Classic Australian Novels - Helen Garner's Monkey Grip

30/11/2021 16 min
Classic Australian Novels - Helen Garner's Monkey Grip

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Episode Synopsis


Introducing Classic Australian Novels. A collection of interviews from the ABC Archives with Australian authors about their most significant work. Monkey Grip ushered in a new voice in Australian Literature. Released in 1977 it was Helen Garner’s first novel and the first time Australians had read such a frank account of bohemian life in Melbourne's inner north.

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