UK First edition hardback of this classic Australian novel
Complete with Dust Jacket in protective sleeve
Ex-Library stamps
Pages are very clean and bright
I can't find this edition anywhere online, this is a very rare book
Helen Garners gritty, lyrical first novel divided the critics on its publication in 1977. Today, Monkey Grip is regarded as a masterpiecethe novel that shines a light on a time and a place and a way of living never before presented in Australian literature: communal households, music, friendships, children, love, drugs, and sex.When Nora falls in love with Javo, she is caught in the web of his addiction; and as he moves between loving her and leaving, between his need for her and promises broken, Noras life becomes an intense dance of loving and trying to let go. Monkey Grip is a masterpiecethe novel that shines a light on a time and a place and a way of living never before presented in Australian literature: communal households, music, friendships, children, love, drugs, and sex.