Monkey Grip by Helen Garner - 1988

Penguin, Australia, 1988. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 245 pages. Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine has moderate lean and moderate reading creases. Pages are lightly tanned. 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. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Drama & Sagas; ISBN: 0140049533. ISBN/EAN: 9780140049534. Inventory No: 20070323.. 9780140049534