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. $3.48, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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Carey, Peter., Harper Perennial (Harper Collins), 1991, c1985, 1st trade pb printing, illus. soft cover (trade paperback), remainder mark on bottom edge o/w vg+, 600 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 0060913312, "This comic narrative from the lips of 139-year-old con man Herbert Badgery is peopled with aviators, car salesmen, Chinamen and impresarios..."
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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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.
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