Illywhacker
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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Synopsis
Illywhacker is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was published in 1985, short-listed for the 1985 Booker Prize, and won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and The Age Book of the Year Award. It was also short-listed for the 1986 World Fantasy Award. The novel tells the story of Herbert Badgery, self-admitted liar, trickster, and confidence man, the "Illywhacker" of the title (though "illywhacker" is also supposed to be Australian slang for "a stick for smacking a child with").
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23309
- Title
- Illywhacker
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Pre first UK Edition
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIA;
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