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GrasshopperRuth Rendell

Grasshopper

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13 editions · 4 languages
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Clodagh Brown loved climbing. First it was trees. Later, as a teenager, she would scale the electrical pylons that tower over the English countryside like giant grasshoppers -- and share the experience with Daniel, her first lover. As a young woman she'd walk for miles over London's rooftops, peering through windows into people's intimate lives in a nightly ritual that bound her closely to the small group of friends with whom she lived and climbed. Looking back on it, Clodagh would claim that her passion for heights saved her life -- but not without exacting a terrible cost....

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13 editions · 4 languages
  • Ebook · English · 2010
    Penguin Group UK · 9780141042275
  • Audiobook · English · 2000
    Books on Tape, Inc. · 9780736656566
  • Other · English · 2002
    Vintage · 400 pages · 9780375726507
  • Other · English · 2001
    Penguin · 535 pages · 9780140293029
  • Other · English · 2001
    Paragon · 584 pages · 9780754023531
  • Other · English · 2000
    Viking · 406 pages · 9780670891740
MysteryDetective and mystery storiesPsychological fictionFictionmurder mysteryClimbing specialistsYoung womencrime