Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (Rendell novel)
{{Short description|Novel by Ruth Rendell}}
{{for|the 1994 Julie Johnston novel|Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me (Johnston novel)}}
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| name = Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
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| caption = First edition cover (UK)
| author = Ruth Rendell
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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| genre = Crime novel
| publisher = Hutchinson (UK)
Crown (US)
Doubleday Canada (Canada)
| release_date = 30 August 2001
| media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
| pages = 388 pp
| isbn = 0-09-179434-X
| oclc= 47036673
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Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (2001) is a psychological thriller novel by English crime writer Ruth Rendell.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/aug/18/crimebooks.alexclark|title=Review: Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by Ruth Rendell - Serpent in the grass|last=Alex Clark|author-link=Alex Clark (journalist)|date=18 August 2001|work=The Guardian|accessdate=23 November 2013}}
Reception
Judith Evans of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote that Rendell "puts together these disparate characters in an absorbing story that is part suspense and part psychological drama."{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/142883078|title= Rendell puts together disparate characters for suspenseful tale.|last= Evans|first= Judith|date= 24 February 2002|website= St. Louis Post-Dispatch|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}} Marcus Eliason of the Associated Press wrote that it is "worth remarking on Rendell's attention to detail and the customary steely compassion with which she explores the comedy and pain of modern life."{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/434352030|title= 'Adam and Eve and Pinch Me' reads like a narrative paradise|last= Eliason|first= Marcus|date= 29 March 2002|website= Associated Press|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}}
References
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{{Ruth Rendell stand-alone novels}}
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Category:Novels by Ruth Rendell
Category:Hutchinson (publisher) books
Category:Crown Publishing Group books
Category:Doubleday Canada books
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