...

A beloved tragicomic masterpiece- 'Marvellous, witty, heartbreaking. The writing is second to none, the banter brilliant. Crazy, but beautiful' Daily Telegraph Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies...

ESCAPE THE NIGHT -a powerful novel of suspense and scandal, of surveillance and threat, of amnesia and obsession, of parents and children - and the long buried secret that links...

Author: David HolbrookBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn and faded pictorial boards. Name on...

Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley meet new friends while on filming a movie on location in Utah and Nevada, and one friendship leads to romance while the other leads to trouble.

Harry Silver returns to face life in the "blended family." A wonderful new novel about modern times, which can be read as a sequel to the million selling Man and...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Hours', time, technology and love are the central concerns of a provocative novel that calls to mind David Mitchell's 'Cloud Atlas'. Lucas, Catherine,...

Author: Jeffrey ArcherBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Small tear on top corner of dust jacket as shown in photo.False Impression...

*A Cosmopolitan Best Book of Summer * One of BuzzFeed 's Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books* An "exquisite...too lovely to bear" ( The New York Times Book Review ) debut novel...

In this "fun, page-turner of a novel" (Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author) that's perfect for fans of Mostly Dead Things and Goodbye, Vitamin , a morbidly anxious young...

In What If God Were the Sun, John Edward, best-selling author of Crossing Over, weaves a warm and poignant story about one family and their way of dealing with life,...

"In the 1600s Sara de Vos, a mother and painter, loses her young daughter suddenly to illness. In her grief, she secretly begins painting a dark landscape of a girl...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION An exquisite portrait of Kate Grenville's complex, conflicted grandmother-a woman Kate feared as a child, and only came to understand in adulthood....

From Las Vegas to Melbourne, from Europe to a doomed airplane in mid-flight, from a seedy motel to the local bookstore, the true setting of these stories is the human...