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ILLYWHACKER
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571179827
- ISBN 13
- 9780571179824
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Faber Library, 1996. 560pp. Blue d.j., black cloth. First pub. 1985. No inscriptions, fading, clipping or marks. Faber Library Edition 18. hard back. Fine/Fine. 8vo.
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
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q575
- Title
- ILLYWHACKER
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571179827
- ISBN 13
- 9780571179824
- Publisher
- The Faber Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First;
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