An edition of Illywhacker: A Novel (1985)

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An edition of Illywhacker: A Novel (1985)

Illywhacker

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"In Australian slang, an illywhacker is a country fair con man, an unprincipled seller of fake diamonds and dubious tonics. And Herbert Badgery, the 139-year-old narrator of Peter Carey's uproarious novel, may be the king of them all. Vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch, Badgery is a walking embodiment of the Australian national character - especially of its proclivity for tall stories and barefaced lies.".

"As Carey follows this charming scoundrel across a continent and a century, he creates a crazy quilt of outlandish encounters, with characters that include a genteel dowager who fends off madness with an electric belt and a ravishing young girl with a dangerous fondness for rooftop trysts. Boldly inventive, irresistibly odd, Illywhacker is further proof that Peter Carey is one of the most enchanting writers at work in any hemisphere."--BOOK JACKET.

Publish Date
Publisher
Faber
Language
English
Pages
600

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Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
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Illywhacker
August 5, 2004, Faber & Faber
Paperback
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Illywhacker
January 4, 1999, Faber Faber Inc
Paperback - New Ed edition
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Illywhacker: a novel
1996, Vintage International
in English - 1st Vintage International ed.
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Illywhacker
April 1996, Tandem Library
Unknown Binding in English
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Illywhacker: A Novel
January 1992, Perennial
in English
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Illywhacker: A Novel
January 1992, Perennial
Paperback in English
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Illywhacker
1991, HarperPerennial
in English - 1st HarperPerennial ed.
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Illywhacker
1986, Faber
in English
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Illywhacker
1985, Harper & Row
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: Illywhacker
Illywhacker
1985, Faber and Faber
in English

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Edition Notes

Originally published: 1985.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823
Library of Congress
PR9619.3.C36

The Physical Object

Pagination
600p. ;
Number of pages
600

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22006007M
Internet Archive
illywhacker0000care
ISBN 10
0571139493
Library Thing
51857
Goodreads
2663441

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