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.
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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.
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Add this copy of Illywhacker to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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New York. 1985. August 1985. Harper & Row. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 006015425x. 600 pages. hardcover. Jacket painting by Robert Crawford. Inscribed by the Author. keywords: Literature Australia. FROM THE PUBLISHER-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 charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch, Badgery is a walking embodiment of the Australian national character-especially of its proclivity for tall stories and barefaced lies. As Carey follows this charming scoundrel across a continent and a century, he creates a crazy quilt of outlandish encounters, with characters that include a genteel dowager who fends off madness with an electric belt and a ravishing young girl with a dangerous fondness for rooftop trysts. Boldly inventive, irresistibly odd, Illywhacker is further proof that Peter Carey is one of the most enchanting writers at work in any hemisphere. inventory #15792.
Add this copy of Illywhacker-Signed to cart. $17.96, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Faber & Faber.
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Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on laid in bookplate. Front hinge cracking. In protective mylar cover.
Add this copy of Illywhacker to cart. $20.50, good condition, Sold by The Haunted Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Iowa City, IA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by HarperPerennial.
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Good+ Signed by the author, with a short inscription to a named individual, on the title page. Crisp, clean pages except for modest age-toning in the margins throughout; soft cover shows tiny creases and curls at the free corners and some edge chipping around corners and spine ends, but is otherwise clean and attractive.; Signed by Author.
Add this copy of Illywhacker: a Novel to cart. $21.00, like new condition, Sold by Garys Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Apache Junction, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Harper & Row.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed on Full Title Page First Printing. Author of two BOOKER Prize's. Tiny bit of dirt to the top of the book. THIS BOOK WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER Prize, 1985. No remainder mark.
Add this copy of Illywhacker to cart. $31.00, like new condition, Sold by Singing Saw Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Faber and Faber.
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Like New. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. London: Faber and Faber, 1985. 1st printing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Clean pages. Very light wear. A nice copy.
Add this copy of Illywhacker to cart. $34.12, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Vintage.
Add this copy of Illywhacker: a Novel to cart. $34.87, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Perennial.
Add this copy of Illywhacker to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fernandina Beach, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Harper & Row.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First US edition, first prnt. Signed by Carey on the title page. Minimal soiling on bottom edge and foreedge; foxing on topedge, spine cloth very lightly rubbed; dustjacket with beginning toning on flap edges and interior edges, half-inch chip on rear panel upper edge. Bright and tight copy. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Carey's second novel.
Add this copy of Illywhacker to cart. $38.28, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Faber and Faber.
Add this copy of Illywhacker to cart. $39.56, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Faber & Faber.