Grasshopper (novel)
{{short description|2000 novel by Barbara Vine}}
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{{Infobox book |
| name = Grasshopper
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| image = Grasshoppercover.jpg
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| caption = First edition (UK)
| author = Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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| genre = Crime/Mystery novel
| publisher = Viking (UK)
Harmony (US)
| release_date = 1 June 2000
| media_type = Print/Audiobook
| pages = 416 (hardback)
| isbn = 0-670-89174-6
| oclc= 43718879
| preceded_by = The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
| followed_by = The Blood Doctor
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Grasshopper is a novel by Barbara Vine, pseudonym of author Ruth Rendell, first published in 2000.{{Cite web|title='Grasshopper' by Barbara Vine|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/books/reviews/20001217review649.asp|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Post-Gazette}}
Reception
The Guardian stated that "Vine's great talent is in making sure that we care" but that "When it comes to the animate, however, Vine's touch is sometimes less sure."{{cite web |last1=Thorpe |first1=Vanessa |title=Fancy a night on the tiles (and the chimneys)? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jun/18/fiction.reviews3 |website=The Guardian |access-date=28 May 2019 |date=18 June 2000}} Entertainment Weekly rated it an A−, writing that "As do all Barbara Vine novels, the well-wrought mystery Grasshopper has a lot lurking below its carefully composed surface".{{Cite web|title=Grasshopper|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/10/27/grasshopper/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=EW.com|language=EN}}
References
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{{The Barbara Vine Novels}}
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Category:Novels by Ruth Rendell
Category:Works published under a pseudonym
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