Modern Fiction (post 1945)

The Great Gatsby meets The Secret History in this torrid novel of love, lust and deception. Harry and Madeleine Winslow are blessed with talent, money, and charm. Harry is an...

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...

HE'S BACK AND HE'S FUHRIOUS! "Desperately funny . . . An ingenious comedy of errors." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times " Satire at its best ." --Newsweek " Thrillingly...

A lament for the death of print media, the growth of the corporation, and the process of growing old, Juice! serves as a tragi-comedy chronicling the increased anxieties of "post-race"...

A sharp and witty debut novel that is at once a tender portrait of youth and an exploration of the emotional costs of social mobility, the possibilities of leaving and...

The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club Pick 'Jangly with secrets' Sunday Times 'Funny, inventive, surprisingly moving' Guardian ' Royal Tenenbaums -style saga of dysfunctional family' The Times When Arthur...

'A love letter to R&B, youth, and the unforgettable agonies of one's first love...I will read everything Patel writes from here on.' Susie Yang, New York Times bestselling author of...

A chance meeting between two women in Zanzibar blossoms into a firm friendship. Francesca has come to restore herself after the break-up of an affair, Carla to revive memories of...

When I left La Civetta I did see myself, however grief stricken, as the heroine of the story. I was Jane Eyre fleeing the moors to keep from becoming Rochester's...

Sometimes you need to disappear to find yourself ... to escape takes a special kind of magic. terry Voulos is struggling. His marriage, his relationship with his son and his...

In 2027, Angela Monahan is grappling with the decision of whether to take advantage of a new health service that promises a healthier, stronger baby through gene editing. With a...

Success hasn't come easily to photographer, Julian Ladd, even though, twenty years ago, he attended the exclusive Brodsky Workshop, from where his roommate, Rye Adler, soared straight to the top....

W Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, award-winning archaeologists and internationally bestselling authors, break new ground in the riveting sequel to their bestselling novel The Summoning God. Bone Walker is...

The wickedly funny and moving debut novel from the bestselling author of Notes on a Scandal The women in Willy Muller's life are trouble. His mother insists he eat tofu....

A first novel by the most significant new American writer to have emerged in years. Aloma is a young woman who has put her life aside - and her dreams...

A passionate, bittersweet memoir of a love cruelly cut short, set in the splendour of East Africa. Natasha Illum Berg is secretly in love. As she waits for her married...

Author: Erica JongBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, UK, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsA captivating work of autobiographical fiction, "How To Save Your Own Life" by...

Author: D.H. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light foxing to top of pages, front cover has remnants of something previously stuck down before...

Author: D. H. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron Books, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner name inside, light foxing to top of pages, book spine light tanningD....

Author: D.H. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron Books, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light foxing along top edge of paper, book spine lightly tannedD.H. Lawrence's "Women in Love"...

Author: Margaret DrabbleBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ repaired with tapes. Margaret Drabble's "The Ice Age" is a compelling work of...

Author: Frank HardyBinding: HardbackPublished: T Werner Laurie, London, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrank Hardy's "The Four-Legged Lottery" is a satirical novel that uncovers the underbelly...

Author: Carmel BirdBinding: PaperbackPublished: Carmel Bird, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Few age marks on front and back cover. Clean, tight pages.Carmel Bird's "Births Deaths And Marriages"...

Author: DudintsevBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchison Of London, 1957Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Bumped spine. Torn dustjacket.A powerful work of Soviet-era social realism, "Not By Bread Alone" by...

Author: Peter CareyBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, 2003Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsPeter Carey's "My Life As A Fake" is a masterful work of literary fiction that plunges into the...

Author: A. D. MacleanBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Bumped spine. Dustjacket rear flap creased.This volume, "Winter's Tales 16," presents a captivating anthology of...

Author: William Cooper; Introduction by Malcolm BradburyBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan , 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsA classic of English literature, William Cooper's "Scenes From Provincial Life" is a...

Author: David GerroldBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Union - BCE., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn this compelling science fiction novel, David Gerrold presents a future...

Author: J.T. McintoshBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Union - BCE., 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerJ.J. McIntosh's "Six Gates From Limbo" is a classic work of...

Author: Michael G. ConeyBinding: HardbackPublished: Reader's Union - BCE., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerMichael G. Coney's "Friends Come In Boxes" is a captivating...

Author: Franz Werfel; Translated by Clifton P. Fadiman and William A. DrakeBinding: HardbackPublished: Ernest Benn Ltd., London, 1927Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks:...

Author: Isaac Bashevis SingerBinding: HardbackPublished: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light foxing on book block. Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Shosha" is a poignant work...

Author: Sara BerkeleyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Raven Arts Press / Thistledown Press, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Light stain on FEP. Sara Berkeley's "The...

Author: V. Sackville-WestBinding: PaperbackPublished: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1931Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Previous owner's writing on front cover, yellowed throughout...

Author: Janet MorganBinding: HardbackPublished: Alfred A. Knopf., 1984Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor fading to dust jacket.This biography chronicles the life and career of Agatha...

Author: Isaac Bashevis SingerBinding: HardbackPublished: Farrar, Straus & Giroux., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed DJ.Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Passions" is a collection of short...

Author: Martin BoydBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight markings on fore-edge and some scuffing to back of dust jacket. Martin Boyd's "Lucinda Brayford"...

Author: Giovanni GuareschiBinding: HardbackPublished: Macdonald and Co., 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some chips and tears in dust jacket and sun fading to spine.Giovanni...

Author: Doris LessingBinding: HardbackPublished: The Octagon Press, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Fore-edge purple.Doris Lessing's "The Memoirs Of...

Author: Susan ErtzBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1938Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Moderate soiling on white...

Author: Hermann BondiBinding: HardbackPublished: Marshall Cavendish Books Ltd., 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor mark in front end-page.A short study of...

An Englishwoman named Lydia is living in a small, nondescript town somewhere in the American Midwest. She has a circle of friends: one owns a dress shop; another sells houses;...

When Carl moves into Ben and Olly's street, things instantly get more exciting. His games are strange, unpredictable, and thrillingly violent. But why is he so fearless? Why are they...

When residents of small country town, Dungowan, discover that a convicted paedophile is living in their midst, there's an uproar. Local journalist Joni Miller is sent to report on the...

The Infinite Wisdom of Harriet Rose is a brilliantly original and poignant novel for our time. Harriet Rose, like any other teenager, is naive, overconfident and has always felt she...