Illywhacker
by Peter Carey
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0679767908
- ISBN 13
- 9780679767909
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About This Item
Vintage, 1996-04-30. Paperback. Used:Good.
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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- Title
- Illywhacker
- Author
- Peter Carey
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used:Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679767908
- ISBN 13
- 9780679767909
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996-04-30
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