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Illywhacker
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 006015425X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060154257
- Seller
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WINDBER, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Harpercollins, 1985-07-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.0000 in x 9.3000 in x 6.3000 in. Creased dust jacket.
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
- ParlorBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0000071803
- Title
- Illywhacker
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 006015425X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060154257
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985-07-01
- Size
- 2.0000 in x 9.3000 in x 6.3000 i
- X weight
- 2.3500 lb
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