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608 pages • first pub 1985 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307764256
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
In Australian slang, an illywhacker is a country fair con man, an unprincipled seller of fake diamonds and 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 ...
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608 pages • first pub 1985 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307764256
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
In Australian slang, an illywhacker is a country fair con man, an unprincipled seller of fake diamonds and 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 ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings