The Wort Papers
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the singular imagination of Peter Mathers — the audacious Australian voice behind Trap — comes The Wort Papers, a wildly inventive novel that chronicles the chaotic inner life and rambling confessions of Jack Wort, a man whose personal history becomes an irreverent, sprawling tapestry of Australian society. Presented as a collection of fragmented documents, letters, and digressions, the narrative plunges the reader into a satirical landscape where the absurdities of colonial legacy, identity, and self-delusion collide with darkly comic force. Mathers writes with a ferocious, anarchic energy that places him firmly in the tradition of great literary provocateurs, wielding language as both scalpel and bludgeon to dissect the myths Australians tell about themselves. The Wort Papers stands as a landmark of Australian modernist fiction — a challenging, richly rewarding work that refuses easy resolution and demands an engaged, adventurous reader. For those willing to surrender to its gloriously unruly current, the novel leaves an indelible mark long after the final page is turned.
Author: Peter Mathers
Format: Hardback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the singular imagination of Peter Mathers — the audacious Australian voice behind Trap — comes The Wort Papers, a wildly inventive novel that chronicles the chaotic inner life and rambling confessions of Jack Wort, a man whose personal history becomes an irreverent, sprawling tapestry of Australian society. Presented as a collection of fragmented documents, letters, and digressions, the narrative plunges the reader into a satirical landscape where the absurdities of colonial legacy, identity, and self-delusion collide with darkly comic force. Mathers writes with a ferocious, anarchic energy that places him firmly in the tradition of great literary provocateurs, wielding language as both scalpel and bludgeon to dissect the myths Australians tell about themselves. The Wort Papers stands as a landmark of Australian modernist fiction — a challenging, richly rewarding work that refuses easy resolution and demands an engaged, adventurous reader. For those willing to surrender to its gloriously unruly current, the novel leaves an indelible mark long after the final page is turned.