The Trap
$27.99
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2026
Summary
SHORTLISTED - 2026 ARA Historical Novel Prize SHORTLISTED - 2026 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award
Sydney, October 1942. A wartime city dimmed by brownouts, flush with American cash, rotten with corruption.
For nightclub manager Ray Sayles, a fateful encounter in the Domain turns him into a police target. He’s plunged into a system where the rich are untouchable but the marginalised - like notorious queer sly-grogger Iris Webber - are r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760787691 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760787698 |
| Author: | Fiona Kelly McGregor |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| Imprint: | Picador Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 438g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 157mm x 233mm |
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Fiona Kelly McGregor
Fiona Kelly McGregor has published nine books, most recently the crime novel The Trap, shortlisted for the Nib Award and longlisted for the ARA Historical Novel Prize. Its prequel, Iris, was placed in eight awards including the Miles Franklin Award, NSW Premier’s Awards, the ALS Gold Medal, the ARA, and the Stella Prize.
Her novel Indelible Ink won Age Book of the Year and was published internationally, including in French by Actes-Sud. McGregor’s non-fiction includes the essay collection Buried Not Dead, shortlisted for the VPLA; the genre-busting photoessay A Novel Idea; and the performance art travel memoir Strange Museums.
McGregor is also known for a large repertoire of performance art, as well as many years of event curation in Sydney’s radical queer community from the 1990s onwards. McGregor writes about art and culture for publications including the Sydney Review of Books, Art Link, and Artist Profile, and maintains a substack. When in Sydney, they live and work on unceded Gadigal country.
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