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Illywhacker

by Peter Carey
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Overview

Herbert Badgery is vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch.

Synopsis

Herbert Badgery is vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch. He might very well be the embodiment of Australia's national character, especially in its fondness for tall stories and questionable history. As this charming scoundrel traverses the continent and a century's worth of outlandish encounters - not least with a genteel dowager fending off madness with an electric belt, and a ravishing young girl with a dangerous fondness for rooftop trysts - one truth emerges. Herbert Badgery may in fact be the king of all con men.

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Book Details

Published
March 3, 2020
Publisher
Random House Australia
Pages
832
ISBN
9781760896539

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