Illywhacker

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.

About the author

Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria and now lives in New York. He is the author of twelve previous novels, three short story collections and two books on travel. Among other prizes, he has won the Booker Prize twice, the Commonwealth Writers Prize twice and the Miles Franklin Literary Award three times.

Summary

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.

Report

The funniest novel of the year. The Times

Product details

• Authors: Peter Carey
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.06.2014
• EAN: 9780571311569
• ISBN: 978-0-571-31156-9
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Adventure, Australia, Adventure fiction