Answer: If I remember right Grayson needed Maniac's help to learn how to read.
Explanation: Because "he told Maniac when he was in school, he overheard a teacher say he would never learn to read. So, there he was, an old man who couldn't read, and Maniac taught him to read. Grayson proved that you are never too old to learn something new."
Grendel is a 1971 novel by American author John Gardner. It is a retelling of part of the Old English poem Beowulf from the perspective of the antagonist, Grendel.