Monkey Grip (RARE)

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Remarks on Condition : Very Good, Dust Jacket: fair with general shelfwear with some tears along the spines and edges., Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting,

Monkey Grip is a book by Helen Garner, an Australian writer and journalist. The book is a novel that follows the life of Nora, a single mother and student living in a communal house in Melbourne in the late 1970s. The book focuses on Nora’s relationship with Javo, a heroin addict and musician, and the impact of his addiction on their love and friendship. The book also portrays the counterculture scene of Melbourne at the time, with its music, drugs, sex, and politics. The book was published by McPhee Gribble Publishers, an Australian publisher, in 1977 and has 245 pages. It is Garner’s first novel and won the National Book Council Award. First edition.