Illywhacker
by Peter Carey
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571132073
- ISBN 13
- 9780571132072
- Seller
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Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom
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About This Item
University of Queensland Press, 1985. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine copy, fine dustwrapper.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Ystwyth Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034082
- Title
- Illywhacker
- Author
- Peter Carey
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0571132073
- ISBN 13
- 9780571132072
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 600
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
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