Illywhacker
Carey, Peter, 1943-2005
Book
In Australian slang, an illywhacker is a country fair con man, an unprincipled seller of fake diamonds and dubious tonics. And Herbert Badgery, 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.
Main title:
Illywhacker / Peter Carey.
Author:
Carey, Peter, 1943-, author
Work:
Imprint:
Milsons Point, N.S.W. : Vintage, 2005, 1985
Collation:
817 p. ; 20 cm.
Awards:
The Age Book of the Year Award 1985.The DITMAR Award.The Vance Palmer Award for Fiction 1986.Banjo Award for Fiction 1985.
ISBN:
174166022X
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
105314