Why should I talk to you?
Who would you prefer? Detective-Sergeant Rye?
I could tell you more about Rye than he could tell you about me.
I’m not interested in hearing about Rye. He hasn’t been charged with murder.
Who is Iris Webber? A thief, a fighter, a wife, a lover. A scammer, a schemer, a friend. A musician, a worker, a big-hearted fool.
A woman who has prevailed against the toughest gangsters of the day, defying police time and again, yet is now trapped in a prison cell.
Is she guilty or innocent?
Rollicking through the underbelly of 1930s sly-grog Sydney, Iris is a dazzling literary achievement from one of Australia’s finest writers.
Based on actual events and set in an era of cataclysmic change, here is a fierce, fascinating tale of a woman who couldn’t be held back.
Iris by Fiona Kelly McGregor is published by Pan Macmillan Australia, RRP $34.99.
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