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Grasshopper
Grasshopper
Author: Barbara Vine
First it was trees. Later, as a teenager, Clodagh Brown, would scale the electrical pylons that tower over the English countryside like giant grasshoppers sharing 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...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781419325847
ISBN-10: 1419325841
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Publisher: Recorded Books
Book Type: Audio CD
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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This is the booksontape.com version of 12 separate audio cassettes - one is missing its plastic wallet. Great for a long commute. Read by Bernadette Dunne. Narrator recounts the tale of her younger life climbing roofs of London and the strange adventures she encounters. Vivid descriptions of the people she meets and the odd coincidences that bring them together and the tragedies that befall them.
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Blamed by her parents for the tragic death of her friend, Clodagh has been banised from their country home to a dingy basement flat in the city where she meets inhabitents of the top floor and they run the roofs of London.

Full of twists, turns, unease and tension.