The Wort Papers
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of Australian fiction, The Wort Papers is a wildly inventive, satirical novel that chronicles the chaotic life and times of Jack Wort, a larger-than-life figure whose story cuts a darkly comic swathe through Australian history and society. Peter Mathers constructs a sprawling, anarchic narrative that presents a nation's contradictions — its myths, violence, and absurdities — through a voice that is simultaneously irreverent and devastatingly sharp. The novel unfolds in a stream of documents, fragments, and voices, illustrating Mathers' mastery of form as much as his gift for savage social commentary. Widely regarded as one of the most original and audacious works in Australian literature, it stands alongside Mathers' debut Trap as a bold, uncompromising vision of a country wrestling with its own identity.
Author: Peter Mathers
Format: Paperback
Published: 1973, Penguin
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of Australian fiction, The Wort Papers is a wildly inventive, satirical novel that chronicles the chaotic life and times of Jack Wort, a larger-than-life figure whose story cuts a darkly comic swathe through Australian history and society. Peter Mathers constructs a sprawling, anarchic narrative that presents a nation's contradictions — its myths, violence, and absurdities — through a voice that is simultaneously irreverent and devastatingly sharp. The novel unfolds in a stream of documents, fragments, and voices, illustrating Mathers' mastery of form as much as his gift for savage social commentary. Widely regarded as one of the most original and audacious works in Australian literature, it stands alongside Mathers' debut Trap as a bold, uncompromising vision of a country wrestling with its own identity.