Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Author: Morris WestBinding: HardbackPublished: London : Collins, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsProteus by Morris West is a gripping political thriller that chronicles the desperate struggle of a man...

Author: Thomas ThompsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThomas Thompson's Celebrity: A Story Of Fame, Passion And Vengeance is a gripping narrative that plunges...

Author: Graham GreeneBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1997Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling volume presents a curated selection of seminal works from a master of 20th-century literature....

Author: Vikram SethBinding: HardbackPublished: VIKING, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth is an epic novel that transports readers to 1950s India, presenting a...

'Domestic noir up there with the best of them. Beautiful settings, believable characters, and a moral quandary to keep you reading through the night - One of Those Mothers is...

A MAGIC DECADE OF Italian writing followed the fall of Benito Mussolini's Fascist government and the liberation of Rome in 1944. Ignazio Silone, author of one of the great novels...

Author: John MorrisonBinding: HardbackPublished: RIGBY, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling narrative chronicles the journey of individuals who have embraced Australia as their homeland, presenting a vivid...

The book titled The Worry Box by the author Marion Halligan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Hal PorterBinding: HardbackPublished: RIGBY, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markings'The Right Thing presents a compelling collection of short stories that illuminate the complexities of human...

It's the tail-end of 1986 and Baby is the freshest-faced, starriest-eyed young homo in all of New York City, straight off the bus from closeted backwoods Wisconsin. Adeline is his...

A modern classic, Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but...

'Tender, warm-hearted and wise.' Toni Jordan 'Each of the women in this novel feels like she could be a friend.' Sophie Green An unexpected death finds Lizzie, Alice and Margot...

Cassandra seems to have it all - but behind her perfect fa ade she's barely hanging on. A captivating, honest and wry novel about a forty-something woman on the brink....

Is it ever too late to rewrite your own story? A moving and heartwarming story about taking risks and finding a new lease on life, by the bestselling author of...

'Fresh, fast-paced, and laugh-out-effing-loud. I loved it!' Zoe Folbigg, author of The Note She's wearing the pants in this family. And washing everyone else's too... When Sarah's husband, Will, is...

You cannot force me to marry him. For once, please let me choose... It's 1958 and Vivienne George is due to marry Howard Woollcott III in the finest society wedding...

Growing up together in a mysterious castle in northern Queensland, Rose and Vivien Blake are very close sisters. But during the Second World War their relationship becomes strained when they...

It was always expected that Lachie Sinclair and his brothers would one day take over the family property, Kamilaroi. But when tragedy strikes, Lachlan blames his father and angrily renounces...

Lucy Springer thinks she's got it tough. She's living through renovation hell, her two kids seem more challenging than ever, and her once successful acting career has been reduced to...

Author: Max BeerbohmBinding: HardbackPublished: HEINEMANN, 1957Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsMainly On The Air presents a delightful collection of essays and broadcasts from the inimitable Max Beerbohm, showcasing...

The one he loves most, is the one he knows least Thirteen-year-old Michael Parsons is dealing with a lot. His father's sudden death; his mother's new husband, Glen, who he...

It is 1970. 'Bean' Holladay is twelve and her sister Liz fifteen when their artistic mother Charlotte, a woman who 'flees every place she's ever lived at the first sign...

'This big, clever, tender and twisty love story reminded me of ONE DAY & THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE' Erin Kelly, author of HE SAID, SHE SAID **** Robbie and Emily...

Four friends. Five Letters. One Secret. The scandalous breakthrough novel from Nicola Moriarty that will leave you asking, how well do I really know my friends? Joni, Trina, Deb and...

I want to make my husband fall back in love with me, so that when I tell him to get out of my life he'll care. I want it to...

From the beloved bestselling author Santa Montefiore comes a new novel filled with humour and heart - the perfect gift for Mother's Day! For fans of The Temptation of Gracie,...

Author: Randolph StowBinding: HardbackPublished: ANGUS & ROBERTSON PUBLISHERS, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerRandolph Stow's acclaimed novel Tourmaline chronicles the slow decay of an isolated, drought-ridden Australian outback...

The book titled The Last Good Man by the author Daniel Lyons. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Hope Against Hope by the author Susan Kelly. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

From the author of The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots and The Maxwell Sisters comes a captivating novel about best friends, family and fighting for what you want, against all odds....

From the author of the bestselling The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots comes a heartwarming romantic comedy about three extraordinary women on a journey to find love and rediscover family. From...

From the author of The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots comes another funny and deliciously romantic tale of a woman in a man's world. From the author of The Girl in...

Milly Lockwood Groves is stuck at her parents' racing stables and stud farm outside Newmarket, and dreams of making it as a champion jockey. Her father is a millionaire racehorse...

One ordinary morning, Norah Wells walked out of her house on Willoughby Street and never looked back. Six years later, she returns to the home she left only to find...

The book titled Fair Game by the author Rochelle Majer Krich. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Karla Sorensen used to be big in horror films. In the Sixties and Seventies no self-respecting low-budget bloody schlocker shocker was complete without the Queen of Vampires presiding over it....

The first novel from poet Mike Nicol, winner of the 1980 Ingrid Jonker Award for Among the Souvenirs, is a story of myth and magic, fact and fiction, where sorcerers,...

The book titled Bootlegger's Daughter by the author Margaret Maron. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Floater by the author Joseph Koenig. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

As editor-in-chief of New York's leading fashion magazine, Fiona Monaghan was utterly content with her life, jetting back and forth between Manhattan and Europe until the sweltering day John Anderson...

It is a golden evening of high summer. Walking a ridge on the Welsh Borders, Robin Timariot meets by chance an elegant middle-aged woman who seems strangely out of place....

Gathers twenty-eight stories about Englishmen in the far reaches of the British Empire.

Jim Qwilleran and his cats, Koko and Yum Yum, have a close encounter with a killer in this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series. UFOs in Mooseville? Rumors abound...

The Return Journey --a spellbinding trip into the human heart... In these powerful, poignant tales, the New York Times bestselling author of Evening Class and Tara Road once again reveals...

DON'T MISS SEASON 2 OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE AND EMMY AWARD-WINNING HBO (R) SERIES STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON, NICOLE KIDMAN, SHAILENE WOODLEY, LAURA DERN, ZOE KRAVITZ, AND MERYL STREEP From the...