Illywhacker is a dazzling comic narrative, from the lips of the 139-year-old Herbert Badgery, the 'illywhacker' or confidence trickster of the title. Overflowing with magic, jokes and inventions, peopled with aviators, car salesmen, Chinamen and impresarios, Peter Carey's novel is a contemporary classic.'Illywhacker is a tour de force, both funny and moving, the work of an original at full stretch.' Financial Times'It is impossible to convey in a review the cumulative brilliance and accelerating hilarity of the prose.' London Review of Books.
| ISBN: | 9780571225903 |
| Publication date: | 5th August 2004 |
| Author: | Peter Carey |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber an imprint of Faber and Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 576 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Illywhacker is a dazzling comic narrative, from the lips of the 139-year-old Herbert Badgery, the 'illywhacker' or confidence trickster of the title. Overflowing with magic, jokes and inventions, peopled with aviators, car salesmen, Chinamen and impresarios, Peter Carey's novel is a contemporary classic.'Illywhacker is a tour de force, both funny and moving, the work of an original at full stretch.' Financial Times'It is impossible to convey in a review the cumulative brilliance and accelerating hilarity of the prose.' London Review of Books.
Illywhacker features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Paperback, Ebook. Not Available.
Illywhacker was written by Peter Carey and published by Faber & Faber an imprint of Faber and Faber
Illywhacker has 576 pages