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Illywhacker

Carey, Peter
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk

Product details

ISBN
9780571311569
Published
2014-06-05
Publisher
Faber & Faber; Faber & Faber
Weight
455 gr
Height
200 mm
Width
130 mm
Thickness
18 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
576

Author
Carey, Peter

Biographical note

Peter Carey received the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda and again for True History of the Kelly Gang. His novel, Parrot and Olivier in America, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2010. His other honours include the Commonwealth Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York for twenty years.

www.petercareybooks.com

Illywhacker

Carey, Peter
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
Carey, Peter
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
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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.
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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.
The funniest novel of the year.
<p><b><i>Illywhacker</i>, from twice winner of the Booker Prize Peter Carey, is a picaresque tale of one man's exploits across the Australian continent.</b></p>

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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.
Read more
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.
The funniest novel of the year.
<p><b><i>Illywhacker</i>, from twice winner of the Booker Prize Peter Carey, is a picaresque tale of one man's exploits across the Australian continent.</b></p>

Product details

ISBN
9780571311569
Published
2014-06-05
Publisher
Faber & Faber; Faber & Faber
Weight
455 gr
Height
200 mm
Width
130 mm
Thickness
18 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
576

Author
Carey, Peter

Biographical note

Peter Carey received the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda and again for True History of the Kelly Gang. His novel, Parrot and Olivier in America, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2010. His other honours include the Commonwealth Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York for twenty years.

www.petercareybooks.com

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