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Illywhacker is a dazzling comic narrative, from the lips of the 139-year-old Herbert Badgery, the 'illywhacker' or confidence trickster of the title. Overflowing with magic, jokes and inventions, peopled with aviators, car salesmen, Chinamen and impresarios, Peter Carey's novel is a contemporary classic.
'Illywhacker is a tour de force, both funny and moving, the work of an original at full stretch.' Financial Times
'It is impossible to convey in a review the cumulative brilliance and accelerating hilarity of the prose.' London Review of Books
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Peter Carey received the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda and again for True History of the Kelly Gang. His other honors include the Commonwealth Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York City for 20 years.
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Faber & Faber 05.08.2004., 2004
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