The Trap
$27.99
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2026
Summary
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 relentlessly targeted, and bent coppers hunt ordinary men whose only crime is desire.
Based on a shocking real-life scandal, The Trap is a bl…
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: | 157mm x 233mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
Fiona Kelly McGregor
Fiona Kelly McGregor has published nine books across fiction and non-fiction, most recently the novel The Trap. Its prequel, Iris, was nominated for numerous prizes including the Miles Franklin Award, NSW Premier’s Award, Stella Prize, ALS Gold Medal and more.
McGregor’s previous novel Indelible Ink won Age Book of the Year and was published in French translation by Actes Sud. Other books include essay collection Buried Not Dead, shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, genre-busting photoessay A Novel Idea, and the underground classic Chemical Palace.
McGregor writes art criticism and essays for a variety of publications, and when in Sydney, lives and works on Gadigal land.
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