{"product_id":"grimmish-paperback","title":"Grimmish - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Winkler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePain was Joe Grim's self-expression, his livelihood and reason for being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA superstar boxer who rarely won a fight, Grim distinguished himself for his extraordinary ability to withstand physical punishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003ePain is often said to defy the limits of language. And yet \u003ci\u003eGrimmish\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A powerful blast of literary ingenuity and originality.\" - Lloyd Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eMister Pip\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGrimmish\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e]\"All the makings of a cult classic. It's grotesque and gorgeous, smart and searching.\" - Beejay Silcox, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Winkler is a writer from Melbourne, Australia, living on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. He is the author, co-author and editor of numerous books, and won the Calibre Essay Prize for 'The Great Red Whale.' His journalism, short fiction, reviews, and essays have been widely published, and anthologised. His novel, \u003ci\u003eGrimmish\u003c\/i\u003e, was short-listed for the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732200820799,"sku":"9781552454664","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c528cb04e3519ba6ff1a5fe5da56db01.webp?v=1765131643","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/grimmish-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}