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Illywhacker

Illywhacker

Author(s): Peter Carey

Location(s): Australia

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1920s

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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...

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