![]() ![]() 1881), who went from Australia’s national boxing circuit to a mental asylum in Perth, the novel has amassed some stellar blurbs, including from Helen Garner “meets a need I didn’t know I had” and J.M. A fictionalized account of the life of the Rasputin-like Italian-American boxer Joe Grim (b. Michael Winkler’s novel was a cult sensation in his native Australia, where it was the first self-published book in history to be shortlisted for the country’s most prestigious prize, the Miles Franklin Award (one publisher rejected it as “repellent”). ![]() ![]() Grimmish, Michael Winkler (Coach House, April) ![]()
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