{"product_id":"grimmish-1552454665","title":"Grimmish","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1552454665\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Winkler, Michael\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARDPain was Joe Grims self-expression, his livelihood and reason for being.A superstar boxer who rarely won a fight, Grim distinguished himself for his extraordinary ability to withstand physical punishment.In this wild and expansive novel, Michael Winkler moves between the present day and Grims 1908-09 tour of Australia, bending genres and histories into a kaleidoscopic investigation of pain, masculinity, and narrative.Pain 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.A powerful blast of literary ingenuity and originality. - Lloyd Jones, author of Mister Pip\"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 Winklers 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 GarnerAll the makings of a cult classic. Its grotesque and gorgeous, smart and searching. - Beejay Silcox, The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52178067292448,"sku":"NEW1552454665","price":16.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81QTNwlbE_L.jpg?v=1786485107","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/grimmish-1552454665","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}