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:2000 British novels

Category:Novels by Ruth Rendell

Category:Works published under a pseudonym

Category:Novels set in London

Category:Viking Press books

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