{"product_id":"monkey-grip-9780593470787","title":"Monkey Grip","description":"\u003cb\u003eA BBC \"100 Books That Shaped the World\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Helen Garner's] novels give the impression of being in sharper focus than most.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe novel that launched the career of one of Australia's greatest writers, following the doomed infatuations of a young, single mother, enthralled by the excesses of late-70s Melbourne \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Australia in the late 1970s, \u003ci\u003eMonkey Grip\u003c\/i\u003e follows single mother and writer Nora as she navigates the tumultuous cityscape of Melbourne's bohemian underground, often with her young daughter Gracie in tow. When Nora falls in love with the flighty Javo, she becomes snared in the web of his addiction. And as their tenuous relationship disintegrates, Nora struggles to wean herself off a love that feels impossible to live without. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen it first published in 1977, \u003ci\u003eMonkey Grip \u003c\/i\u003ewas both a sensation and a lightning rod. While some critics praised the upstart Garner for her craft, many scorned her gritty depictions of the human body and all its muck, her frankness about sex and drugs and the mess of motherhood, and her unabashed use of her own life as inspiration. Today, \u003ci\u003eMonkey Grip \u003c\/i\u003eis considered a modern masterpiece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA seminal novel of Australia's turbulent 1970s and all it entailed--communal households, thrumming clubs, friendships, children, love, drugs, and sex--\u003ci\u003eMonkey Grip \u003c\/i\u003enow makes its long-overdue American debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHELEN GARNER\u003c\/b\u003e writes novels, stories, screenplays, and works of non-fiction. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016 she won the prestigious Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for Non-fiction. In 2019 she was honoured with the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. Her books include \u003ci\u003eMonkey Grip, The Children's Bach, Cosmo Cosmolino, The Spare Room, The First Stone, This House of Grief, Everywhere I Look, \u003c\/i\u003e and her diaries \u003ci\u003eYellow Notebook, One Day I'll Remember This, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e How to End a Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384154194194,"sku":"9780593470787","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0597df3e-f9f7-4ee3-99de-cf2ccb58541a.jpg?v=1750164669","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/monkey-grip-9780593470787","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}