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Illywhacker

by Peter Carey
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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 charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch, Badgery is a walking embodiment of the Australian national character—espcially of its proclivity for tall stories and barefaced lies.
As Carey follows this charming scoundrel across a continent and a century, he creates a crazy quilt of outlandish encounters, with characters that include a genteel dowager who fends off madness with an electric belt and a ravishing young girl with a dangerous fondness for rooftop trysts. Boldly inventive, irresistibly odd, Illywhacker is further proof that Peter Carey is one of the most enchanting writers at work in any hemisphere.

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  • Release date

    September 1, 2010

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780307764256

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780307764256
      • File size: 2965 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1070
    • Text Difficulty: 6-9

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Formats

  • Kindle Book
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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1070
  • Text Difficulty:6-9

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