Illywhacker: A Novel
by Carey, Peter
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060913312
- ISBN 13
- 9780060913311
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About This Item
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
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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- Seller
- Bonita (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0060913312.G
- Title
- Illywhacker: A Novel
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0060913312
- ISBN 13
- 9780060913311
- Publisher
- Perennial
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- January 1992
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