Monkey Grip (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Garner, Helen

3.71

6,115 ratings by Goodreads

9780143180036: Monkey Grip (Penguin Modern Classics)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143180037 ISBN 13: 9780143180036

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2010

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

In Monkey Grip, Helen Garner charts the lives of a generation. Her characters are exploring new ways of loving and living - and nothing is harder than learning to love lightly. Nora and Javo are trapped in a desperate relationship. Nora's addiction is romantic love; Javo's is hard drugs. The harder they pull away, the tighter the monkey grip. A lyrical, gritty, rough-edged novel that deserves its place as a classic of Australian fiction.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Product Description:

Nora and Javo are trapped in a desperate relationship. Nora's addiction is romantic love; Javo's is hard drugs. The harder they pull away, the tighter the monkey grip.

About the Author:

Helen Garner was born in Geelong, Victoria, and was educated there and at Melbourne University. She has worked as a high-school teacher and freelance journalist, and has won numerous literary awards. She has published a large number of books, both fiction and non-fiction, including Postcards from Surfers, The Children's Bach, The Feel of Steel, The First Stone and, most recently, Joe Cinque's Consolation and The Spare Room.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.