Fear is the aphrodisiac in Fiona Kelly McGregor’s new novel The Trap
- Written by Tony Hughes-d'Aeth, Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
Darlinghurst, Sydney, c.1940.Royal Australian Historical Society, via FlickrFiona Kelly McGregor’s The Trap follows her successful novel Iris (2022), set in the criminal underworld of Sydney during the Great Depression.
In the previous novel, Iris Webber flees the prison of rural poverty for the dubious opportunities of the metropolis. She...





