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- PublisherUniversity of Queensland Press
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0702220000
- ISBN 13 9780702220005
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Award-winning Australian fiction. VG/Wraps. Clean, tight, no marks. Reader crease on spine. Item # B7968. **SAVE MORE** Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standard Shipping. Seller Inventory # B7968
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. 600 pages. Cover very wornIn Australian slang, an illywhacker is a country fair con man, an unprincipled seller of fake diamon ds and dubious tonics. And Herbert Badgery, the 139-year-old narr ator of Peter Carey's uproarious novel, may be the king of them a ll. Vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch, Badgery is a walking embodiment of the Australian nat ional character - especially of its proclivity for tall stories a nd barefaced lies. As Carey follows this charming scoundrel acros s a continent and a century, he creates a crazy quilt of outlandi sh encounters, with characters that include a genteel dowager who fends off madness with an electric belt and a ravishing young gi rl with a dangerous fondness for rooftop trysts. Seller Inventory # 1356aa
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 600 pages. Cover wornIn Australian slang, an illywhacker is a country fair con man, an unprincipled seller of fake diamonds a nd dubious tonics. And Herbert Badgery, the 139-year-old narrator of Peter Carey's uproarious novel, may be the king of them all. Vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and pat riarch, Badgery is a walking embodiment of the Australian nationa l character - especially of its proclivity for tall stories and b arefaced lies. As Carey follows this charming scoundrel across a continent and a century, he creates a crazy quilt of outlandish e ncounters, with characters that include a genteel dowager who fen ds off madness with an electric belt and a ravishing young girl w ith a dangerous fondness for rooftop trysts. Seller Inventory # 1417ae
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Book Description Medium Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. 600 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: University of Queensland Press, Australia, 1989. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This comic narrative from the lips of a 109-year-old con-man is peopled with aviators, car salesmen, Chinamen and impresarios. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Australia; ISBN: 0702220000. ISBN/EAN: 9780702220005. Inventory No: 23100008. Seller Inventory # 23100008
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: 1988. A very good copy. Carey can spin a yarn with the best of them . . . Illywhacker is a big, garrulous, funny novel, touching, farcical and passionately bad-tempered.--Howard Jacobson, New York Times An illywhacker is a confidence trickster, and Herbert Badgery, the 139-year-old narrator of this dazzling comic novel, may be the king of them all. Vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch, Badgery travels across a continent and a century in a novel full of outlandish encounters and dangerous characters. Overflowing with magic, jokes and inventions, Illywhacker is a contemporary classic. Seller Inventory # 18814653
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Book Description Paperback. Carey can spin a yarn with the best of them . . . Illywhacker is a big, garrulous, funny novel, touching, farcical and passionately bad-tempered.--Howard Jacobson, New York Times An illywhacker is a confidence trickster, and Herbert Badgery, the 139-year-old narrator of this dazzling comic novel, may be the king of them all. Vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch, Badgery travels across a continent and a century in a novel full of outlandish encounters and dangerous characters. Overflowing with magic, jokes and inventions, Illywhacker is a contemporary classic. Seller Inventory # 19653427
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