{"product_id":"9781552454664","title":"Grimmish","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePain was Joe Grim's self-expression, his livelihood and reason for being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA superstar boxer who rarely won a fight, Grim distinguished himself for his extraordinary ability to withstand physical punishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this wild and expansive novel, Michael Winkler moves between the present day and Grim's 1908-09 tour of Australia, bending genres and histories into a kaleidoscopic investigation of pain, masculinity, and narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePain is often said to defy the limits of language. And yet Grimmish suggests that pain - physical and mental - is also the most familiar and universal human condition; and, perhaps, the secret source of our impulse to tell stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A powerful blast of literary ingenuity and originality.\" - Lloyd Jones, author of Mister Pip\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Grimmish meets a need I didn't even know I had. I lurched between bursts of wild laughter, shudders of horror, and gasps of awe at Winkler's verbal command: the freshness and muscle of his verbs, the unstoppable flow of his images, the bizarre wit of the language of pugilism—and all the while, a moving subterranean glint of strange masculine tenderness.\" - Helen Garner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‍\"All the makings of a cult classic. It's grotesque and gorgeous, smart and searching.\" - Beejay Silcox, The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49846099476728,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":37.11,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9781552454664","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}