Illywhacker - First UK Printing, Signed
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Sastamala, Finland
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About This Item
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
- Northern Lights Rare Books (FI)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1901200445
- Title
- Illywhacker - First UK Printing, Signed
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- australian literature, booker-prize, author signatures
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