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Monkey Grip

Monkey Grip

Author(s): Helen Garner

Location(s): Melbourne

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 20th Century

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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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This book really brings the era and environment to life – Sheila G –

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