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Peter Carey

Illywhacker [Second Hand]

Illywhacker [Second Hand]

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Condition: Minor wear overall. General edge/surface wear. Discolouration. Spine crease. Cracked hinge

Illywhacker 

Peter Carey's brilliant, hilarious, Booker Prize-shortlisted Illywhacker is the novel that brought him to international intention.

Herbert Badgery is vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch. He might very well be the embodiment of Australia’s national character, especially in its fondness for tall stories and questionable history. As this charming scoundrel traverses the continent and a century’s worth of outlandish encounters – not least with a genteel dowager fending off madness with an electric belt, and a ravishing young girl with a dangerous fondness for rooftop trysts – one truth emerges. Herbert Badgery may in fact be the king of all con men.

Illywhacker is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was published in 1985 to commercial and critical success, winning a number of awards and being short-listed for the Booker Prize.

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Australia Comedy Contemporary Fantasy Fiction Humor

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Product Data

  • Author/Editor: Peter Carey
  • Barcode/IBSN: 0571139493
  • Format: Paperback
  • Dimensions: 0.61 kg - 135 x 215 x 34 mm

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