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Blamed by her parents for the tragic death of a friend, Clodagh has been banished from their home in the countryside to a dingy basement flat in the city. Her life is transformed when she meets the inhabitants on the top floor of 15 Russia Road. An exotic range of young people who explore a London of roofs, eaves and ledges, thrilling in the freedom and danger. Clodagh, haunted still by the accident, finds that running the roofs brings her back to life, but it seems that tragedy and misfortune may not be done with her yet. Barbara Vine's 10th novel, "Grasshopper" is an enthralling, chilling novel that mirrors Vine's acclaimed London Underground novel "King Solomon's Carpet".
| ISBN | 0140293027 | | Pages | 544 | | ISBN13 | 9780140293029
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 306 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Height (mm) | 188 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 107 | | Publication date | 03 May 2001 | | Spine width (mm) | 36 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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Praise for Barbara Vine "When Ruth Rendell, already the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world, launched a second byline, Barbara Vine, she actually stepped up her writing level."-- "Time" "Unequivocally the most brilliant mystery novelist of our times. She magnificently triumphs in a style that is uniquely hers and mesmerizing." -- Patricia Cornwell "Barbara Vine has transcended her genre by her remarkable imaginative power to explore and illuminate the dark corners of the human psyche." -- P. D. James "One of the finest practitioners of her craft in the English-speaking world."-- Joyce Carol Oates, "New York Times Book Review" "A writer whose work should be read by anyone who enjoys brilliant mysteries or distinguished literature."-- Scott Turow  Be the first to write a customer review
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