Illywhacker
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0702218782
- ISBN 13
- 9780702218781
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1985 VG+/VG+. 8vo. original red boards (paperstock tanned, as usual, some spotting to top edge, slight crease to spine) in unfaded dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. 600. A very good copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.
Synopsis
Illywhacker is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was published in 1985, short-listed for the 1985 Booker Prize, and won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and The Age Book of the Year Award. It was also short-listed for the 1986 World Fantasy Award. The novel tells the story of Herbert Badgery, self-admitted liar, trickster, and confidence man, the "Illywhacker" of the title (though "illywhacker" is also supposed to be Australian slang for "a stick for smacking a child with").
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026486
- Title
- Illywhacker
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0702218782
- ISBN 13
- 9780702218781
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press
- Place of Publication
- St Lucia
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Peter Carey Illywhacker Modern Literature Sydney NSW Australian Authors
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About the Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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Glossary
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- First Edition
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- Dustwrapper
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- VG+/VG+
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