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600 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780702218781
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Publication date: Not specified
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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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600 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780702218781
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Publication 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