Illywhacker
by Carey, Peter
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0679767908
- ISBN 13
- 9780679767909
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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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- Mediaoutletdeal1 (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0679767908_new
- Title
- Illywhacker
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 766
- ISBN 10
- 0679767908
- ISBN 13
- 9780679767909
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996-04-30
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