Monkey Grip James Jones The only thing to fear

The only thing to fear is loss of ambition

years of broken promises

Lyons draws from his years living in Jerusalem to give context to the devastating war between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza and gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the Israeli occupation of the West Bank

ordinary immigrants are also strange

More than half a century after their songs were recorded

Monkey Grip James Jones The only thing to fearHelen Garner's gritty, lyrical first novel divided the critics on its publication in 1977. Today, Monkey Grip is regarded as a masterpiece the novel that shines a light on a time and a place and a way of living never before presented in Australian literature communal households, music, friendships, children, love, drugs, and sex.