Grasshopper - Rilegato

Vine, Barbara

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ISBN 10: 0609607898 ISBN 13: 9780609607893

Casa editrice: Harmony Books, 2000

Riassunto

From the time she was a child, Clodagh Brown has revelled in climbing--first trees, then electrical pylons, and as a young woman, the rooftops of London, where she becomes an eyewitness to people's intimate lives and secrets--but she soon discover that her compulsion could exact a terrible price. 35,000 first printing.

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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

L'autore:

BARBARA VINE's novels include A Dark-Adapted Eye, Anna's Book, and The Chimney Sweeper's Boy. Ruth Rendell has won many awards, including three Edgars and four Gold Daggers. She lives in London, England.

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• Editore: Harmony Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0609607898
• ISBN 13: 9780609607893
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 392