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Helen Garner
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Monkey Grip |
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English |
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Paperback |
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245 |
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1984-02-07 |
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0140049533 |
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Penguin Books |
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0.35 pounds |
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4.41 x 7.01 x 0.63 inches |
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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.
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catsalive (Australia) (2007/11/08):
'Smack habit, love habit - what's the difference? They both can kill you.' Nora's addiction is romantic love; Javo's is hard drugs. Nora, 'a fast faker... neat, sharp and steady;, and Javo, her violently blue-eyed lover, are trapped in a desperate relationship. The harder they pull away, the tighter the monkey grip."Monkey Grip brings home the fact that there are an overwhelming number of alternatives open to us all in today's world, and that these do not necessarily make life easier or more satisfying. But one makes of it what one can." Sydney Morning Herald "It's a well-written book, tense and wry and funny, with places and moods conveyed with low-key lyricism." Cleo
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