by PeterCarey (Author)
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 the Australian continent and a century in a picaresque novel full of outlandish encounters and dangerous characters. Overflowing with magic, jokes and inventions, Illywhacker is a contemporary classic.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 576
Edition: Main - Re-issue
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 05 Jun 2014
ISBN 10: 0571311563
ISBN 13: 9780571311569
Book Overview: Illywhacker, from twice winner of the Booker Prize Peter Carey, is a picaresque tale of one man's exploits across the Australian continent.