Description

• Monkey Grip is the first novel by acclaimed Australian author Helen Garner [1942-]
• Winner of the National Book Council Award
• First published in Australia [McPhee Gribble, 1977; Penguin paperback, 1978] then the UK [Virago, 1980] & US [Seaview, 1981] with all first editions scarce & keenly sought
• Cover photograph by Ponch Hawkes
• First Thus [Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1978]; [viii], 245, [3 blank] pages; illustrated card wraps, corners bumped & creased, tape marks at top & bottom of spine with loss, prize sticker to front, chipped, price blacked-out on rear, a very good copy; ISBN: 0 14 004953 3 / 0140049533

Helen Garner’s prose is masterfully laconic, her style mesmerizing