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Grasshopper
Grasshopper | Barbara Vine
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They have sent me here because of what happened on the pylon.When Clodagh Brown writes these words at the age of nineteen, she believes that she is leaving behind the traumatic events of her youth. But Clodagh soon learns that you can never entirely escape your past.In the aftermath of the incident on the pylon--one of the great electrified structures that dot the English countryside like so many gargantuan grasshoppers--Clodagh goes off to university, moves into a basement flat arranged by her unsympathetic family, and finds freedom trekking across London's rooftops with a gang of neighborhood misfits. As she begins a thrilling relationship with a fellow climber, however, both Clodagh and the reader are haunted by the memory of the pylon and of the terrible thing that happened there--and by the eerie sense that another tragedy is just a footfall away.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Grasshopper | Barbara Vine
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For #WWW, going with the late great Baroness Ruth Rendell, aka Barbara Vine. @Simona 's post yesterday reminded me of how much I love her work, especially her more psychological books as Vine. Between 1964 and her death in 2015, she wrote more than 50 crime novels and 7 books of short stories...and pretty much all the ones I've read are damn good!

LeahBergen Love her, too. ❤️ 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Yes! Such a good choice! 8y
Simona I did a little google research on these books (written as Barbara Vine) and about the influence/importance for the development of the genre and of course I had to upgrade my pile. 🙏 Namaste 8y
KVanRead @Simona oops! Um, you're welcome, lol! But they really are great 😊 8y
KVanRead @LeahBergen @CherylDeFranceschi Yay, more Ruth Rendell fans! 8y
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