The Needle's Eye (novel)

The Needle's Eye
First edition (publ. Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
AuthorMargaret Drabble
PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication date
1972
ISBN9780394479668

The Needle's Eye is a 1972 novel by British novelist Margaret Drabble. The novel was well received by reviewers, like contemporary novelist Joyce Carol Oates. Though it was her fifth novel, Drabble described it as her first time that she could "actually write a novel" expressing what she wanted to write.