{"product_id":"grimmish-by-michael-winkler-9781922571472","title":"Grimmish","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePain was Joe Grim's self-expression, his livelihood and reason for being. In 1908-09, the Italian-American boxer toured Australia, losing fights but amazing crowds with his showmanship and extraordinary physical resilience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the east coast, Grim played a supporting role in the Jack Johnson-Tommy Burns 'Fight of the Century'; on the west coast, he was committed to an insane asylum. In between, he played with the concept and reality of pain in a shocking manner not witnessed before or since. Award-winning writer Michael Winkler braids the story of Grim in Australia, meditations on pain, thoughts on masculinity and vulnerability, plus questionable jokes into a highly creative haymaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The strangest book you are likely to read this year.' — JM Coetzee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrimmish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003emeets 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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46711708319980,"sku":"9781922571472","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14125843482872.jpg?v=1754240860","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/grimmish-by-michael-winkler-9781922571472","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}