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608 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780679767909
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 30 April 1996
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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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608 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780679767909
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 30 April 1996
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