by Peter Carey · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780679767909
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«Illywhacker» is Peter Carey's literary fiction novel, published by Vintage in paperback (608 pages, in English).
In Australia, an illywhacker is a fairground trickster who sells fake diamonds and dubious tonics. Herbert Badgery, a 139-year-old narrator, presents himself as aviator, car salesman, seducer and patriarch, embodying the Australian taste for tall stories. His deceptions and encounters span a century of the country's history.
Originally published in 1985, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the National Book Council Banjo Award and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award.
For readers of picaresque and humorous fiction, and for those who want to approach Australian history and identity through fiction.
Peter Philip Carey is an Australian novelist who has lived in New York City for more than three decades.
