Record Number |
21506 |
ISBN |
9781922571472 (paperback) |
Location |
F WIN |
Author |
Winkler, Michael, 1966-, (author). |
Title |
Grimmish / Michael Winkler. |
Published |
Glebe, NSW : Puncher and Wattmann, 2022. |
Glebe, N.S.W. : Puncher and Wattmann, 2022. |
©2022. |
Collation |
xii, 207 pages ; 24 cm. |
Content types |
text |
Carrier type |
volume |
General Note |
Originally published: Westbourne Books, 2021. |
Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary Note |
Pain 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. On 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. |
Awards Note |
Miles Franklin Award, Shortlist 2022. |
Personal Name |
Grim, Joe |
Subject |
Boxers (Sports) -- Biography |
Boxing -- Australia |
Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography |
Boxers (Sports) -- Fiction |
Boxing -- Australia -- Fiction |
Americans -- Australia -- Fiction |
Australian fiction |