Trap (novel)

Trap (1966) is the first novel by Australian author Peter Mathers.[1] It won the Miles Franklin Award for 1966.[2]

Trap
AuthorPeter Mathers
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherCassell, Australia
Publication date
1966
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Preceded by 
Followed byThe Wort Papers 

Story outline

The novel follows the life of Jack Trap, a man living on the outskirts of Melbourne in the 1960s. Trap is of mixed Irish, English and Aboriginal background, in his forties and fat. He joins with a small group of outsiders and travels to a mining lease on Cape York to form a co-operative community.

Critical reception

In The Canberra Times Maurice Dunlevy found that the attempted satire fell well short of its target: "Trap is a first novel and reads like one. It attempts to be satirical, shocking and avant garde — succeeds only in being naive...His irony is too heavy, his targets are too obvious and he never cuts deeper than satirical revue."[3]

References

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
The Slow Natives
Miles Franklin Award recipient
1966
Succeeded by
Bring Larks and Heroes


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