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Jul. 28th, 2010 10:31 am"In the old brown house on the corner, a mile from the middle of the city, we ate bacon for breakfast every morning of our lives."
That's the first line of Monkey Grip by Helen Garner, and I have always found it a wonderful opening line. I've been rereading it on and off this week, and falling in love with the intimacy and unpretentiousness and humanity of her writing all over again. It was the first adult fiction I'd ever read which was set in my own city so that I recognised the places and attitudes. It must be even more interesting for my ex-boss, who knows Helen and is related to some of the people upon whom her characters are based..
That's the first line of Monkey Grip by Helen Garner, and I have always found it a wonderful opening line. I've been rereading it on and off this week, and falling in love with the intimacy and unpretentiousness and humanity of her writing all over again. It was the first adult fiction I'd ever read which was set in my own city so that I recognised the places and attitudes. It must be even more interesting for my ex-boss, who knows Helen and is related to some of the people upon whom her characters are based..
