{"product_id":"grimmish","title":"GRIMMISH","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award Pain was Joe Grim's self-expression, his livelihood and reason for being. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe rarely won a fight, but in the early decades of the twentieth century Grim became a folk hero, distinguishing himself for his extraordinary ability to withstand physical punishment. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this wild and expansive novel Michael Winkler tells the story of Grim's 1908-9 tour of Australia, bending genres and histories into a kaleidoscopic investigation of pain, masculinity, and narrative. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe body in pain exists at the very limits of language. And yet Grimmish suggests that pain is also the most familiar and universal human condition - and, perhaps, the secret source of the human impulse to tell stories. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy turns hilarious and tragic, vulnerable and tough, Grimmish is a truly a one of a kind - in the words of J. M. Coetzee, 'the strangest book you are likely to read this year.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Winkler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43334952943785,"sku":"9781913512316","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781913512316.jpg?v=1698365221","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/grimmish","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}